Print in character mode with Reports 6i

No matter what I do, when I try to print a report made in character mode the .prt file is not applied, I changed de initial value of desformat to de desired printer configuration, but nothing, I even change de dflt.prt, and made de width larger but it still prints with de default configuration.
If anyone can help me.
Thx.
David.

hi dear,
actually i faced this problem b4. ok let me give u full procedure that I apply to make my reports be printed in .txt file as i want it.
humm...first of all if u are creating reports using report wizard plz make sure u select Template = "Character Mode"
and if not using report wizard as I don't use he he he..then
ok ...let go...
1. open property palette for report module
- set unit of measurement = Centimeter (it's not that imp but i do)
- now go at last section in that prop. pale. and set "Design In Character Units" = "Yes"
2. in Data Model goto system parameters
- Desformat = "dflt" (it's default)
- desname = "d:\h1.txt" (or whtever u like it;'s use full while development)
- destype = "File" (so u will get your report directly into the file specified at desname)
- mode = "Character" (obviously..he he he)
ok now step 3
3. layout model
-> main Section
- humm now let say u want your report to be 150 char in width
so just see there u will find width = 21.59 and in char mode (down in that prop.
pale.) report width = 80
so it's very simple maths 150 char => 40.48125 got it....
now that's all he he he
Enjoy your report with 150 char width...wht else... ok ok ok let me give u a copy of my dflt.prt (as it's also having it's impact on this...issue :)
DFLT.PRT
========
printer "dflt"
height 68
width 208
linefeed control(J)
===============
ok and yeah try to see the output file into word pad or some like...dont' try it using notepad as i am not sure how will it look (:-o)
bcoz I am actually creating this reports to be transferd to solaris so i removed line return (i.e. control(M)) .u can keep it ok...
so....if any prob just contact...
Enjoy Oracle...

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