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106565....@compuserve.com (Thomas Simoneit)

Delphi Developer
Sun, 11 Jul 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Character String 27 and Printer Problem

I'd like to send my force my printer to start a new page. Instead  hes
just printing the command wich means he is not accepting character
String 27.
Anyone out there with a solution.
Thomas

 
Chris Dunawa

Delphi Developer
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Character String 27 and Printer Problem


I'm not sure what esacape sequence you are trying to use.  I generally send
an ASCII 12 character which is a form feed character on most printers.  In
Delphi you can get this character using CHR(12).

Hope this helps.

Thomas Simoneit <106565....@compuserve.com> wrote in article
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Quote
> I'd like to send my force my printer to start a new page. Instead  hes
> just printing the command wich means he is not accepting character
> String 27.
> Anyone out there with a solution.
> Thomas

G.Penchef

Delphi Developer
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Character String 27 and Printer Problem


Quote
Thomas Simoneit wrote:

> I'd like to send my force my printer to start a new page. Instead  hes
> just printing the command wich means he is not accepting character
> String 27.

Try sending ASCII #12.  That's the FormFeed character, not #27.
Luke Webbe

Delphi Developer
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Character String 27 and Printer Problem


Quote
Thomas Simoneit wrote:

> I'd like to send my force my printer to start a new page. Instead  hes
> just printing the command wich means he is not accepting character
> String 27.
> Anyone out there with a solution.
> Thomas

Thomas,

Don't try to use the escape sequences, just use the NewPage method of
the TPRinter object. Escape sequences are printer dependent anyway.

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