Cut down labels

rbuser

Hi,

I'm having some problems on a report printing on different printers. When
printed on a laserjet its all fine, when the same report is printed on a
deskjet alot of the labels on the report are cut down in width, some times
last letter of the label is partionally missing sometimes more, depends on
how much text the lable contains. All reports tpplabels components AutoSize
property is set to true. Isn't AutoSize supposed to dynamically enlarge the
width when text can't fit the width? How could i fix this?

Greetings,
Filip Moons

nicocizik

Hi Filip,

Most printers have a different printable area. If the margins you have
defined for this report go outside of this printable area, you could
possibly loose some of your report output. Check your specific printer to
be sure your margins are defined correctly. You may also want to update
your printer driver to the latest version.

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rbuser

No its not a matter of margins. It's allover the report. When i compare both
printouts, it seems a character spacing problem. The deskjet uses a wider
character spacing wich results in cutting of the remaining text on the right
side. Cutting of starts where the 'Laserjet (Correct printout)' Tpplabel
text ends. Isn't there some way to solve this in a general manner? I just
tested printouts on 2 printers and i already got into problems, i don't want
to design a report per printer.

Greetings,
Filip Moons

nicocizik

Hi Filip,

One of the most difficult tasks in reporting is supporting every printer
driver. For this reason ReportBuilder does not interact directly with any
printer drivers. It uses Windows API methods to contact the driver which in
turn send commands to the printer. Below is a small diagram of how
ReportBuilder communicates with a printer device.

ReportBuilder ==> Windows API ==> Printer Driver ==> Printer Device

Being that your report works correctly on one printer and ReportBuilder does
not distinguish between printers when printing, this must be a printer
driver issue. Please be sure you have the latest printer driver. If this
does not help, you may need to contact the manufacturer and see if they know
anything about this issue.

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