Printer Control

rbuser

I have a customer with a XEROX doucment center and there is two
functions he want to control during printing...
Select Paper from different Trays
Send a command to say staple the current pages.
Do you think this is possible without a modification to report builder ?

If not the solutuon I was looking at it to write a new component for
reportbuilder which should encapsulate the specific printer driver
functions to do this, what do you think about this ?
Is it feasible ?
Is there an easier way to provide the necessary functions ?

But basically the result would be to have RAP function that I could then
call on function of the data content.

Many thanks
Sandy



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nicocizik

Hi Sandy,

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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 contain 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