Creating Printed Forms using Printer Commands

1. Creating Printed Forms using Printer Commands NCOAUG Training Day August 15, 2003

2. Objectives To demonstrate how to use standard PCL commands to create boxes and lines for printed forms To identify the components of the solution To identify the required setup steps in Oracle Applications To provide a sample solution that you can use

3. Agenda Overview of the requirements Overview of the solution Conclusion

4. Overview of the requirements Printed Form requires lines and boxes to provide a more professional look to the standard Oracle report Must be implemented using standard Oracle functionality Output must print on laser printers that are PCL5 compatible No special �forms� handling is needed to print reports

5. Overview of the solution Create the PCL5 commands to draw the form Type directly into a text file Use a freeware product to create the text file Create a Printer Driver and Form Driver command file Passes name of PCL file that contains the form Create a Printer Driver Use a compatible SRW driver file Use the Printer Driver command file Create a Printer Style and SRW File Use the new SRW driver Set columns and rows to match the form Add Style and Driver to the desired printer Add Style to the desired report

6. Overview of the Solution Sample

Creating Printed Forms using Printer Commands

Creating Printed Forms using Printer Commands

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