Setting the Paper Type

rbuser

Hello Everyone. I have a printer that is multi-purpose. When I send a
specific job to it, I need the printer to set something called a fuser mode
to high. Apparently when pirnting on specially treated paper, the ink bonds
with the paper better. I can do this fuser mode setup within the printer by
telling it that preprinted forms always use the high mode. No problem
there. When I send the job to the printer thru the tppreport, how can I set
the paper type? Is paper type the same thing as papername? I noticed that
tppreport.setup.papername has a drop-down list, but does not contain the
types recognized by my printer. Do I override this in code, like
tppreport.printersetup.papername:= 'PREPRINTED'?

Thanks in Advance!
Debbie

nicocizik

Hi Debbie,

The Paper Names are retrieved by the Windows API from your printer driver.
I believe the Paper Type is a feature specific to the printer you are using.

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Tech Tip: Configuring Printer Specific Options
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The Report.PrinterSetup properties can be used to set the properties that
are common to all printers. Internally RB applies these to the Windows
DevMode structure.


Report.PrinterSetup <----> Windows DevMode <-----> Printer Driver <--->
Printer


Printers often contains additional features, such as output bins, media
types, etc. The Windows DevMode structure can contain a private area that is
used the printer driver to store printer specific options. These can be
configured by using the Printer Driver's built-in properties dialog. These
options can theoritically be set programmatically, the trick is that you
have to know where in the structure to store the option and what values are
valid.

The following example shows how to display the printer properties dialog and
save the devmode for use within RB...

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/SavePrinterDevMode.zip

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com