printing multiple copies

[Don Coleman]

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> Good morning.  I'm using 4.8.11 on a win2k box and am trying 
> to print multiple copies of a file.  I have been printing 
> just one copy and at the same time numbering them with @pn.  
> I would like to have the second and third copies have the 
> same number as the original.  Is this possible? and if so how?
> Any help will be appreciated very much since I seem to be stuck!
> 
> Bob Coburn
> DataWare Software
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Just a quick question - what printer are you printing to?

If it a PCL printer you can set the number of copies wanted. Using 1b&l#X.
Substitute the number of copies wanted for the pound sign.  
		i.e. 3 copies - 1b & l 3X  (that is a lower cases el before
the
3)   

You will need to send this as an initialization string.

Be aware that this will print x copies of each page.  You will then have to
collate the report.

If there are a large number of pages to the report, this could be tedious.
Another way to handle this would be to run your report from clerk using the
system command.  When you run the first copy of the report have it create a
demand index.  On each successive pass use the demand index.

You can create a variable, num_copies, and keep looping through the second
system command until all of the copies are printed.  

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting 


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Bob:

Although I like Richard's solution better because the # of copies is
variable, if it were not variable you can print the report to a temp folder
and then copy the file as many times as needed in your menu script.

Ex:
\fp\rreport filename -f report_name -a -u -p C:\TEMP\Report_File
Copy C:\TEMP\Report_File LPT1 (or network path \\Server_name\printer)
Continue the copy command for as many copies as needed.

As I said earlier, I like Richard's method much better for variable # of
copies.

Don Coleman