#Printing to HPLJ
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Anybody know how to get VB to print on a LJ in Landscape mode. You can do
fonts, sizes, bold, italic, etc., but how do you get the SOB to print in
landscape mode??? thanks
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Mitch,
There is a file in the DL (was DL6 on MSLANG, not sure of the
lib here in MSBASIC) called PSETUP.ZIP. It has a small DLL and
instructions on how you can call up the standard Printer Setup
dialog. From there you can select Landscape, etc.
Also, MicroHelp's VBMuscle add-on library provides access to
the Printer setup dialog as well. Another option is to send the
necessary escape codes directly to the printer — OPEN LPT1…
Hope this helps
john k
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thanks; I knew all that, but I was hoping there was a way to do it from
within VB. The control panel doesn't help because I want to be able to go
from landscape to portrait and back from page to page. The escape codes
work, but they are a true pain in the you know what and you lose access to
ATM since it is a binary data stream. I've seen stuff about VB-Muscle and
VBTools, but I don't know anything about them. I looked for VBTools, but
it appears to be gone.
Does anyone make a DLL or lib to assist in the grunt work of printing in a
windows environment, to either HPLJ or Postscript printers.