Printing from Bottom to Top

[kitvb1]

Re: Printing from Bottom to Top

p.s. you only need to do the macro bit... if you want this as a standard report...
otherwise just import into word and turn the chars

[Flodge]

Re: Printing from Bottom to Top

Hello

This is an interesting problem.

I found some fonts that print backwards, and upside down. Maybe this will help you:

http://www.myfonts.com/browse/synonym/backwards/

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ingrimayne/upside-down/

I think you might need to use arrays to swap the text around so it prints right to left, and calculate new field-ending positions by subtracting the field-end position from the form width

Anyway, good luck.

[Billw]

Re: Printing from Bottom to Top

Perhaps Birgitta can define to us what exactly is needed.
Last page printing first (this is what I interpret it to be), upside-down characters, backwards character?

What do you want when it's all done?

[B.Hauser]

Re: Printing from Bottom to Top

Printing last page first would not be as difficult.

But what the client wants is the following:
He prints on endless paper. He wants his list in the same sequence on his endless paper, but printed from the end, last row to the first row.
Theoretically it sounds easy. Turning the list 180 degrees and print from the end.

Birgitta

[Billw]

Re: Printing from Bottom to Top

Ok now I see what you're up against. Yuck. What kind of printer is this?

I know in the PC world of printers there is some post processing that can be done. Basically it reads the whole report and does some processing before printing. (Binding for one, comes to mind).

[kitvb1]

Re: Printing from Bottom to Top

This should work:
do as in my post #2 i.e. page by page from the last to the first

when calling QSPCRTSP you can define the page rotation of the new splf there (format SPLA0200).

Just a thought: endless paper?? if it's a line printer - then it can't be done. If it's a needle printer, then maybe. Check the printer specs and compatibilty before wasting your time

[Flodge]

Re: Printing from Bottom to Top

Perhaps Birgitta can define to us what exactly is needed.
Last page printing first (this is what I interpret it to be), upside-down characters, backwards character?

I didn't think upside-down characters was such a bad idea.

[DeadManWalks]

Re: Printing from Bottom to Top

Can you show me a snippet picture of what the before and the desired results should be. You have peeked my interest.