BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 02-14-93 (10:32) Number: 365
From: CALVIN FRENCH Refer#: NONE
To: ERIC REIDMILLER Recvd: NO
Subj: Lprint Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
Eric,
ER> i am trying to write a program in quickbasic for my printer to print
ER> in the spaces provided by my expense reports except that using
ER> "LPRINT"
ER> doesn't always match-up. is there a small increment than "LPRINT" ?
ER>
ER> usin "TAB(x)" works fine for left and right spacing but i can't get
ER> the lines to match.
I'm not sure if I understand what you mean, but by far the
easiest way (and most de-buggiest too) is to open the printer as
a file. This way, you will have to choose what LPT port the
printer is on, but all around it works better. Try this:
OPEN "LPT1:" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
WRITE #1 "This is a test of how WRITE works!"
PRINT #1 "This is a test of how PRINT works!"
PRINT #1 "(So how the heck'd it work?)"
I haven't tried this, but see which works best for you and maybe
it'll help you out!
- Calvin -
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