Print jobs in a single report

rbuser

Is it possible to generate more than 1 print job from a single report?

My "problem" is that a very big report (more than 2000 pages) has to be
printed. The printer won't start printing before it has 100% of the
print job in his memory (this is a big Canon digital photocopier).
When I am using Windows spooler with other printer, I can set it to
start printing as soon as it gets the first page, but with that
printer, it is impossible.

Since the report is quite long to generate, once the user has clicked
the print button, it has to wait for the report to finish before the
printer starts printing.

I'd like to be able to send a separate print job every 20 or 50 pages.
Is it possible?

Using RB 10.05

nicocizik

Hi Frederic,

I would suggest taking a look at the background printing feature. This will
allow you to print in a different thread while still having access to your
application. See the TppReport.BackgroundPrintSettings property and topic
in the RBuilder help.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) wrote:


My problem is not that the user can't have access to the application.
It is more that we have to wait until the whole report has been
generated and sent to the printer to start printing.

Background printing wouldn't change this behavior and wouldn't start
the printing process faster on that printer.

My goal is to finish printing as fast as possible, so the faster it
starts, the faster it will finish.

nicocizik

Hi Frederic,

Thanks for the clarification. There is no built-in way to split a single
report into multiple print jobs however it should be fairly easy to
implement this yourself by altering the SQL for a number of print jobs in
sequential order. This would involve creating a loop that changes the
search condition of the query you are using and printing the smaller reports
in order.

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Regards,

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