the printout too dark

[Anonymous]

hi,

Finaly my printout's done. Thanks to taqua.

but i got some trouble here. I want to set my printout to be more lighter.
Is it could be done with the script or it just the printer setting.

I use dot matrix printer lx 800.

thanks

vata

[Taqua]

Hi,

how do you print?

I guess you use the PlainText output to generate the file and then print the generated content by sending it to the printer.

So my first question is: What output target do you use and if you use the PlainText output target, then which PrinterCommandSet do you use (Epson, IBM, Plain)? Another thing: Is (N)LQ (Letter quality) enabled on your printer?

Have more fun,
said Thomas

[Anonymous]

Hi,

thanks for your reply.
first sorry for my bad english.

>>how do you print?
I use epson lx 800. My aim is to print some table records and i works well
but I just want to set 'something' that make my printout look more lighter so my old printer doestn't out of ink too fast.

>>I guess you use the PlainText output
Yes, it's just plain text, no image.

>>which PrinterCommandSet do you use (Epson, IBM, Plain)?
I don't understand what you mean with "PrinterCommandSet", but if you ask the printer, it's epson.

>>Is (N)LQ (Letter quality) enabled on your printer?
Well, If I use Ms Word or I just make some small script to print "Hello world" with java the printout is lighter than I use jfreefreport.

May be there something that i dont know yet. Is there any graphics properties?

thanks

vata

[Taqua]

Hi,

if you've never heard of the plain text output, then you are using the graphical printing. On graphical printing, all output is sent as image data to the printer. It is up to the printer driver to decide, how the data is print, we can't do much about it.

Depending on your driver it may help, if you disable the TextAliasing when printing (by setting report configuration property "com.jrefinery.report.targets.G2OutputTarget.useAliasing" to false).

If you print text only, you also may try the PlainText output target (f.i. by using the "Export to Plain text dialog".) This export option is able to generate pure text files (with optional printer control characters for Epson ESC/P or IBM compatible printers). This will save the output into a file, which can be easily sent to the printer (by using "lpr" or "cat" on Unix or "print" on DOS/Windows). The content is then printed in text mode, which is usually much faster than the graphics printing.

Have more fun,
said Thomas