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From: bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Printing Generic
Message-ID: <106580063@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Aug 89 16:31:38 GMT
References: <258700008@prism>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>    Has anyone written Windows code that prints to generic tty printers?
>
>    Our application knows how to print to IBMGRX graphics printers using the
>Windows Escape() calls, but fails when making the same calls to a Brother
>HR-40 daisywheel printer configured with tty.drv.  I know the Brother's 
>configuration is correct since I print on it successfully from MS Write. 
>None of the Escape() calls abort and I do TextOut()s with a valid HDC, 
>but the only output I get is a formfeed.  What's wrong here?  Thanks for 
>any suggestions. 

Are you doing an Escape(NEWFRAME) before you do Escape(ENDDOC)?  If not,
the print driver won't output the current page.

Basic algorithm:

    Escape(SETABORTPROC)
    Escape(STARTDOC)
       print whatever
    Escape(NEWFRAME)
    [Repeat print and Escape(NEWFRAME) for each page]
    Escape(ENDDOC)
    

--Bill Turner (bturner@hp-pcd.hp.com)
HP Corvallis Information Systems