Re: Creeping labels

It's possible that some printers have a minimum bottom margin and that
Access is being forced to adhere to that. I've had similar problems where
this minimum will then be reflected back in the report (label, in this case)
properties. A possible solution is to have Access print to an intermediate
(such as a PDF) and then print from there. Bob.

"Pat Hartman" <patsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Standard Avery 1 inch labels that used to work fine for years, no longer
> work now that I've installed A2003 (formerly AXP and A97 before that).
The
> 3x10 now previews as 3x9 and if you actually print the page, the printing
> creeps up so that by the time the 6th row is printing, the top line on the
> label is printing on the label above. I've tried other label sizes and
they
> have the same problem. I'm using the same printer that has worked fine
for
> 4 years. I have searched the kb and hotfixes and haven't found anything
> relevant. I tried one suggestion to change the bottom margin to 1.5" and
> just forget the last row but then the preview only shows 8 rows of labels
so
> that doesn't solve the problem. Also, when I look at the page setup, the
> bottom margin is changed to .516" and nothing will let it be set to .5" so
> that will certainly cause a problem. On an 11" sheet, the top and bottom
> margins need to be .5" in order to print 10 rows of labels. Any ideas?
>
>
>


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