setting printer to draft

rbuser

Hi

Is it possible to set the printer to draft before printing. We have a
problem with HP Inkjet printers on a couple of machines that always revert
to normal mode when printing from the end user reporter. If you check the
preferences at run time they are set to FastDraft but it is ignored. If
however, I reselect FastDraft it prints afst for that print only and then
reverts back. Everything else, word, excel, ie are OK, it is just our app.

D5 Pro, RBEnt 7.03


Thanks

Andy

nardmoseley

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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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