Problem with Custom paper sizes

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• AlexTZ

  December 2004 edited 10:19AM

  Not all printers able to print on custom paper sizes. Many printers do not accept paper sizes less than some values (for example, printer driver ???HP LaserJet 6L??? does not support page dimensions less than 76 * 127 mm; printer driver ???HP LaserJet 4L??? does not support a custom size page at all)
• Mehdi.K

  December 2004 edited 10:19AM

  AlexTZ wrote:

  Not all printers able to print on custom paper sizes. Many printers do not accept paper sizes less than some values (for example, printer driver ???HP LaserJet 6L??? does not support page dimensions less than 76 * 127 mm; printer driver ???HP LaserJet 4L??? does not support a custom size page at all)

  I don't think so, because I use this this trick which works:
  
  When printing I select "Microsoft Office Document Image Writer" as printer and resulting document is in my dimensions.
  
  Then I print this resulting document to my HP 1200 using Microsoft Office Document Image Writer while I use the custom paper size in Printer's setup dialog, and it prints fine on my custom size paper.
  
  any ideas?
• Mehdi.K

  December 2004 edited December 2004

  I tested this issue in microsoft word today.
  
  I created a 80x200 mm page and type some info into it:
  http://www.delphishop.com/temp/fr_custom_size_01.gif
  
  Resulting printed paper is as following (with no special setting, just selected print from the file menu:
  
  http://www.delphishop.com/temp/fr_custom_size_01_2.gif
  
  It shows that my HP LaserJet 1200 has ability to print custom paper sizes as easy as intserting a paper in desired size in manual tray.
  
  I tried to do it in FR3:
  
  http://www.delphishop.com/temp/fr_custom_size_02.gif
  
  and I got this result on printing:
  
  http://www.delphishop.com/temp/fr_custom_size_02_2.gif
  
  As you can see FR3 aligned paper content at left, as it should print on an A4 paper, and not a 80x200 mm paper.
  
  It seems it's a bug in FR3 which can't set printer parameters correctly.
  
  I'm looking forward to hear from you.
  
  Thanks.
• AlexTZ

  December 2004 edited 10:19AM

  It is normal behaviour, FR always aligns the output to the left.
• Mehdi.K

  December 2004 edited 10:19AM

  OK, we suppose it is normal,
  So what I should do when I need to print on custom papers?
  I can do it in other softwares, and now I need to add this feature into my application.
  
  As I see this feature in all other softwares, I expect to have this feature in my favorite reporting tool. Please attention.
• Mehdi.K

  December 2004 edited 10:19AM

  Any chance to get a proper reply?
• AlexTZ

  December 2004 edited 10:19AM

  It's just impossible to make FR working as you wish, sorry.
• Mehdi.K

  December 2004 edited December 2004

  I can't beleive that it's impossible to make FR working as above, because I saw this feature in other reporting tools like ReportBuilder and CrystalReports.
  
  If they can do it, so it's possible.