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Smartforms: Printer incompatibility (Laser to Dot matrix)

Former Member — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:22:34 GMT

Dear all

I have developed one smartforms(zforms and zdriver prog) and configured that in NACE and i m printing from

VF03 for laser printer & the o/p is superb.

But my client still uses Dot matrix printer(PARTS1)

and while selecting that printer , i found somewhat disturbed o/p in Preview also and boxes dont appear at all( & few @ char is getting printed) in the printout copies .

My BASIS has done the setup in SPAD but still struggling , where i m going wrong ?

PLz help............................?

Thnx

Moni

Message was edited by: md monirujjaman

Re: Smartforms: Printer incompatibility (Laser to Dot matrix)

Former Member — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:07:22 GMT

Dear Moni,

In terms of making some helpful suggestions, could you please provide a little bit more information as follows:

1. Manufacturer and models of Dot Matrix printers you are trying to use.

2. The language (frequently called the emulation) the Dot Matrix printer(s) are using to process the Smartforms.

3. SAP Print Driver selected to process the output.

Thanks.

Best Regards,

/Paul

Re: Smartforms: Printer incompatibility (Laser to Dot matrix)

Former Member — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:01:58 GMT

Mostly the problem will be in SPAD configuration.

For the printer has to be configured correctly. ask the admin to re-check this config.

Re: Smartforms: Printer incompatibility (Laser to Dot matrix)

Former Member — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:38:07 GMT

Dear Paul

1) Panasonic dot matrix printer .

2) i m not sure about the Language ,hoping English

3)KPSAPWIN: MS WINDOWS DRIVER via SAPLPD

Thnx

Moni

Re: Smartforms: Printer incompatibility (Laser to Dot matrix)

Former Member — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:49:18 GMT

Dear Moni,

Most all of the Panasonic Dot Matrix printers support two different printer languages (IBM Proprinter and an Epson language - FX for 9 wire matrix printers, LQ for 24 wire matrix printers). The active language is configured through the setup routine of the printer itself by pressing certain buttons.

I installed the KX-P1150 driver on my Windows XP PC and then printed a web page through it because I knew this would force the print driver to enter graphics mode. I found that this driver was sending Epson based printer control commands. If it happened that the KX-P1150, which received this information, was set to its IBM Proprinter III emulation, most graphic based commands would not be understood.

In your case, the @ being printed instead of the graphically generated box draw characters suggests that you might have a printer language mismatch between the Windows driver receiving the SAP Smartforms input and the language currently selected within the target printer itself.

I would suggest as a first step verifying that the printer is in its Epson emulation and then trying a print test again. If you still have trouble, I would agree with the other poster who mentioned you should then look into re-checking the SPAD configuration.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul