Re: Printable area on a report

[RGALLEN]

Re: Printable area on a report

I have an existing form furnished by the state that I have to make my data fit with its constraints. I originally designed a report and placed all the controls I needed on it. I made it and 8.5" X 11.0" in size. This particular report is being printed from an impact printer with a manual/tractor feed so there is no margins. My problem is there is an item on the report that has to print right up to the edge of the existing form to fit within the area I am given. No matter what I do I can not get the data over far enough to the right. I have tried to even make a custom form and then move the data over and it still didn't work. Is there anyone out there that can help me.

 

[Dreamboat]

Assuming you've already gone to File-page setup and changed your margins, and it didn't work:

Go download and install the printer driver for some super-huge fantastic printer. I know this doesn't make sense, but the more expensive the printer, generally the closer to the edge of the page it will print.

When setting up this report, choose to print it to that printer, even though you really don't own one. It's probably your printer driver that's telling Access you cannot print that close to the edge of the paper. In fact, download the driver for the printer that's actually going to be used.

 

[Rich]

Forms are not optimised for printing, use a report.