[AccessD] Sending text direct to printer, Solution!

Lawrence Mrazek lmrazek at lcm-res.com
Wed May 16 13:48:58 CDT 2007


Hi Folks:

Replying to my own post for the archives. I found an alternate method of
printing to a lable printer using ZPL II (or another printer control
language, for that matter).

1. Setup the printer as a "Generic, Text Only" printer
2. Create a report, no margins.
3. Place one field on the report, you could have get it's source from a
memo/text field or a control on a form. The memo field contains all of the
printer codes and text. 
4. Print the Report to the "Generic, Text Only" printer (or create a button
to do this). 

Thanks!

Larry Mrazek
LCM Research, Inc.
www.lcm-res.com
lmrazek at lcm-res.com
ph. 314-432-5886
mobile: 314-496-1645

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lawrence Mrazek
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:27 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Sending text direct to printer, take 2

I've tried that, but nothing happens ... I'm wondering if there is some
additional criteria I need to make it work ... Haven't been able to find any
good reference material on this technique.

I got it to work yesterday by sharing out the network printer on my machine,
then mapping the share to a LPT port. I'd rather not do this. 

Larry Mrazek
LCM Research, Inc.
www.lcm-res.com
lmrazek at lcm-res.com
ph. 314-432-5886
mobile: 314-496-1645

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 4:13 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Sending text direct to printer, take 2


Don't know if it will work, but I'd try  creating a "Standard TCP/IP Port" 
for the network machine's IP address and printing to that.


On 14 May 2007 at 16:47, Lawrence Mrazek wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi:
> 
> Thanks to Gustav, I have some code that works on my local machine ...
> however, I'll need to print to an IP address, and I haven't been able 
> to find the syntax.
> 
> This Works:
> Dim PrtStr As String
> PrtStr = "Printer Test Text llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll"
> Open "\\HPLaptop\HPOFFICEJET" For Output As #1 rint #1, PrtStr Close
> #1
> 
> This doesn't (no errors, basically nothing) Dim PrtStr As String 
> PrtStr = "Printer Test Text llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll"
> Open "10.0.2.22" For Output As #1
> Print #1, PrtStr
> Close #1
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Larry Mrazek
> lmrazek at lcm-res.com
> 
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