[AccessD] Designing reports on B-sized paper

Steve Erbach erbachs at gmail.com
Mon Jan 19 08:41:32 CST 2009


Stuart,

Thanks for your reply.  This is very interesting as I'm sure that if
you use the AutoReport: Columnar option when building a New Report,
you'll get every column in the selected table stretched across
multiple page widths...that is, one can paste them together.  Of
course, the default page size of 8.5" x 11" is used for the report
design.

Hmmm...the only place I can test whether a report designed for 11" x
17" will print out multiple page-widths on a printer that can handle
only 8.5" x 11" paper is at work.  Maybe I'll try something after
hours...

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Stuart McLachlan
<stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> In my experience, you lose everything that lies outside the printable area unless you
> configure either reconfigure the report paper size or tell your your printer driver to scale the
> output to the available paper. (assuming that is an option with the specific printer)
>
> --
> Stuart
>
> On 18 Jan 2009 at 20:18, Steve Erbach wrote:
>
>> Dear Group,
>>
>> I'm upgrading an existing Access app I wrote for a client. He'd like
>> the reports to be designed for B-sized paper, 11"x17".  I can do that,
>> but he asked what would happen if somebody wanted to print a report
>> designed for that size paper but he only had a printer capable of
>> handling 8-1/2"x11".  Would Access "tile" the report so that it could
>> be pieced together with tape?
>>
>> I told him probably not, but that I'd ask you guys.  Any thoughts?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steve Erbach



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