I notice a lot of folks on this forum use Devexpress Xtrareports as their report writer. Having looked at a few report writers, I am now seriously considering XtraReports. One issue that would cause concern me is the apparent lack of support for Dot Matrix Printers. A lot of our users still use Dot Matrix printers and will not be convinced to change. I have seen a few threads on the Devexprress fora ehich suggest that Dot Matrix Printers are not supported. Wondering here if anybody knoes if that is the case, and if so, are there any workarounds .?

Hi Gerard,



XtraReports, like all reporting in Windows, doesn't print directly to any printer. It creates a common format file which is processed by printer specific drivers that physically handles the printing so, just as long as your system has a driver for the dot matrix printers, all should be ok.



I did a quick Google and this link is good overview of the process:



http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/citrix_metaframe_xp_advanced_technical_design_guide_including_feature_release_2/pages/how-windows-printing-really-works.aspx



Cheers, Peter

Hi Peter.  Thanks for coming back to eme

The reason I asked the question was that I had seen some posts on the Devexpress fora that sort of indicated there might be some issues with Dot Matrix printers. The ones we use (e.g. Epson, Oki  in VFP) have their own Windows drivers and for the most part work ok. I got a bit worried when I saw these posts and thought that there might be 'other' considerations' . Even though the Dot Matrix printers work , I've always had the view that they don't sit happily on top of Windows as they come form the old 'Dos' days

I've left a message with the Devexpress guys asking them to clarify what is the situation.

Hi Gerard.

Have you downloaded their trial version?