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Reports prints with strange font after upgrade

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After upgrading from 2016 to 2018  we are noticing some strange font when printing reports (see below). Some reports are also cutting off the bottom 2 lines when printing or sending to pdf

These are standard GP reports - not modified.

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    Cheryl Waswick Profile Picture
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    This can happen after an upgrade if the modified forms and reports dictionaries did not get upgraded properly.  Often recreating the Reports.dic can solve this.  The steps are in these links:

    Below is a link to KB Article 850465 How to re-create the Reports.dic file in Microsoft Dynamics GP:

    support.microsoft.com/.../850465

    Here is a link to KB “How to re-create the Forms.dic file in Microsoft Dynamics GP”:

    support.microsoft.com/.../951767

    If that doesn't work, then try running the option in GP Utilities to 'synchronize forms and reports dictionaries'.  

    Hope that helps,

    Cheryl

    Microsoft Dynamics GP Support

  • Sunil Chhabra Profile Picture
    1,958 on at

    OK I will try the suggested solutions. I do have a couple of questions.

    1/ This is a Terminal Server - so would Synchronize Forms reports - help?

    2/ I do want to clarify as there was incorrect statement in my original post.

    The reports render correctly on Screen

    The reports print correctly if they are first saved to pdf

    The reports do not print correctly if they are sent directly to any printer (Except 1 printer) Not sure why it prints correctly on 1 printer but not on any other printers.

    This of course occurred after upgrading from GP 16 to GP18.2

    I hope this provides additional information.

    Thanks

  • Cheryl Waswick Profile Picture
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    If you synchronize, you typically want to do those steps from all GP code folders from the Dex.ini.

    In GP, under Microsoft Dynamics GP >> Print setup, is the 'Microsoft Print to PDF' selected as the default printer?  Perhaps that is why it works when you print to PDF first.  

    Typically if one printer works and others don't, it points to the printer drivers.   Make sure all the print drivers are up to date.   If you can test with a local printer, select it under Microsoft Dynamics GP>> Print setup as the default printer, and then see if it prints correctly to that printer.

    I think first, though, I'd synchronize the dynamics.dic and recreate the forms and reports dictionaries, and then test to see if it works.  If it still doesn't, then start looking at printer drivers.

    Hope that helps,

    Cheryl

    Dynamics GP Support  

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