Printin as duplex fails

rbuser

Hi,

one of ur customers wants to print a report as duplex.
This fails as on paper 1 /page 1 the previewed page 1 is print, 1/2 is
empty, 2/1 is preview page 2 but turned on 180°.
Trying to reproduce this error inhouse was not possible.
On one printer (Brother) either dpHorizontal or dpVertical worked both
fine.
On another one(HP) dpvertical worked fine, but dpHorizontal turned
backside of paper of 180°.

Obviously this might be an issue with printerdrivers, not with RB.

Any ideas?

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nicocizik

Hi Carsten,

What type of printer is your customer using?

ReportBuilder uses standard Windows API duplex settings and calls to
handle duplexing. It is then the job of the printer driver to interpret
these commands to produce the desired document.

In the print dialog, try selecting the "properties" button next to the
printer name and see if the duplex settings for the driver software
match the settings in RB. Many printers support more options than what
are available in the Win API.

Also, be sure your customer's printer actually supports automatic
duplexing. It may require manual flipping of the page or have an
"automatic" setting somewhere.

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rbuser

Can you tell me the line where this cll to the Windows API is done?

Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) erklärte :

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nicocizik

Hi Carsten,

All printer related API calls can be found in the ppPrintr.pas file.

See the TppPrinterSetup.PropertiesToDevMode routine.

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