Filling remaining lines of a page in a Quiz report

[David Morrison - Corporate]

Eric,

Are you using these printers for the output of just one QUIZ program?  

If so, and other solutions don't work or aren't feasible, consider a
pre-processing QTP program.  You could create 132- or 150-byte records that
correspond to print rows (51 or 66 records per page, say), then fill up the
table with data to be printed.  The key to the file is page number + line
number.  Need to use logic to know when to skip lines and when to skip to
the next page.  Either fill the records to be skipped with a non-printable
character, or set the QUIZ program to print blank lines.

David Morrison

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Sharman [SMTP:chris.sharman@ccagroup.co.uk]
> Sent:	Friday, July 19, 2002 1:00 AM
> To:	Hoppe, Eric EP; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Cc:	aaron.anderson@steelscape-inc.com
> Subject:	RE: Filling remaining lines of a page in a Quiz report
> 
> 
> First, I presume you've set the paper thickness lever (inside front left)
> ?
> It should be between 2 & 3 for 4 part paper, and slows the speed above 2.
> 
> Do you get the same problem with multiple line feeds as with form feed ?
> If not, it's easy to set Quiz to NOFORMFEED.
> 
> Failing that, you're reduced to doing something fairly ugly, I'm afraid.
> You need to post-process the output, either with an extra quiz pass, or
> with
> your favourite text manipulation tool, or with a modified print symbiont
> (VMS), to pad it out. Or you could see if there's any modification you can
> do inside the printer to slow it further ...
> 
> I'd be inclined towards the modified print symbiont as the most elegant
> solution.
> It would probably only be 10-20 lines of your favourite 3GL.
> 
> Chris
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hoppe, Eric EP [mailto:eric.hoppe@steelscape-inc.com]
> > Sent: 19 July 2002 01:10
> > To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> > Cc: aaron.anderson@steelscape-inc.com
> > Subject: Filling remaining lines of a page in a Quiz report
> >
> >
> > All-
> >
> > We have been replacing the Dec line printers with Epson LQ-570+
> dot-matrix
> > printers for the reason of cost and availability.  We are using these
> > printers to print multipart Bill of Lading forms.  We have the Epson
> > printers set up as 'push' tractor feed.  It appears the Epson printers
> > accelerate the feed to the top of the next sheet when the report
> > is complete
> > which is causing these multi-part forms to get all bunched up.
> >
> > What does all this have to do with PH?
> > Is there a way to tell Quiz to 'fill' in the remaining lines of a
> > page with
> > a period "." at the beginning of the line to force the printer to keep a
> > constant speed to the end of the form?  I know Quiz keeps tabs of how
> much
> > space is left because of the RESERVE statement.
> >
> > The following is purely supplemental, non-critical info-
> > As I am sure you are all wondering... Why not look at other solutions:
> > Why not use a different printer? We haven't found a decent one that does
> > multi-part forms.
> > Why not print 4 copies on a LaserJet? We thought about this and the
> users
> > would freak if they had to do this... I am sure some of you are aware of
> > users in a manufacturing arena.
> > Why not stay with the DEC printers?  They are easily 3x as
> > expensive, are no
> > longer produced, and are VERY expensive to repair, and they are very
> moody
> > Why not use the tractor feed to 'pull' the form?  This wastes
> > forms, causing
> > us to throw one away for every one printed.
> >
> > Thanks for any input... even if it is to comment on the other solutions.
> >
> > ---ehops
> >
> > Eric Hoppe
> > Steelscape, Inc.
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > 360.673.8247
> >
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