Printer can Form feed? ( Y / N ): Y.

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:46:20PM -0500, Bob Stockler wrote:
> I've known for a long time that filePro reports didn't
> use form feeds, but just printed enough blank lines to
> get to the end of the page.  I used to have a filter
> that would eliminate any blank lines not followed by a
> line with printable characters in it, just to overcome
> that behavior.
> 
> And I too always wondered why, in Printer Options, the
> subject question was asked.
> 
> I JUST FOUND OUT ! ! !
> 
> When in dcabe and printing a processing table, if the
> Form feed option is set to Y, a ^L will precede the
> first line of the heading on all pages after the first
> one.  If it's set to N, blank lines will be printed
> between the pages, and the final page will print blank
> lines sufficient to get to the bottom of the page.

So dcabe knows how to do it, but dreport doesn't.  Oh, *that's* nice...

> I know that, knowing this, I'll sleep better tonight,
> and I hope you all will too.

Nope; my waterbed heater is on the fritz.

Cheers,
-- jra
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