Re: Printing on Legal Sized Paper

[Robert Stojkovic <robert.stojkovic@IO-CONSULTING.COM>]

Also when you set the paper size and orientation it should be

paper-size= (14,8.5)
orientation= landscape

Robert Stojkovic
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of SQR, Brio Technology's database reporting language
> [mailto:SQR-USERS@list.iex.net]On Behalf Of Elvis Pressly
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 8:17 AM
> To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> Subject: Re: Printing on Legal Sized Paper
>
>
> Sylvia,
>
> You should send a reset command to the printer. The command should
> be sent one time only so you have to determine where in your
> program to put this:
>
>   encode '<27>E<27>&l3A' into $legal_code
>   print $legal_code ()
>
>
> >From: Sylvia Rilee <sylvia.rilee@CAPITALONE.COM>
> >Reply-To: sqr-users@list.iex.net
> >To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> >Subject: Printing on Legal Sized Paper
> >Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:14:08 -0400
> >
> >      I have tried all the suggestions I could find in the archive
> >regarding
> >      printing portrait on 8.5 x 14 sized paper without any luck.
> >
> >      I am working on CSS HRizon version 8; SQRW: 3.0.13.2; PC:  Windows
> >95;
> >      Oracle: 7.3.4.3.0.
> >
> >      I have used the following code to print on LETTER to date.  The
> >report
> >      size is growing and using a small point-size to stay on
> letter sized
> >      paper won't be an option for much longer.:
> >
> >      begin-setup
> >        page-size 105 100
> >
> >        declare printer
> >          type = postscript
> >          orientation = portrait
> >          left-margin = .5
> >          char-size = 4.36
> >          point-size = 7
> >      end-setup
> >
> >      begin-heading 5
> >        print 'Report ID:'                        (1,1)
> >        print $reportid                           (,+1)
> >        page-number                               (,112) 'Page '
> >        print $title                              (1) center
> >
> >        print 'Run Date: '                        (2,1)
> >        print &SYS_CURR_RUN_DATE                  (,+1)
> >        print 'Run Time: '                        (+1,1)
> >        print &SYS_TIME                           (,+1)
> >
> >        print $reporttitle                        (2)              center
> >
> >        print 'Class'                             (+3,1)
> >        print 'Menu Name'                         (0,50)
> >        print 'Display Only'                      (0,82)
> >        print 'Actions Allowed'                   (0,97)
> >        print 'Oprid'                             (+1,3)
> >        print 'Name'                              (0,12)
> >      end-heading
> >
> >
> >      I have used the following code that I found in the archive to force
> >the
> >      print to LEGAL sized paper.  However the print writes over
> itself to
> >the
> >      point where it is a black blob towards the top of the
> paper.  (I used
> >the
> >      same heading code as above.):
> >
> >      #include 'setenv.sqc'
> >
> >      begin-setup
> >        declare-report legal_invoice
> >         layout=legal
> >         printer-type=hp
> >        end-declare
> >
> >         declare-layout legal
> >            paper-size= (8.5,14)
> >            orientation=portrait
> >            top-margin=0.2
> >            bottom-margin=0.10
> >            left-margin=.5
> >            line-height=1
> >            char-width=1
> >         end-declare
> >      end-setup
> >
> >
> >
> >      begin-report
> >        USE-REPORT legal_invoice
> >        ENCODE '<27>&l3A' INTO $legal_code
> >        PRINT-DIRECT $legal_code
> >        ...
> >      end-report
> >
> >
> >
> >      Any ideas on this will be greatly appreciated!
> >
> >      Sylvia Rilee
>
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