====================================================================== HOT TIP: PRINTING LINES ON AN HP LASERJET PRINTER ====================================================================== PRODUCT : R:BASE, PRB VERSION : 3.1 or Higher CATEGORY : REPORTS SUBCATEGORY : PRINT STYLES ====================================================================== From Georgette Cano in Microrim Technical Support Here's the solution to a common problem. Users often draw lines on a report but end up with strange a and e characters when they print the report on an HP LaserJet printer. The Problem =========== The problem is that HP LaserJet printers by default use the Roman-8 character set, which does not support the extended ASCII character set (those characters, including line-drawing characters, that use ASCII codes greater than 127). R:BASE draws lines by using the extended ASCII character set. The Solution ============ You can solve this problem either of two ways: <> Change the default character set on the printer directly by using the control panel. See your HP LaserJet User's Manual for the details on how to do this. <> Change the font from within R:BASE by modifying the HP LaserJet printer file (HPLASER1.PRD) provided with R:BASE. To do this, use RBEDIT to add the following two lines to the bottom of HPLASER1.PRD: #IBM_PC8 <27 40 49 48 85> #ROMAN_8 <27 40 56 85> Save the file and then modify the report containing the lines. Add a blank report header (RH) line to the top of the report and locate the #IBM_PC8 print style at the beginning of the report. To reset the character set to Roman-8 after the report is printed, add a final report footer (RF) line to the bottom of the report and locate the #ROMAN_8 print style at the end of the report.