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Better Printing with dbDOS PRO 3
dbDOS PRO 3 comes with multiple ways of printing. As stated above this is one of the hardest
parts of dbDOS to get working consistently. In dbDOS PRO 3, we introduce three (3) major
features around printing, one being the new Enhanced Printing and also the ability to output
the reports into PDF format.
In addition to those improvements we have also included a set of new printer drivers (old
printer drivers actually) and found that a few offer better support than the generic that has been
included in the products before. These new drivers use more cross-printer escape codes to give
a more standard print or output. The most consistent driver we have found for going across a
number of printers is the Epson FX80 print driver.
The easiest way to support the driver is to add the driver line to your code. Make sure the
driver is located in the dbase directory and also the directory if you have a compiled
application. Adding the line is simple:
_pdriver = “ fx80_1.pr2”
When using the new Enhanced Print settings this will produce fairly consistent reports. Again,
remember that the printer drivers from back in the 80’s and 90’s were responsible for doing the
advanced features like: Bold, Underline, Italics, Superscript, Subscript, and character graphics
output. For example if you use the ASCII.pr2 driver that is included with both dBASE IV and V
for DOS it does not support any of those advanced features and will not recognize the
commands if found in the code. While another driver, HPLASER.pr2 may support those
commands and many others. The output power is in the printer driver.
This does mean that you need to have access to your code so that it can be switched. If access to
the code is not possible, then it may be possible to set the default FONT in the dbsetup.exe.
This option would only be available to dBASE IV and V users and dbBASE III+ did not offer the
print driver options.
If those options are exhausted then it is recommended that you try the Direct print option.
Remember that you will have to pick a default printer with that option and the configuration
can have only one printer. This means if you need different printouts that you may need
multiple configurations.
If all else fails, you must use one of the legacy printer approaches of RAW or Interpreted. In
addition, if you are not having print issues, it is recommended that you do not change what is
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