RH> Hello all.  I'm having a problem with paradox for dos v.3.5.
 RH> I do not use paradox myself, but a secretary at work here is having a 
 RH> problem printing. We have a database that was created a few years ago, 
 RH> and it USED to print fine to a HP II+ laser printer. Now, it always 
 RH> defaults to legal paper, regardless to the setting on the printer. I 
 RH> loaded paradox for dos 3.5 into my machine, and it printed fine to a 
 RH> canon bj200e, and a fujitsu dot matrix. We cannot get it to print 
 RH> letter size on this particular machine.
     
 RH> Does anyone have any suggestions to get this thing to work? I've tried 
 RH> to reinstall the program, but it immeditately prints legal!  
   Before I suggest anything else, have you guys perhaps switched the upper 
and lower paper trays on the printer?
   I don't have a Laserjet II, so I can't get too specific, but the general 
method of attack within Paradox of any DOS version is this:
   1. To test what you're doing, you need a small table, otherwise you'll 
waste paper. Use Report/Change on one of your (or her) reports for a small 
table (under 100 records,) or, if you have no small table, then use a query 
to 
sort out from thirty to a hundred records and rename the Answer table to 
something like "Temp" so it doesn't get erased with your next query.  Use 
Tools/Copy/Report on the original table and then you can modify the Temp 
table's report without messing up anything else.  The latter might be a good 
idea in any case if you're as inexperienced as you indicated.
   2. When you're in there, find the menu selection for Setup (I think it's 
under
Layout) and choose Custom rather than Predefined.  
   3. When you get to the setup string, compare each code against the ones in 
the Laserjet printer manual and see which one is asking the printer to use 
the 
wrong paper.
   4. Change it to use the correct paper, or paper tray, whichever it is.
   5. Test it by pressing Alt-F7.  If not correct, go back to step 2.  If it 
is correct, continue to step 6.
   6. Write down the entire printer string once you get it working, and press 
F2 to get out of Report mode.
   7. Run the Custom script and look under either reports or PAL for printer 
settings and set up Laserjet printing to the string you wrote down.
   8. Press F2 or choose Do-It! until you get out of the Custom script to 
save your changes.
   9. Now go to each table and change each report to reflect the new printer 
setup.  Since you have Pre-defined the printer setup string, you can now 
choose that option instead of Custom on each report.
  10. One way to change all the reports faster at this point is to go into 
Report/Change for a specific report, press Alt-F3 to start recording your key 
strokes and menu selections, do as much as you can that needs to be done to 
each report, including pressing Do-It!, and finally press Alt-F3 again to 
finish recording.  Now you only need to enter the Report/Change mode for a 
specific report and press Alt-F4 to change that report.
   Hope that helps.
   -- Lee --
... Don't Worry Be Hoppy
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