Text and Lines not printing when non-black color

rbuser

I find when I set the color of text or a line to say RGB(0, 50, 100) it will
display in the preview screen OK but will not show when I print to the
printer. Strangely if I save to a PDF file (using Walers Extra Devices) and
then open the PDF and print the report - it prints perfectly?

I am using a Canon iR5000-6000 PCL5e. All other apps handle such colours in
grey scale perfectly.

Any suggestions?

nicocizik

Hi Jarrod,

ReportBuilder relies on Delphi to make the Windows API calls to print text
and lines to the printer. It has been a know issue that Delphi cannot
correctly print some grey lines and text to certian printers as it most
likely does not use the same calls as Acrobat or Word. Try updating your
printer driver and see if that helps. As a test see if you can print the
same text or lines just using Delphi.

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rbuser

Some old HP lasers exhibit the same problem. Since they only print
in black, I provide an option to convert the color of all reports
to black for those clients that have the problem.

Basically, I've found that B&W printers don't handle colour very well.

Jon