Microsoft KB Archive/97630

= Using the Report Writer with ImageWriter or LaserWriter =

PSS ID Number: 97630

Article Last Modified on 10/23/1999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxBASE+ for Macintosh 2.01

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This article was previously published under Q97630



SUMMARY
If you are printing a report on both an Apple ImageWriter and a LaserWriter and are using any version of the Apple System software, including System versions 7.0 and later, you must create two different reports.

To create the reports:


 * 1) Select the LaserWriter printer through the Chooser, and create a report.
 * 2) Save the report.
 * 3) Use the Save As command to save a copy of the report with a name appropriate to the ImageWriter.
 * 4) Use the Chooser to select the ImageWriter printer. Reformat the report as required.

Another option is to create a report for the ImageWriter and print it on the LaserWriter at 96 percent, but this method is not always feasible.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior occurs because FoxBASE+/Mac uses Apple's printer drivers. Apple's printers expect a header file (which FoxBASE+/Mac prepares with the creation of a report) to be sent along with any text sent to the printer. The format of this header file has changed since the evolution of the LaserWriter.

Therefore, if an ImageWriter receives a header file prepared for the LaserWriter, it will not automatically use the default printer settings. The same is true for sending an ImageWriter header file to the LaserWriter.

Additional query words: 2.01 report

Keywords: KB97630

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFoxBASE201Mac kbFoxBASESearch kbFoxproSearch kbHWMAC kbOSMAC

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