We have a client using a signature font SIMM module installed in an HP8000 series printer for printing signatures on checks from our FPW 2.6 product. The operating system is Win98 (user had been running under Win95 with a LJ5si printer).
Had some problems initially with the signature font not printing due to the HP8000 printer drivers. Architext (SIMM supplier) suggested we try the LaserJet 5 Si printer drivers which fixed the problem (under Win98).
Currently trying to test our product using W2000 Professional and the SIMM fonts won’t print. Have noticed that W2000 does not allow any intervention when installing printer drivers. It looks like a printer driver problem again, but can’t seem to find a way to override the driver install once the network printer is selected.
We have been able to fire off the SIMM font by putting the signature font escape codes in a text file and using a copy command from DOS to print a test page, so we know the SIMM can be fired off from the W2000 environment. The same codes printed from the check report form in Fpw 2.6 just prints the escape codes on the check. We have created a test program in VFP 6.0 and the results are the same. This seems to narrow the problem back to the FoxPro/printer driver interface.
Anyone out there using SIMM/DIMM hardware fonts in a FPW 2.6 or VFP 6.0, W2000 workstation environment?
Had some problems initially with the signature font not printing due to the HP8000 printer drivers. Architext (SIMM supplier) suggested we try the LaserJet 5 Si printer drivers which fixed the problem (under Win98).
Currently trying to test our product using W2000 Professional and the SIMM fonts won’t print. Have noticed that W2000 does not allow any intervention when installing printer drivers. It looks like a printer driver problem again, but can’t seem to find a way to override the driver install once the network printer is selected.
We have been able to fire off the SIMM font by putting the signature font escape codes in a text file and using a copy command from DOS to print a test page, so we know the SIMM can be fired off from the W2000 environment. The same codes printed from the check report form in Fpw 2.6 just prints the escape codes on the check. We have created a test program in VFP 6.0 and the results are the same. This seems to narrow the problem back to the FoxPro/printer driver interface.
Anyone out there using SIMM/DIMM hardware fonts in a FPW 2.6 or VFP 6.0, W2000 workstation environment?
