crystal reports on dot matrix printer

[shukla]

How to change crystal reports settings for dot matrix printer ?
I have deigned my report same in general way but it takes time for printing on dot matrix printer.
pls help me.

[wes4dbt]

The best way I've found to print from a dot matrix in VB is to print directly to "LPT1", like

    Dim nLn%
    
    Open "Lpt1" For Output As #1
    
    With adoGlmast.Recordset
        If .RecordCount Then
            .MoveFirst
        End If
        nLn = 99
        Do While Not .EOF
            If nLn <> 99 Then
                Print #1, Chr(12)
                nLn = 0
            Else
                nLn = 0
            End If
            Print #1,
            Print #1, ""
            Print #1, "TESTING"
            Print #1, ""
            Print #1, Plns("GENERAL LEDGER CHART OF ACCOUNTS")
            Print #1, ""
            Print #1, Plns(Date)
            Print #1, ""
            Print #1, ""
            Do While nLn < 50
                Print #1, Spc(20); !glacct + "  " + !gltitle
                .MoveNext
                nLn = nLn + 1
                If .EOF Then
                    Exit Do
                End If
            Loop
        Loop
        Print #1, Chr(12)
    End With
    Close #1

Good Luck

[jggtz]

Check the printer configuration in Start / Printers & Faxes / YourPrinter
1 Maybe your printer is slow
2 Maybe the printer driver is not the adecuate
3 Maybe you are printing bold case everything
4 maybe you are printing high quality
5 and so on...

[Aspnot]

Printing from Crystal Reports to a dot matrix is going to be slow. From what I have found, there is no way around that if you want to use Crystal Reports.

If you are using VB6, the post from wes4dbt is the way to go. If you are using .Net, then you will want to look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322090.