Changing page setup according to the printer

rbuser

Hello there!
I have some problems printing my reports to different printers.

For example, I have a custom (8,5"x11") size report which is usually sent to
a dot matrix printer with continuous paper. When I try to send it to a laser
printer which expects A4, I have error messages telling me to press buttons
on the actual printer, and only then the report prints.
Or when I have an A3 report, and send it to a dot matrix with custom large
paper (13,5" x 11" in.), it is printed vertically on the page!.

My question is: How can I surpass the default page setup of a report and
select how I want to print it, right before sending it to the printer!? Just
like a word document behaves? Is it possible?

Thank you in advance
Mirto

nardmoseley

In ReportBuilder you use the PrinterSetup properties to specify the Page
size, Margins, Orientation, etc. These settings are applied to the printer
when you print the report.

(As a test, I created an A4 document in Word. To do this I had to configure
the printer setup. In Word there is a page setup, but with the printer set
to Letter and the page setup set to A4, I could not create a true A4 sized
document. My bottom margin had to be very large. So Word is playing a few
tricks.)

Prior to calling Report.Print you could try upating the Report.PrinterSetup
properties to reflect the default paper size of the destination printer. See
the following article.


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Tech Tip: Windows Default Printer Settings
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1. Default Printer Name

You can get the name of the computers default
printer by accessing ReportBuilder's global
printer list object - ppPrinters.


uses
ppPrintr;


var
lsPrinterName: String

begin

lsPrintername := ppPrinters.DefaultPrinterName;

end;



2. Default Printer Setup


Place the following code in the OnClick event-handler
of a button on a form. When the button is pressed
a message will be displayed showing the default
printer name and paper size.

You can get the other document defaults via
the TppPrinter.PrinterSetup properties.


uses
ppPrintr;

var
lPrinter: TppPrinter;

begin

lPrinter := TppPrinter.Create;

lPrinter.PrinterName := ppPrinters.DefaultPrinterName;

ShowMessage(ppPrinters.DefaultPrinterName + ': ' +
lPrinter.PrinterSetup.PaperName);

{assign default printer settings to a report}
myReport.PrinterSetup := lPrinter.PrinterSetup;


lPrinter.Free;

end;


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