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Microsoft Dynamics GP (Archived)

How to fix or force page size

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Posted on by Alain Beaudoin 85

Hi we currently use blank form graphical for our invoices and statement they are printer letter portrait

We want to use the Long Form to be used in Text Format so we modified the long form and since the text is wider (more than200 column) we have to use tabloid paper format Landscape otherwise we lost information.

The Graphic form will be used to review before posting so they will be printed like all other document leter + portrait

Now when we print the long form it will be fine just to change the printer to use and select long form, but GP dosent want to take the setup for the printer, instead it leave the paper letter portrait.

Is there a place wher we can hard code tabloid + landscape on all our Long Form or force GP to take the settup of the printer?

Thanks 

  

 

 

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  • MG-16101311-0 Profile Picture
    MG-16101311-0 26,225 on at

    In Report Writer, change the Page Orientation to Landscape.

  • L Vail Profile Picture
    L Vail 65,271 on at

    Look in the lower left-hand corner of the Report Definition window to set the orientation to be 'fixed' with the report. You may also consider using Named Printers to get your invoice form to print on the printer containing the tabloid paper automatically.

    Kind regards,

    Leslie

  • Alain Beaudoin Profile Picture
    Alain Beaudoin 85 on at

    Hi This is what I did Forced the document to be Landscape

    Total if the user choose the printer but FORGOT to change the paper from letter to tabloid the system think the format is letter landscape so I have less line and less columns.

     

     

     

  • MG-16101311-0 Profile Picture
    MG-16101311-0 26,225 on at

    So, change the printer settings too with a default profile of Legal.

  • Alain Beaudoin Profile Picture
    Alain Beaudoin 85 on at

    Everything is set has tabloid landscape in the printer

     

    The problem is that the user print on 2 printers,

    they normaly print everything on a laser printer who have letter size paper

    wher they print the invoice on this printer they use SOP Blank invoice Form

    But when they want to print the final invoice they use SOP Long Invoice Form on a text printer who have 66 lines and 255 columns

    So in the printer I defined  

    printer 2 has generic / text model and i use the generic text driver, i also removed all paper format to keep only tabloid availlable and setted the orientation to Landscape.

    but when the user waht to print on this printer they have

    1 change from Blank Paper to Long Form

    2 change the printer

    3 change the orientation

    4 press the property button then change the paper size

    If they dont do this it keep the letter paper and i receive an invoice of 80 columns instead of 255

      

     

     

     

  • MG-16101311-0 Profile Picture
    MG-16101311-0 26,225 on at

    Now that explains it! The two reports you are referring to are graphical reports in GP. This would explain why the SOP Blank Invoice Form prints ok on the laser, but not ok on the Text printer. I don't know that there is a solution to this problem.

  • Alain Beaudoin Profile Picture
    Alain Beaudoin 85 on at

    Well I modified the SOP long report to be TEXT and all fonts are courrier 10, I also removed everything that was graphics

    Then I set the size of all field this is why we are now at 255 columns

    When the printer is set correctly everything print fine

    it just the switching from SOP Blank on printer 1 to SOP Long form on printer 2 that cause problem

    Of course if we do all the steps we dont have problem but asking the user to do 6 operation just to change printer is anoying

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    Melissa Sandrovich Profile Picture
    Melissa Sandrovich on at

    Have you tried using Named Printers?  You can set each SOP Invoice type to print to a different printer.  So theSOP Blank can go to one printer and SOP Long can go to another - the user won't have to change anything.

  • Alain Beaudoin Profile Picture
    Alain Beaudoin 85 on at

    Hi melissa i tryed it and it work

    I tested SOP blank invoice and SOP Long Invoice

    Im now looking after MC Statement blank, MC Statement Long, RM Statement Blank, RM Statement Long

    I cannot find them anywhere in named printer, do i have to add them?

    Thanks

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