got it going finally.
to fix it, in visual basic, in the crystal reports .dsr file in the print setup properties the default settings checkbox was turned off, turning this on solves the problem.
cheers
don't think its a printer driver problem cause i've installed the latest version of the drivers and I've used 2 different types of dot matrix printer and it occurs on both.
I tried different settings for paper size but no luck.
hi
I'm printing a report(always 1 page) on continuous sheets of paper on a dot matrix printer. When i print the first time the page prints out fine but from then on when I print the printing begins just a little bit more down the page and therefore after a couple of prints it runs onto a second...
Thats a great idea, don't think they'll go for it though.
The dot matrix printers don't seem to have any problem displaying graphics, its a couple of labels/text fields its having problems with and the items it doesn't display are using exactly the same font properties as the items it does...
I'm using Crystal report v.6 + .DSR files in VB6 which connect to an SQL server database.
When I run the application the report displays all the data no problem in print preview mode and when i print to a laser jet printer everything prints out fine, its just when i print to a dot matrix...
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