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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 10:32:00 EST
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- Subject: PC/SAS prints leading blank page
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- Content Question
- Summary PC/SAS prints leading blank page with FILE command
- Rlse/Pltfm SAS 6.04 for DOS with HP Laserjet II Printer
- Name Steve James
- BITNET Address SPJ1%UGA.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
- INTERNET Address SPJ1@CEHIEC1.EM.CDC.GOV
- Real address Centers for Disease Control
- 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop F36
- Atlanta, GA 30333
- (404) 488-4656
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- Dear SAS-L
-
- This is a follow-up to a question that I had concerning getting PC/SAS
- output to print in landscape on an HP Laserjet. That was accomplished by
- sending the appropriate codes described in the HP manual with the PUT
- statement massaged with the BYTE function (eg. x=byte(027);put @1 x; sends
- the escape character to the printer). Thanks for those who responded.
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- My problem now is that when I send this output to the printer, a blank
- page is always printed first, and I have to press the Form Feed to get the
- last page of the output to print. Someone here suggested that there is a
- configuration option with the printer that determines whether the printer
- "prints what it has" or waits until it gets a form feed before it disgorges
- its data buffer. Could this be the AUTO CONTINUE option that's mentioned but
- not described in the HP manual? If it is, then the question is can it be set
- programmatically or must I manually set the option before printing my output,
- then reset it after I'm finished. And also will it solve the blank page
- problem? If that's not the solution what is? I will greatly appreciate any
- help y'all can give.
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- Steve James, Centers for Disease Control
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