Printing Full Page 1098, 1099

[fp at casabellagallery.com]

Del posted:

> 
> Hi:
> 
> I have a client that wants to switch from printing 1098 and 1099 on dot matrix 
>(one form at a time) to printing same on laser.  The standard laser form is three 
>to a page vertical and the final form goes all the way to the bottom of the page.
>I am not sure what the right technique is to print these, the methods I have tried 
>failed because native filepro output skips to the next page before we get to the 
>bottom.  I have tried varying page size, form size, etc., but only made the problem 
>worse.  I'm sure others are doing this and just want to know what is the right approach 
>to printing these laser forms where there are multiple forms down the page.
> 

Del,

The times I had to write such forms I ended up using a full page form with a single
column of dummy variables on column 1 of the page.  Like so:

*aa
*ab
*ac
*ad
*ae
...
...
...
*bz

Within the processing table, I use mid() to place content where needed thus creating
data blocks moving printing position by setting counters (vertical and horizontal).

I never liked using the built-in option X across since it never seem to work with the
problems at hand (not saying that this does not work, but simply that it never fit 
the needs I've come across and it created paging problems in most cases I ever tried it).

I hope this points you in the right direction!


Jose Lerebours