Dear,
I'm testing the XtraReports.Net to replace my ActiveReports and CrystalReports. All seems perfect and working except 1 thing. How can I print to the Adobe PDF (driver installed) printer with the paperkind 'GermanStandardFanfold' and with the papersize '8.5x12.0'? I can't get this to work, it is always set to A4, no matter what I try…
Please help asap, thanks!
Greetings,
Sigurd
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Hi Sigurd,
It seems that your XtraReport's DefaultPrinterSettingsUsing.UsePaperKind option is enabled in your project. The default printer's paper kind is used when printing a document in this case. So, please try to check this property value. This should help you resolve the problem. Please let us know your results.
Thanks,
Vito
Hey,
Unfortunately, the DefaultPrinterSettings.UsePaperKind is 'False'. It is even worse, because the printer driver's default paperkind is set to the 'GermanStandardFanFold' (although it has another name). On my computer the printer is set to A4, no matter the default of the driver or what I set in the report. On my test computer, it is always set to Letter.
I did a special test. When I use the Adobe PDF as default driver, set my paperkind to 'custom' and gave the papername 'GermanStandardFanFold', the Adobe driver went to A4. But, When I added the 'GermanStandardFanFold' as paperkind to the Adobe driver, it worked. If I gave it another name, it was not working anymore. So, this is no solution, because my customers use different printers brands, so with different papernames. I should be able to use the printers default settings, and not the Letter or A4 default. How can this be achieved?
I don't know why, but I'm becoming crazy due to this. I need a final solution today…
Greetings,
Sigurd
Hi Sigurd,
I am sorry, but we don't quite understand the problem you ran into. If you need to use the default printer's paper kind, please try to enable the XtraReport's DefaultPrinterSettingsUsing.UsePaperKind option. Otherwise, if you need to specify the paper kind manually, you can handle the XtraReport.PrintingSystem.StartPrint event and change the PrintDocument.DefaultPageSettings to achieve your goal. Here is some sample code:
private void PrintingSystem_StartPrint(object sender, DevExpress.XtraPrinting.PrintDocumentEventArgs e){
for(int i = 0; i < e.PrintDocument.PrinterSettings.PaperSizes.Count; i++)
if(e.PrintDocument.PrinterSettings.PaperSizes[i].PaperName == "Envelope #10") {
e.PrintDocument.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSize = e.PrintDocument.PrinterSettings.PaperSizes[i];
break;
}
}
If these suggestions don't help you, please provide us with a detailed problem description, so that we can offer you a proper solution.
Thanks,
Vito
Hey,
Ok, I got a lot further already. The 'DefaultPrinterSettingsUsing.UsePaperKind' option works perfectly for e.g. HP or Lexmark printers. But for the 'Epson FX-890 (Windows XP)' it refuges to do this. It's always going to Letter paperkind, no matter what I do. If I start Notepad and click on print, the driver tells me 'FanFold' (the same for Word, and other applications), so the settings for the printer are ok. Is this due to you or the Epson driver (it is the latest one), I don't know, but it's an annoying problem.
Many thanks for the help so far, great support guys!
Greetings,
Sigurd
Hi Sigurd,
Thank you for the information you provided. It seems to be the problem in the XtraPrinting library implementation. I have registered it with ID: A1611 in our database and you can track this item here: "http://www.devexpress.com/issue=A1611".
Thanks,
Vito