Changing Printer Margins on Access RunTime 2000

[Rawb]

I've done a little reading around on the interwebs trying to fix a dilemma I have...

I'm developing a Report to print labels. This Report will be used by several different locations within our company, all of which have different printers, which will require different page margins to print properly.

All of the printers are tractor feed printers (if that makes a difference).

My research has led me to the PrtMip code. I've taken a look at it and it seems to do what I want, but I've also read some reports that it doesn't work as advertised when the user has the RunTime installed instead of the full version. I've also seen Mr. Allen Browne comment that you shouldn't rely on PrtMip when coding for different printers.



Does anyone here have first-hand experience using PrtMip? And if so, is it something that I rely on in this instance?

[June7]

Looks to me like report has to be opened in DesignView for the PrtMip method to work. Don't think can open objects in DesignView even programatically in runtime version.

[Rawb]

Phooey, I was afraid someone would say that...

Well, I guess I'll just have to wait until the corporate offices let us upgrade to a newer version of Access so I can use the Printer Control. In the meantime I'll just have to set up separate Reports for each location :/

[June7]

I user Printer Control class. Have to open report in Preview to change printer/bin destinations, then send the open report to printer, then close report. Never tried changing margin settings.

[Rawb]

Yeah, unfortunately we're forced to use Access 2000 and the Printer Control class wasn't introduced until Access 2003 :<

We're in the process of upgrading the databases to Access 2010 ACCDBs, but until that happens (probably only 2 months or so away), I won't be able to use the Printer Control.