Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Aug 29 15:49:28 CDT 2006
Hi Kathryn: The printer drivers should be the same on both computers but sometimes if there are different OS versions the drivers will not be the same and some of the current drivers are not compatible with older OSs like Win98, 2000 or NT. Sometimes the best way to get around the problem is to network the printer through a computer as opposed to having it networked. (Had to do something similar on one client's site as they had a few of NT and 2000 boxes which would never print properly but when using an old beater-box as a print-manager everything then worked.) Just a thought Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Kathryn Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:44 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2nd request - Printing envelopes via 2 printers. Be sure to read my response to Paul below as there is a question there. William said: > ...it would appear that the report isn't changing it's set > printer driver which I've seen reports do before ...try this > to force the change ...change the report's printer selection > to use the "specific printer" option rather than the default > (the wording may differ somewhat, I don't have any app > open) and set it to the LJ5. When you then open the revised > app on the upstairs system it will pop up a dialog saying the > LJ5 isn't available and let you change the printer ...on that > system ...to the newer one ...that should force your app to > use the correct driver for that system. Well shoot. That didn't work. Main problem is that LJ5 is networked and I can print to it from upstairs. So setting it as a specific printer doesn't pop up the dialog. To see if it would print correctly if I chose the LJ3052, I changed to specific printer, and even chose #10 as the "paper". Still didn't print right. (I've set it back the way it was since downstairs and the LJ5 are used 95% of the time.) Michael said: > This is the page with the answer, but you may not like it. > http://www.mvps.org/access/reports/rpt0009.htm > It has been a while since I've worked with this stuff ... Right, don't like it because I don't understand it at all. Paul said: > There are a number of questions I would ask to resolve this. > I the LJ5 driver still installed on the Upstairs machine and > if it is is it still the default printer? Does the document > (envelope) specify the default printer or was is formatted > for the LJ5 specifically? I believe that you problem has > little to do with the application but more likely the printer > driver setup between the two computers. We name everything with UPSTAIRS and DOWNSTAIRS. The Upstairs LJ5 has been deleted, the Downstairs LJ5 is still showing because it is networked. The LJ3052 is set as the default Upstairs. How do I tell if the envelope is formatted specifically for the LJ5? That seems to be the likely problem at this point. -- Kathryn Bassett (at work address) kathrynatgwens at socal.rr.com kathryn at bassett.net (home) > -----Original Message by Kathryn----- Situation: .mdb is on K drive which is accessable from two computers (IOW, K drive is server). No problems in the past when there was a LaserJet 5 hooked up to both computers. By that I mean if we were "downstairs", printing would print on the downstairs LJ5, and "upstairs" would print on the upstairs LJ5. In both cases, the envelope was put in the tray over on the left side. Now, upstairs has new printer (LJ3052) and the envelope goes in center instead of left side. Access does not automatically adjust - the "to" address is printing at top of the envelope and the "from" address is not there at all. If I put paper in the tray that the envelope pulls from, it shows that it's printing as if it were pulling from the left. So, I tried putting the envelope over to the left and it pulls it through, but doesn't print, and gives me an error message that there was no paper pickup and to check that the paper was loaded correctly, etc. Does this mean that I have to design additional reports for all envelopes that will be printed upstairs, designing for this specific printer? Assuming you give me suggestions, unless they are within next 45 minutes, I won't be able to try them til Monday when I'm back here at work. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com