Multiple Copies with Duplex

rbuser

D6 RB7.04 EUR

Is there a general solution for the issue of duplexed multiple copies
of a report with an odd number of pages starting the second report on
the back of a page?

Also, is the duplex property available on Page Setup defined
separately for each sub report? If so can this property be
effectively put on a customized print dialogue or are there sub report
considerations?

Many thanks,
Rick Matthews
Dartek Systems Inc.

nicocizik

Hi Rick,

Check out the following example of creating a new print job for each copy so
duplexing with collate set to True works correctly with an odd number of
pages.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/AutoDuplexCopies.zip

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rbuser

Thanks Nico I will give it a go.

What does TppPrinterSetup.DelegateCopies do - and would it help here?

Thanks,

rbuser

OK one more question.

The example essentially calls PrintToDevices once for every copy. I
already have a custom TppPrintDialog that surfaces the duplex property
but the actual PrintToDevices calls come from within TppProducer I
believe.

So, do I need to create a custom ppProd.pas and add the logic to
TppProducer.PrintToDevices to loop through the copies if duplex and
printer (and probably only if collate), or is there a more elegant way
to implement this in the EUR environment?

Thanks,

nicocizik

Hi Rick,

As you can see from the example, it creates it's own print dialog which
could be your custom dialog, then calls PrintToDevices itself based on which
option was selected in the print dialog. Instead of trying to create a
custom Producer you should to to do something like this with your custom
print dialog.

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