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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / printing to printer

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zzabb
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Posted: 25th Apr 2003 21:18
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i know dbpro doesn't have a printing to printer command
does anyone have a ddl that can be used inside a program i am using.
i need to print text
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 25th Apr 2003 21:40
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Its easiest if you open a FILE called LPT1: (or sometimes LPT1), for writing...

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Posted: 25th Apr 2003 22:11
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i tried that but my printer isn't connected to a LPT port. i have a USB connection for my printer. i also wanted a "universal" print, so that it wouldn't be limited to a single port

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Posted: 25th Apr 2003 23:45 Edited at: 25th Apr 2003 23:46
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I presume USB0 wont work then... I'm sure someone will be able to do a DLL (or you could try yourself), if you ask very nicely... Using the printing system in Windows is a real pain...

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Thanx, I tried USB1 (what I use) and it locked my system up. Plus that isn't universal, like a DDL would be or could be.
Well I would write my own but I don't have the software to write in another language and I’d have to learn another language on top of that. I was hoping someone else had already went through this and could pretty please with sugar on top help (-: (do you think that is nice enough? (-: )
Yes the print system in windows is very restrictive, but I have no idea how it could have been better

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Would direct printing to a printer (where you give the printer name, data and size) be suitable ? The advantage is that its much easier to do...

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well i had tried to send the info i wanted to print to different aplications like text or word and then print that. kinda like in reg DB using the save bitmap and printing the bitmap. the draw back to using DB and printing the bitmap is that it prints the background, wasting ink and time. (even white prints because its not really white)
if i send my information to another aplication and print that aplication i am limited my the line length limitations in DBPro and i can't place the text anywhere on the page.
i'm not sure how i could call up my printer directly, wouldn't it need an aplication? but i think i would still have the DBPro line limitation? not sure here

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I've got a Direct Printing system DLL up & running. There are some crevats with it :

A) Its only for local printers - it wont work with network printers
B) There is no text positioning, and it uses the printers currently active font.

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Posted: 26th Apr 2003 11:22
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could you email it to me or post it? pretty please (-:
it sounds better than anything i have now

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Give me a chance to test it first!

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Its being a real pain - it wont output anything on my Samsung laser printer (mainly because there's no form feed button and it doesn't seem to want to process escape codes). It looks like the proper way will be through the printer dialog box...

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I've got a proper printing system nearly up and running...

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cool i can't wait to see it (-:

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See the program announcements

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GOOD JOB!!!! Thanx! i can't wait to try it
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Uh...you are THAT good .

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o_O after me of course...

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Dont forget your using some of my routines Darthy!

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Hey nice1 Toady! That'll b nice n useful

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