.net printing

Thomas

We are currently developing a .net application for accounting. We are using an epson dfx-9000 dot matrix printer to do our printing for us. The printer is currently set to 6 lines to the inch, and if you do a self test print, it works. For some reason, when we use the driver from a windows 7 computer, all of our text that we send to the printer from the .net prints 7 lines to the inch. We have attempted to print both with and without the spooler, but no luck. Might this be a problem caused by windows or the .net framework which automatically formats the text?

Thomas,
Thomas

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Sam Hobbs15y ago
So you are drawing text using:
System.Drawing.Font("Courier New", 10)
Correct? Did you write the code? If so, then do you know why you did that? If not, can you consult with the author?

I apologize that I don't know the details of what size would result from that Font constructor, but it determines the size of the font.
Thomas15y ago
I am attempting to post the code again
Guest User15y ago
Thomas-

Try setting the paper size and other settings explicitly in your code. The default values of the various PrintDocument properties may not match the settings in the printer driver properties. If you do that and still encounter the same issue, then you've (at the very least) eliminated the PrintDocument properties as the source of the problem.
Suthish Nair15y ago
I have posted the code. vr?
Thomas15y ago
1. We are using .net 3.5
2. We are not setting these things within the code, but instead are simply using the printer settings in the driver to change the paper size.

I have posted the code that we have created that uses the print document class. I hope it makes sense.
Guest User15y ago
It's possible to send the escape codes directly to the printer to change settings such as lines-per-inch:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2286839/reverse-line-feed-or-another-solution-for-continuous-feed-out-of-sync-matrix
Guest User15y ago
Hi Thomas, can you confirm the following:

1) Which version of .Net are you using?
2) Are you setting the paper size and other print/page settings in code? Do those settings match those in the printer driver properties?
Suthish Nair15y ago
can you attach the code.
Thomas15y ago
I have not seen anything in the recommended articles. To print I use the built in print document class to do the printing. I pass the entire printing job as a string, and then use delimiters to signal the end of the line and the end of a page.
Suthish Nair15y ago
Hi Thomas,

Welcome to C# Corner.

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