[dba-Tech] Printing

Hi Jim

Did you check the spool settings of the printer? 
You may have the option to "Start printing when the first page is ready" (or similar), or to "Print directly to the printer" which bypasses the spooling.

/gustav

>>> accessd at shaw.ca 14-12-2008 06:51 >>>
Hi Stuart:

The print job does send a form feed. 

The issue is that the Windows print driver/control waits for the time out
before completing the print job instead understanding the end-of-print-job
as sent from the DOS app.

If the user exits the DOS app the Windows printer immediately completes the
job.

I was wondering if there is some code sequence that tells the Windows
printer queue the job is completed/terminated.

Jim   

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 5:36 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Printing

You probably need to send a Form Feed - crFF - CHR$(26)


On 13 Dec 2008 at 11:16, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Hi All:
> 
> I am working with a very old POS system. It is encapsulated within a
> WindowsXP OS and seems to work just fine. The one problem I am having is
> that when printing reports, in this case invoices, the print job seems to
> have to time-out before the last lines are printed and the print job ejects
> from the printer.
> 
> >From the POS the printers can be configured so that any set of characters be
> sent to the Windows printer and subsequently it is the Windows printer that
> is actually printing the job.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what characters or setup is required
> within either the old POS or within the Windows printer to force the print
> job to complete immediately after receiving or sending the last characters?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Jim