Re: Printing Problems - Access2003

Printer settings can be reset if the printer PORT changes, which can lead to
Letter if it's the printer default.

I don't know when or if this long-standing issue has been fixed.

MS helpfull advice is "don't change the printer port".

If it does change, you have to have some way of setting the printer again
(such as design permission for the database).

(Printer Port refers to whether it is printing via, say, LPT1. If you have
networked printers, basically it could be any port)

Is there some way to set that printer to default to A4, perhaps even with
another printer-driver?

Chris

"Hans-Juergen" <Effner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23xLKjdKiFHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi
>
> I have as similar problems Kristian Tylvad reported on 16.06.2005 with
> reports.
>
> Our reports are developed under access 2000 and worked on the target system
> with office 2000 pretty fine. All Reports have set the Papersize to A4
> (printer is the default printer). Now our customer migrates to Office 2003
> (win2k). Opening our mdb in Access 2003 many (but not all) reports changed
> their papersize to LETTER. (Contacting Microsoft we get the information,
> that this Problen is a office 2000-matter, which they don't support any
> longer. )
>
> To make a workaround for this problem in access 2003, I set the
> Printer.Papersize Attribute for all Report objects to A4. Anyway some
> Reports still shows LETTER in opening the Page-Setup-Dialog.
>
> Another problem appears when sending th reports to a TIFF-Printer (black
> ice) . When setting the report to the default printer, one page will be
> splitted to many tiff-files (with extra large characters). Setting the
> report to the special printer (which is the same as the defaultprinter) one
> page will be printed exactly into one tiff-file.
>
> Does anyone has solution for this problem
>
> regards
>
> Hans-Juergen
>
>


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  • Re: Printing Problems - Access2003
    ... but my reports ... have always reset to A4. ... > MS helpfull advice is "don't change the printer port". ... >> splitted to many tiff-files. ...
    (microsoft.public.access.conversion)
  • Printing Problems - Access2003
    ... Our reports are developed under access 2000 and worked on the target system ... All Reports have set the Papersize to A4 ... Reports still shows LETTER in opening the Page-Setup-Dialog. ... splitted to many tiff-files. ...
    (microsoft.public.access.conversion)
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