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Pampas58
I am trying to print Model Name, technical data, and serial number on one
label for each unit we produce. We do about 200 per day.
The Tools: Access 2002 and Okidata Microline 591.
I create a table with the data, and one row for each label I want to print.
The serial numbers are the only difference in each row.
I created a Report in Access with the LABEL Wizard and defined all the
parameters.
I Load the label roll into the Okidata ML591 and begin to print. After 6
labels it skips 1.25 inches, throws off all the alignment onto the Custom
Printed Label Stock and now I have to stop; reset the printer, and start
again.
I think I’ve figured out that the 1.25 inches is a combination of two
factors; 1) the standard space between the last line on the previous label,
and the first line of the next label which happens to be 0.625 inches, and 2)
the Top Margin of the Report.
I tried to set the top margin to zero (0) with Printer.TopMargin = 0 in an
event but then I still get the 0.625 automatic feed and I still loose my
indexing.
I’ve set the printer to Skip Perforation = NO and I still get it. I’ve tried
setting up a special length page in the printer with LPRINT CHR$(27);G;28 but
apparently my translation to AccessVB is not good:
Open “LPT1†for output as #1
Print #1, Chr$(27);G;99 (it makes it 44.5 inches long)
Close #1
But I don’t get the page length so I don’t know if that idea would work.
We are in production, and the production foreman is typing the labels on a
manual typewriter (yes, they still make those). The label is a special
material (Aluminum) that is very good in Acid and High Temperature
environments, so I can’t go to any other printer but the Impact printer.
Does anyone have a clue how I can get around this? I was able to print
directly to the printer, but then the spacing is all fouled up (all I know
how to do right now is do full line spacing and the label has some odd
spacing).
Signed: Frustrated in KC on St Patrick’s Day
Pampas58
label for each unit we produce. We do about 200 per day.
The Tools: Access 2002 and Okidata Microline 591.
I create a table with the data, and one row for each label I want to print.
The serial numbers are the only difference in each row.
I created a Report in Access with the LABEL Wizard and defined all the
parameters.
I Load the label roll into the Okidata ML591 and begin to print. After 6
labels it skips 1.25 inches, throws off all the alignment onto the Custom
Printed Label Stock and now I have to stop; reset the printer, and start
again.
I think I’ve figured out that the 1.25 inches is a combination of two
factors; 1) the standard space between the last line on the previous label,
and the first line of the next label which happens to be 0.625 inches, and 2)
the Top Margin of the Report.
I tried to set the top margin to zero (0) with Printer.TopMargin = 0 in an
event but then I still get the 0.625 automatic feed and I still loose my
indexing.
I’ve set the printer to Skip Perforation = NO and I still get it. I’ve tried
setting up a special length page in the printer with LPRINT CHR$(27);G;28 but
apparently my translation to AccessVB is not good:
Open “LPT1†for output as #1
Print #1, Chr$(27);G;99 (it makes it 44.5 inches long)
Close #1
But I don’t get the page length so I don’t know if that idea would work.
We are in production, and the production foreman is typing the labels on a
manual typewriter (yes, they still make those). The label is a special
material (Aluminum) that is very good in Acid and High Temperature
environments, so I can’t go to any other printer but the Impact printer.
Does anyone have a clue how I can get around this? I was able to print
directly to the printer, but then the spacing is all fouled up (all I know
how to do right now is do full line spacing and the label has some odd
spacing).
Signed: Frustrated in KC on St Patrick’s Day
Pampas58