Subject Re: _pdriver does not work From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:14:28 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2018-02-21 11:13 AM, Mustansir Ghor wrote: > Dear Peter > > Thank you for example given. It is working all well. But main problem still persists. It does recognize paper size. I wonder, are you using USB port or parallel port (LPT!). I am testing on USB port. > > I went further to try to set printer setting ( Devices & Printers) for custom paper size of H= 4" , W= 8.5" named it as bchc and used this in tractor feed.  When I did Test print (from Windows) , it worked fine and Test print came out on 4" tractor feed paper and tear off position was correct. > > So now I opened report engine and set printer to EPSON LQ-690 ESC/P2, made page template to H = 4" and W = 8.5" , when it printed it did not work and it stopped at A4 settings. > > I then thought  of changing paper size on printer property and select bchc the name that I had set for paper size  in Windows printer, however this name did not appear. > > Please can anybody guide on this subject as how to make dBase 11.3 understand that for the printer chosen, its paper size is H= 4" and w=8.5" If your printer understands Epson's ESC/P2 you can set the page length in inches.  It will almost certainly understand ESC/P in which case you can set the page length in lines. The ESP/P instruction to set the page length in lines is      ESC C n   where n is between 1 and 127 The ESC/P instruction to set the right margin      ESC Q n   where n is the number of characters The ESC/P instruction to set the left margin is      ESC I n   where n is the number of characters. Default is 1 It's MANY years since I last had to send control codes to a printer so the syntax below may need some work. :-( The default number of lines per inch is 6 so the following should set the page length to 44 lines ie 4 inches.     set console off     set print on     ? chr(27)+'C44'     ? chr(27)+'Q80'     set print off     set console on If you haven't got the ESC/P manual for your printer, Google     epson esc/p manual Mervyn.