Local vs. Network Printing

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I have an Access 2000 *.MDE database that users use on their local machines. One of the computers prints a report to their local dot matrix printer using a custom page size. This works fine. All users that are using identical *.MDE print the same report on the same printer (yet networked as a shared printer) and the report will print an additional blank label and sometimes will have the top line margin correct with subsequent lines incorrect. The report was configured to print to the default printer. I have used code to change the default printer to the dot matrix (specifically any printer with the name EPSON in it), print the document, then change the default printer to the original printer. I have checked the printer drivers and they are identical on both computers. I am at a loss. Could the print spooler be adding characters?

Any suggestions?
 
Jay:

Reports have properties that are specific to various printers, including the
paper size and layouts available for a specific pirnter. On Windows NT
/2000/Xp machines these are called "forms". A printer driver normally
publishes its form (i.e. paper size) layout when a printer driver is
installed. Depending on how you installed the network printer these paper
capabilites, which includes margins etc may be different for the machine
where the printer is connected vs. the machine where the printer is
networked.

Here's what I'd suggest. On the machine where the report(s) are running
correctly, first, open the printer and see what its available paper size is
listed as (i.e. your target paper size). Then open the printers folder and
from the file menu choose "Server Properties" select the target paper size
you are using on the Forms tab and note its dimensions and margin settings.
Then on the other machines repeat this process and see if the same "form" is
listed, including the name, paper size and margins. If not then recreate
that form on the machines where is isn't working properly and see if that
resolves your issue.
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Jay Jones said:
I have an Access 2000 *.MDE database that users use on their local
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machines. One of the computers prints a report to their local dot matrix
printer using a custom page size. This works fine. All users that are
using identical *.MDE print the same report on the same printer (yet
networked as a shared printer) and the report will print an additional blank
label and sometimes will have the top line margin correct with subsequent
lines incorrect. The report was configured to print to the default printer.
I have used code to change the default printer to the dot matrix
(specifically any printer with the name EPSON in it), print the document,
then change the default printer to the original printer. I have checked the
printer drivers and they are identical on both computers. I am at a loss.
Could the print spooler be adding characters?
 
Thanks for your reply. I have checked this and the paper size (form) information is identical. Albeit, it is a custom paper size that I created and named the same on both computers. I have checked the printer driver versions; they are the same. Obviously the way the report is saved is identical because they are using identical copies of the same *.mde file. So I would guess that it must be somewhere in the printer setup, printer drivers, spooler.

Is there something that I happens to a print job when it is sent over the network that makes it larger?

Is there a way of isolating the problem?
 
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