[AccessD] A97. Report with printer and paper selectionpickswrongpaper when deployed on identica

Hi Andy

No, we doublechecked that. It is the native driver of WinXP and it
hasn't been updated for years.

/gustav

>>> andy at minstersystems.co.uk 08-02-2005 14:16:23 >>>
Just a long shot Gustav, but they aren't on a different version of the
printer driver are they? Don't immediately see why that should cause
your
problem anyway, but grasping at straws....
--
Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 



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Subject: RE: [AccessD] A97. Report with printer and paper selection
pickswrongpaper when deployed on identica
Date: 08/02/05 10:39

>
> Hi Doris
>
> It is. It is called "Invoice" both here and at the client.
> And the app "reads" that - otherwise it would complain
that
"This
> report was previously .. etc."
>
> /gustav
>
> >>> mikedorism at adelphia.net 07-02-2005 19:44:53
>>>
> Make sure the report is set up for Specific printer instead of
Default
> printer.
>
> Doris Manning
> Database Administrator
> Hargrove Inc.
> www.hargroveinc.com 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav
> Brock
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 12:14 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com 
> Subject: [AccessD] A97. Report with printer and paper selection
picks
> wrongpaper when deployed on identical Windows XP
>
>
> Hi all
>
> The report is set up for printing to a custom printer (named
Invoice)
> using
> a NEC Pinwriter P9XL driver, this matrix printer and endless forms.
> This
> prints fine with my machine with same Windows XP and Access as the
> client.
>
> However, when the app is moved to the client, with the Invoice
printer
> set
> up in exactly the same way, without doing any preview or print and
no
> messagebox "This report was previously .. would you like to
etc." -
> when I
> open the report in design view - the paper format has been set to
> Letter!
> Margins are preserved.
>
> When I (re)select paper format to endless forms and saves the
report,
> it
> prints fine and will not fall back to Letter. The Invoice printer is
> set up
> with all paper settings (default, advanced etc.) set to endless
forms.
> Still
> Letter is picked initially for paper format.
>
> We've tried in the registry to remove all other paper formats than
the
> endless we need, but it seems that Windows when accessing the
printer,
> rebuilds the list of standard paper formats.
>
> Anyone having a cure for this?
>
> /gustav
> --