Windows XP not using custom form

I have created a new form by going into printers & faxes and then going into
file - printer server settings. We use a 8 1/2 X 5.5 continuous tractor
fed form to print student schedules on. The printer works fine in Windows
95 & 98. We want to put in a new computer with Windows XP but when it prints
it form feeds over a whole form basically wasting a form. The printer we
are using is an Okidata ML380 printer. I checked on the printer and it is
setup for 5.5 length paper and I set the defaults for the printer to use the
new form I created. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this it would be
appreciated. If I cannot find a fix I will have to put in the old Win98
machine again . Is there a way to use 98 print drivers in XP?

What type of application are you using? The application must enumerate and
select the newly created form. If you are not familiar with enumerate, it
means the application should show the form you defined in it's page setup.
If it's a custom application, it's possible this isn't being done correctly.

Do you have another app that you can try (Like Word or something like that)
as a test? The app should display the form you defined in it's page setup.

No the 98 driver will not work on XP.

"Ryan Tremblay" wrote in message
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I have created a new form by going into printers & faxes and then going
into file - printer server settings. We use a 8 1/2 X 5.5 continuous
tractor fed form to print student schedules on. The printer works fine in
Windows 95 & 98. We want to put in a new computer with Windows XP but when
it prints it form feeds over a whole form basically wasting a form. The
printer we are using is an Okidata ML380 printer. I checked on the printer
and it is setup for 5.5 length paper and I set the defaults for the printer
to use the new form I created. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this
it would be appreciated. If I cannot find a fix I will have to put in the
old Win98 machine again . Is there a way to use 98 print drivers in XP?

We are using NX/VIEW which connects to our Unisys Mainframe running Unisys'
MCP. They type in the command into the mainframe and it sends the print job
to the printer. I will try word and see what it does. In it.

"mike" nospamplease.com wrote in message
...
What type of application are you using? The application must enumerate and
select the newly created form. If you are not familiar with enumerate, it
means the application should show the form you defined in it's page setup.
If it's a custom application, it's possible this isn't being done
correctly.

Do you have another app that you can try (Like Word or something like
that) as a test? The app should display the form you defined in it's page
setup.

No the 98 driver will not work on XP.

"Ryan Tremblay" wrote in message
...
I have created a new form by going into printers & faxes and then going
into file - printer server settings. We use a 8 1/2 X 5.5 continuous
tractor fed form to print student schedules on. The printer works fine in
Windows 95 & 98. We want to put in a new computer with Windows XP but when
it prints it form feeds over a whole form basically wasting a form. The
printer we are using is an Okidata ML380 printer. I checked on the
printer and it is setup for 5.5 length paper and I set the defaults for
the printer to use the new form I created. If anyone has any ideas on how
to fix this it would be appreciated. If I cannot find a fix I will have
to put in the old Win98 machine again . Is there a way to use 98 print
drivers in XP?

Just tried something in word. It still sends a form feed which still wastes
a form. Is there a way to set the printer driver the LPP (lines per inch)
somewhere? I think that is what is causing it.


"Ryan Tremblay" wrote in message
...
We are using NX/VIEW which connects to our Unisys Mainframe running
Unisys' MCP. They type in the command into the mainframe and it sends the
print job to the printer. I will try word and see what it does. In it.

"mike" nospamplease.com wrote in message
...
What type of application are you using? The application must enumerate
and select the newly created form. If you are not familiar with
enumerate, it means the application should show the form you defined in
it's page setup. If it's a custom application, it's possible this isn't
being done correctly.

Do you have another app that you can try (Like Word or something like
that) as a test? The app should display the form you defined in it's page
setup.

No the 98 driver will not work on XP.

"Ryan Tremblay" wrote in message
...
I have created a new form by going into printers & faxes and then going
into file - printer server settings. We use a 8 1/2 X 5.5 continuous
tractor fed form to print student schedules on. The printer works fine
in Windows 95 & 98. We want to put in a new computer with Windows XP but
when it prints it form feeds over a whole form basically wasting a form.
The printer we are using is an Okidata ML380 printer. I checked on the
printer and it is setup for 5.5 length paper and I set the defaults for
the printer to use the new form I created. If anyone has any ideas on
how to fix this it would be appreciated. If I cannot find a fix I will
have to put in the old Win98 machine again . Is there a way to use 98
print drivers in XP?

Is there a way to set the printer driver the LPP (lines per inch)
somewhere?
Unless it's built into the driver, no. If it were in the driver, I would
think there would be a property sheet to allow it.

Are you sure the driver is sending a form feed? This is normal with most dot
matrix drivers. If you have set the printer features with a particular form
size, then the printer should be honoring the form feed and not feeding more
than the define form length.

I am not familiar with NX/VIEW
I assume that Word displayed the custom form size that you defined in
Printers and Faxes-File-Server Properties and it was selected for the
print test.
The only thing I can suggest (if you are technically inclined) is to print a
page to file and examine the data through some hex viewer. Count the number
of line feeds (0x0A) and form feeds (0x0C) and see what the total is. This
way you can verify what exactly is being generated by the pc. The interface
between other computer systems (mainframe) can sometime introduce strange
behaviour.
Note: Some printers have features that treat a carriage return (0x0d) as a
line feed. If this were the case you would get double the feed if the output
data was using CrLf (0x0d0x0a) for newlines.

Have you checked the printer mfg for the latest (XP) drivers?


"Ryan Tremblay" wrote in message
...
Just tried something in word. It still sends a form feed which still
wastes a form. Is there a way to set the printer driver the LPP (lines
per inch) somewhere? I think that is what is causing it.


"Ryan Tremblay" wrote in message
...
We are using NX/VIEW which connects to our Unisys Mainframe running
Unisys' MCP. They type in the command into the mainframe and it sends
the print job to the printer. I will try word and see what it does. In
it.

"mike" nospamplease.com wrote in message
...
What type of application are you using? The application must enumerate
and select the newly created form. If you are not familiar with
enumerate, it means the application should show the form you defined in
it's page setup. If it's a custom application, it's possible this isn't
being done correctly.

Do you have another app that you can try (Like Word or something like
that) as a test? The app should display the form you defined in it's
page setup.

No the 98 driver will not work on XP.

"Ryan Tremblay" wrote in message
...
I have created a new form by going into printers & faxes and then going
into file - printer server settings. We use a 8 1/2 X 5.5 continuous
tractor fed form to print student schedules on. The printer works fine
in Windows 95 & 98. We want to put in a new computer with Windows XP but
when it prints it form feeds over a whole form basically wasting a form.
The printer we are using is an Okidata ML380 printer. I checked on the
printer and it is setup for 5.5 length paper and I set the defaults for
the printer to use the new form I created. If anyone has any ideas on
how to fix this it would be appreciated. If I cannot find a fix I will
have to put in the old Win98 machine again . Is there a way to use 98
print drivers in XP?