PRINTING PROBLEMS

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hendra

i have made a POS application with access. right now i
print the invoice using the report. but the printing time
is veryyyy long when i use fonts like arial or times new
roman.
are there any methods to print POS invoice like the cash
register does. it prints quick using draft font and stops
right at the end of data not continue to roll the paper
until the end of the page like report does?
please anyone help me. i'm stuck here and don't know how
to solve the problem.
thank you
 
hendra:

To do that you need to not use a report to output the data. Rather you use
the Open, and Print functions in VBA. specifying to Open "LPT1" for Output
and then using the Print commands to print your data to that port (note that
LPT1 does NOT have the semicolon). Do a google search for these commands to
get full code sets. Normally this will use the default printer font, which
is much faster than using a true type font. You use printer escapes
(consult your printer's documentation) by sending them to the printer
following text to advance lines and or send an end of page command.

HTH
 
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