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| C# Printing Problem Its been some time, i have been trying to print bills in dos mode using C# , i was unsuccessful so i have given my client printing in normal mode using crystal reports. I am using VS 2005 & SQL 2000. But i would like to give a try again printing bills in dos mode. I am using continueous paper with 6 Inches height and 5 inches width on wep 800 dx printer. i would like to align text in the following way. i would like to know how to eject paper after printing each bill so that it wont print next bill in the balance of the first page. BILL FORMAT Code: COMPANY NAME
COMPANY ADDRESS
COMPANY ADDRESS2
PINCODE
TELEPHONE
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BILL NO : 123 BILL DATE:DD/MM/YYYY
CUSTOMER NAME : BILL GATES
CUSTOMER ADDRESS : MICROSOFT
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ITEM NO1 1000.00
ITEM NO2 530.00
ITEM NO3 450.00
ITEM NO4 1.50
ITEM NO6 2500.00
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TOTAL : 4481.50
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THANK YOU VISIT AGAIN
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COMPANY NAME
COMPANY ADDRESS
COMPANY ADDRESS2
PINCODE
TELEPHONE
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BILL NO : 124 BILL DATE:DD/MM/YYYY
CUSTOMER NAME : AB DEVILLERS
CUSTOMER ADDRESS : NEW YORK
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ITEM NO1 25.00
ITEM NO2 120.00
ITEM NO3 369.00
ITEM NO4 0.50
ITEM NO6 1450.00
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TOTAL : 1964.50
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THANK YOU VISIT AGAIN
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Code: using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
[StructLayout( LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct DOCINFO
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]public string pDocName;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]public string pOutputFile;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]public string pDataType;
}
public class PrintDirect
{
[ DllImport( "winspool.drv",CharSet=CharSet.Unicode,ExactSpelling=false,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.StdCall )]
public static extern long OpenPrinter(string pPrinterName,ref IntPtr phPrinter, int pDefault);
[ DllImport( "winspool.drv",CharSet=CharSet.Unicode,ExactSpelling=false,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.StdCall )]
public static extern long StartDocPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter, int Level, ref DOCINFO pDocInfo);
[ DllImport( "winspool.drv",CharSet=CharSet.Unicode,ExactSpelling=true,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern long StartPagePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[ DllImport( "winspool.drv",CharSet=CharSet.Ansi,ExactSpelling=true,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern long WritePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter,string data, int buf,ref int pcWritten);
[ DllImport( "winspool.drv" ,CharSet=CharSet.Unicode,ExactSpelling=true,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern long EndPagePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[ DllImport( "winspool.drv" ,CharSet=CharSet.Unicode,ExactSpelling=true,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.StdCall)]
public static extern long EndDocPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
[ DllImport( "winspool.drv",CharSet=CharSet.Unicode,ExactSpelling=true,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.StdCall )]
public static extern long ClosePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);
}
public class App
{
public static void Main()
{
System.IntPtr lhPrinter=new System.IntPtr();
DOCINFO di = new DOCINFO();
int pcWritten=0;
string st1;
// text to print with a form feed character
st1="This is an example of printing directly to a printer\f";
di.pDocName="my test document";
di.pDataType="RAW";
// the \x1b means an ascii escape character
st1="\x1b*c600a6b0P\f";
//lhPrinter contains the handle for the printer opened
//If lhPrinter is 0 then an error has occured
PrintDirect.OpenPrinter("WeP 800 DX",ref lhPrinter,0);
PrintDirect.StartDocPrinter(lhPrinter,1,ref di);
PrintDirect.StartPagePrinter(lhPrinter);
try
{
// Moves the cursor 900 dots (3 inches at 300 dpi) in from the left margin, and
// 600 dots (2 inches at 300 dpi) down from the top margin.
st1="\x1b*p900x600Y";
PrintDirect.WritePrinter(lhPrinter,st1,st1.Length,ref pcWritten);
// Using the print model commands for rectangle dimensions, "600a" specifies a rectangle
// with a horizontal size or width of 600 dots, and "6b" specifies a vertical
// size or height of 6 dots. The 0P selects the solid black rectangular area fill.
st1="\x1b*c600a6b0P";
PrintDirect.WritePrinter(lhPrinter,st1,st1.Length,ref pcWritten);
// Specifies a rectangle with width of 6 dots, height of 600 dots, and a
// fill pattern of solid black.
st1="\x1b*c6a600b0P";
PrintDirect.WritePrinter(lhPrinter,st1,st1.Length,ref pcWritten);
// Moves the current cursor position to 900 dots, from the left margin and
// 1200 dots down from the top margin.
st1="\x1b*p900x1200Y";
PrintDirect.WritePrinter(lhPrinter,st1,st1.Length,ref pcWritten);
// Specifies a rectangle with a width of 606 dots, a height of 6 dots and a
// fill pattern of solid black.
st1="\x1b*c606a6b0P";
PrintDirect.WritePrinter(lhPrinter,st1,st1.Length,ref pcWritten);
// Moves the current cursor position to 1500 dots from the left margin and
// 600 dots down from the top margin.
st1="\x1b*p1500x600Y";
PrintDirect.WritePrinter(lhPrinter,st1,st1.Length,ref pcWritten);
// Specifies a rectangle with a width of 6 dots, a height of 600 dots and a
// fill pattern of solid black.
st1="\x1b*c6a600b0P";
PrintDirect.WritePrinter(lhPrinter,st1,st1.Length,ref pcWritten);
// Send a form feed character to the printer
st1="\f";
PrintDirect.WritePrinter(lhPrinter,st1,st1.Length,ref pcWritten);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
PrintDirect.EndPagePrinter(lhPrinter);
PrintDirect.EndDocPrinter(lhPrinter);
PrintDirect.ClosePrinter(lhPrinter);
}
}
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