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

Andy Lacey andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Tue Feb 8 08:46:31 CST 2005


Blimey, I'm struggling here - but then you wouldn't be asking if it wasn't
obscure. Both on same SR of Access?

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Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk



--------- Original Message --------
From: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: RE: [AccessD] A97. Report with printer and paper
selectionpickswrongpaper when deployed on identica
Date: 08/02/05 15:03

>
> 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
>
>
>
> --------- Original Message --------
> From: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> 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 &quot;Invoice&quot; both here and at the
client.
> > And the app &quot;reads&quot; that - otherwise it would
complain
> that
> &quot;This
> > report was previously .. etc.&quot;
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> > &gt;&gt;&gt; mikedorism at adelphia.net 07-02-2005 19:44:53
> &gt;&gt;&gt;
> > 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 &quot;This report was previously .. would you like to
> etc.&quot; -
> > 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
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