How To Print Front+Back of Page
Hello All:
I need to print a 2 page report with page 1 on the front and page 2 on
the back. My system is using Delphi 5 and Reportbuilder 6. We want to
upgrade to 10 soon but have to wokr out some logistics issues. I read some
tech papers and tried the following:
1) The main pipeline is set to stay on the current record (we are only
printing 1 page of a detail band)
2) I set the ppReport Duplex property to dpVertical
3) papersize set to 8.5x11 inches
3) I used 2 bands - a detail band and a summary band
a) Detail band was 9 inches height dynamic
b) Summary band was 9 inches dynamic and set to print on next
page
Is this the correct process for printing on 2 sides of a paper ???
What issues do we have to watch out for ???
My print result printed on 2 seperate pages - could this be because the
printer does not support duplexing ??? Do I have to do something with the
printer setup itself or the driver ??? I was trying to print to a Brother
MFC I think 8850 and it had a duplex button on its face - so I assumed it
could be done fairly easy. Hmm
We will be adding duplex printing support for our customers - I may not
be able to control what printers they purchase for duplex printing. Any
advise would be appreciated. Thank you.
Neil Huhta
I need to print a 2 page report with page 1 on the front and page 2 on
the back. My system is using Delphi 5 and Reportbuilder 6. We want to
upgrade to 10 soon but have to wokr out some logistics issues. I read some
tech papers and tried the following:
1) The main pipeline is set to stay on the current record (we are only
printing 1 page of a detail band)
2) I set the ppReport Duplex property to dpVertical
3) papersize set to 8.5x11 inches
3) I used 2 bands - a detail band and a summary band
a) Detail band was 9 inches height dynamic
b) Summary band was 9 inches dynamic and set to print on next
page
Is this the correct process for printing on 2 sides of a paper ???
What issues do we have to watch out for ???
My print result printed on 2 seperate pages - could this be because the
printer does not support duplexing ??? Do I have to do something with the
printer setup itself or the driver ??? I was trying to print to a Brother
MFC I think 8850 and it had a duplex button on its face - so I assumed it
could be done fairly easy. Hmm
We will be adding duplex printing support for our customers - I may not
be able to control what printers they purchase for duplex printing. Any
advise would be appreciated. Thank you.
Neil Huhta
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Comments
That series of steps worked out great once I used a real duplex printer.
Anyway - I read some tech articles that advised using a subreport - but -
all my reports are 2 pages - and are loaded from .rtm files (I dont want to
get into hooking up event handlers to detect a 2nd page). Any downside to
the summaryband approach under these circumstances ???
Thank you.
Neil Huhta
Your approach should be fine for smaller two page reports. I believe the
article that suggests using subreports assumes you are creating a larger
report.
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Regards,
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com