How to set up a 4.25-inch form on the continuous paper?

[Jelena]

We have to print a form with page length 4.25" on the continuous paper on an older generation impact matrix printer (supposedly compatible with Epson FX-1050).

There are no standard format types for 8.5" or 4.25" (half of 8.5") long forms in SPAD. For the form with page size 8.5" I've copied a standard format type INCH8 and made a change in the printer initialization command:

# set page length
e0x430x33

33 is a hex number for 51, which is the number of lines per page (at 6 lines per inch 8.5 x 6 = 51). 8.5" form alignes perfectly, but now I'm having a problem with the 4.25" form because it is actually 25.5 lines long.

It doesn't seem that the length can be set up in the 1/2 line increments but neither 25 nor 26 line page size work. Is anyone printing on the 4.25" long forms? Any suggestions how to resolve this?

[Jelena]

Closing the old question. This was resolved by changing the physical paper size of the document.

[Former Member]

in SPAD you can crea new page format.. if you dont have the page format for u r requirement,

Regards

Naresh REddy

[Jelena]

Up. C'mon, guys, I can't believe nobody in the whole US is using a 4.25" form...