print multiple copies of a report - windows fp

Richard D. Williams richard at appgrp.net
Mon Feb 26 14:33:51 PST 2018


Nancy,

That's a great idea.  I use variables all the time on my linux stuff to 
sent print codes like bold on, bold off, change trays etc..
I just did not think that option.

Many Thanks,

Richard D. Williams

On 2/26/2018 4:11 PM, Nancy Palmquist via Filepro-list wrote:
> Richard,
>
> If you are sending PCL to the printer, you can lookup to\he COPIES PCL 
> code and insert that into your document.
>
> Printcodes can be inserted with dummy variables but I am not sure how 
> close COPIES must be to the start of the document.  It would take a 
> bit of experimenting.
>
> If you are using some other method than PCL I have no idea except to 
> write to a file and print the file as much as you want.
>
> Nancy
>
>
> On 2/26/2018 3:12 PM, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list wrote:
>> When I want to print multiple copies of a report in linux, I can use 
>> the printer command like this,
>>
>> l="lpr -n 2 -s -dmyprinter";printer (l)
>>
>> How can I do this in windows?
>>
>> Richard D. Williams
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Filepro-list mailing list
>> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes
>> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list
>>
>



More information about the Filepro-list mailing list