[AccessD] Going to wrong printer

Tue Jan 31 14:22:04 CST 2017

Thank you Heenan! This was it.

I knew it was something simple. But, in defense of my ignorance...I've done some pretty sweet things with Access, yet tripped over something this simple...I have NEVER messed with this in the past. I never even thought of this setting. My programs all run in the environment I am used to, and in that environment it always has gone to the user's default printer. A long time ago I messed with a printer option (although I seem to remember it elsewhere...this would have been the 95 ver though)  but never used it in production.

I'm thinking, I just recently...November I believe...got a new PC, and along with it a new version of Access...2016. This is the first time I've done anything with it, and all seemed pretty much the same. But, I'm thinking this may be MS saving us from ourselves again...perhaps?

I don't know why they can't just put out a smart-person version of their product, and another for the mindless who want their oversight.

Thanks again though, I greatly appreciate your help on this!

John W Clark

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From: AccessD <accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> on behalf of Lambert Heenan <Lambert.Heenan at aig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 2:34 PM
To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'; John W. Clark
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Going to wrong printer

Hi John:

You said... " Oh...one more thing. I ran it in my office today, changed my printer option, ran a voucher, then closed out of the program and got back in...and it reverted to that same printer that it seems to want to go to."

I hope by that that you mean you ran the report, had it display of screen and then manually selected which printer to send it to. If so then the cure for your problem might just be...

* Open the report in design view
* Select the Page Setup ribbon tab
* Click on the Page Setup icon on the ribbon
* Select the 'Page' tab in the resulting dialog and choose 'Default printer' as the 'Printer for <report name>'
* Save the report

Lambert
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From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Clark
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 1:23 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Going to wrong printer

I haven't asked a question out here in quite a while, but I find myself stymied and in need of assistance.

I wrote this rather tiny access program several years ago for our District Attorney's office. It isn't very large, but I think I did a decent job. It basically culminates in a voucher that is created for a witness that they take to our Treasurer's office and receive a fee, and mileage if applicable.

The math is all done internally...it isn't that hard...and that has been working like a charm. A few months back I was asked to add a digital signature and I did that as well. Just this month a new District Attorney was elected and I changed out the old signature for the new one...no problem.

I followed the same method I always do...using my own PC I made the changes to the network copy of the front-end program and tested it out in my environment. I then place this copy in their "common" directory and go to their office and copy that to each user's directory that I made in their "Program Files" directory on their hard drive. I use the extra step of copying down because it saves me time, and I never bothered to do an automatic update to the PCs because for the little time it takes me to do this it just never seemed merited.

The program works fine...a little slow on the first voucher created...I think because I changed an embedded signature (png) to a linked one (I may revert to the old way).

BUT...and here is the problem...all of the sudden, they have to choose the correct printer each time (I don't believe each voucher) or it will print on my officer printer...in a totally different building.

I've never "chose" any specific printer, and I've done this same routine for several years when I do updates. I never even logged into 3 of the 4 PCs in their department...one I had to because the woman was off that afternoon.

WHY is it doing this, and how do I stop it?!

Oh...one more thing. I ran it in my office today, changed my printer option, ran a voucher, then closed out of the program and got back in...and it reverted to that same printer that it seems to want to go to. I'm feeling this may be something simple, but again, it has never done this before.

Please help preserver my sanity here!

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