Converting 3x5 tractor feed labels from DB4 program. Is it possible to set up a custom label size for the Labels report or streaming output still the best way. I'm using Oki 320's and the windows deiver gives no options for custom page dimensions. IF I use _plength, _plinefeeds, the printyer is still not recognizing the the new page length. If I mnaually set the printer to 3" page length the Win Driver seems to be over ridding the setting. Any ideas?

From:	Geoff Wass
Subject:	Re: Label Sizes for Dot Matrix Printer
Date:	Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:20:29 -0500

Jan White wrote:
> Converting 3x5 tractor feed labels from DB4 program. Is it possible
> to set up a custom label size for the Labels report or streaming
> output still the best way. I'm using Oki 320's and the windows
> deiver gives no options for custom page dimensions. IF I use
> _plength, _plinefeeds, the printyer is still not recognizing the the
> new page length. If I mnaually set the printer to 3" page length the
> Win Driver seems to be over ridding the setting. Any ideas?

Jan,

I would go with label reports. To which version of dBASE are you converting?
Have you tried anything yet? If so, were there any problems?

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From:	Jan White
Subject:	Re: Label Sizes for Dot Matrix Printer
Date:	Tue, 07 Dec 2004 19:23:24 -0500

Geoff Wass Wrote:

> Jan White wrote:
> > Converting 3x5 tractor feed labels from DB4 program. Is it possible
> > to set up a custom label size for the Labels report or streaming
> > output still the best way. I'm using Oki 320's and the windows
> > deiver gives no options for custom page dimensions. IF I use
> > _plength, _plinefeeds, the printyer is still not recognizing the the
> > new page length. If I mnaually set the printer to 3" page length the
> > Win Driver seems to be over ridding the setting. Any ideas?
>
>
> Jan,
>
> I would go with label reports. To which version of dBASE are you converting?
> Have you tried anything yet? If so, were there any problems?
>
I'm using dbk 2.5. I tried the label report wizard.. I did not see a way tod to the predefined lablel sizes. I tried a regular report and changed the pagetemplates heighth and width. None of these settings seem to have any effect on the OKI 320.

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From:	Jim Sare [dBVIPS]
Subject:	Re: Label Sizes for Dot Matrix Printer
Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2004 02:59:44 -0500

Jan,

> I'm using dbk 2.5. I tried the label report wizard..
> I did not see a way tod to the predefined lablel sizes.

It sounds like you used the Label Designer instead of the Label Wizard.
To ensure you start with the Label Wizard, type this in the Command window:

CREATE LABEL WIZARD

A wizard dialog will appear which has 5 steps. The first few steps
select a table for input, layout the table fields for the labels,
determine sort order, etc. Step 4 is where you select the type of label
stock to use.

Hope it helps.
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From:	Jan White
Subject:	Re: Label Sizes for Dot Matrix Printer
Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:47:55 -0500

Thanks Jim, but the issue not having the right label size to pick from.

Jim Sare [dBVIPS] Wrote:

> Jan,
>
> > I'm using dbk 2.5. I tried the label report wizard..
> > I did not see a way tod to the predefined lablel sizes.
>
> It sounds like you used the Label Designer instead of the Label Wizard.
> To ensure you start with the Label Wizard, type this in the Command window:
>
> CREATE LABEL WIZARD
>
> A wizard dialog will appear which has 5 steps. The first few steps
> select a table for input, layout the table fields for the labels,
> determine sort order, etc. Step 4 is where you select the type of label
> stock to use.
>
> Hope it helps.
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> http://www.jimsare.com

From:	Jim Sare [dBVIPS]
Subject:	Re: Label Sizes for Dot Matrix Printer
Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:47:03 -0500

Jan,

> Thanks Jim, but the issue not having the right label size to pick from.

Ah...I see...so why didn't you say so to begin with?

No problem. The label sheet layouts (label definitions) which are used
by the Labels Wizard are stored in a standard Paradox .db table. The
table is Labe0009.db and is located in the
\Designer\label directory. You can add any label
layout you wish to that table and the Label Wizard will offer it as
another option.

As Ken mentioned, there is a form in the dUFLP library (CUSTLABL.WFM)
which makes it easier to add your custom label definitions to the
Labe0009.db file.

You can get the latest dUFLP library release at:

http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/

Hope it helps.
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From:	Jan White
Subject:	Re: Label Sizes for Dot Matrix Printer
Date:	Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:21:29 -0500

Thanks a lot....i appreciate the help. I'll try to ask the simple question first next time.

Jim Sare [dBVIPS] Wrote:

> Jan,
>
> > Thanks Jim, but the issue not having the right label size to pick from.
>
> Ah...I see...so why didn't you say so to begin with?
>
> No problem. The label sheet layouts (label definitions) which are used
> by the Labels Wizard are stored in a standard Paradox .db table. The
> table is Labe0009.db and is located in the
> \Designer\label directory. You can add any label
> layout you wish to that table and the Label Wizard will offer it as
> another option.
>
> As Ken mentioned, there is a form in the dUFLP library (CUSTLABL.WFM)
> which makes it easier to add your custom label definitions to the
> Labe0009.db file.
>
> You can get the latest dUFLP library release at:
>
> http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/
>
> Hope it helps.
> --
> Jim Sare - [dBVIPS]
> http://www.jimsare.com

From:	Ken Mayer [dBVIPS]
Subject:	Re: Label Sizes for Dot Matrix Printer
Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2004 05:35:29 -0800

Jan White wrote:
> Geoff Wass Wrote:
>
>
>>Jan White wrote:
>>
>>>Converting 3x5 tractor feed labels from DB4 program. Is it possible
>>>to set up a custom label size for the Labels report or streaming
>>>output still the best way. I'm using Oki 320's and the windows
>>>deiver gives no options for custom page dimensions. IF I use
>>>_plength, _plinefeeds, the printyer is still not recognizing the the
>>>new page length. If I mnaually set the printer to 3" page length the
>>>Win Driver seems to be over ridding the setting. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>Jan,
>>
>>I would go with label reports. To which version of dBASE are you converting?
>>Have you tried anything yet? If so, were there any problems?
>>
>
> I'm using dbk 2.5. I tried the label report wizard.. I did not see a way tod to the predefined lablel sizes. I tried a regular report and changed the pagetemplates heighth and width. None of these settings seem to have any effect on the OKI 320.

In addition to Jim's comment, there's a form in the dUFLP (freeware
library of code) that was created specifically to allow you to
read/write from/to the label definition table.

Ken

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From:	Jan White (Resolution)
Subject:	Re: Label Sizes for Dot Matrix Printer
Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:55:48 -0500

I have a awkward resolution by using the Generic IBM 9pin Windows Driver, and sending a print stream ( Set Prnt On, ? , Set Print TO ),
Its not pretty but it gets around the problem. I don't understand if page length is set in the LAbel and Report designers by the pagetemplate properties or by the Printer properties. It seems that it is the printer, which means if the print driver doesn't support user defined page lengths, you are out of luck. The Oki Dot Matrix printers are still used in a lot of vertical applications.
Thanks a lot for the help.

Jan White Wrote:

> Converting 3x5 tractor feed labels from DB4 program. Is it possible to set up a custom label size for the Labels report or streaming output still the best way. I'm using Oki 320's and the windows deiver gives no option for custom page dimensions. IF I use _plength, _plinefeeds, the printyer is still not recognizing the the new page length. If I mnaually set the printer to 3" page length the Win Driver seems to be over ridding the setting. Any ideas?