Changing Paper Size

[hsugiyama]

We're developing a VB system that runs under Windows 2003/MF XP. That app needs to print a form of letter size with 1 inch top margin. That means, it's 12 inches long, and 8 1/2 wide. All the other printouts are on a default letter size. Is there any way that we can configure the metaframe to handle different paper sizes, depending on a printer?

Any idea will be appreciated.

Hideki

 

[Ogi]

Hi,

What is your particular issue?

Metaframe is really an extension to the operating system, as long as your program works locally, if you've programmed it correctly, then you should just be able to run it in MetaFrame and printing won't be an issue in that sense! Unless you're writing a printer driver!

Cheers,
Carl.

 

[hsugiyama]

Thanks for your reply, Carl,

The issue is, when I print the particular form (12 x 8.5) on Epson DFX-5000+, using Microsoft's Epson DFX-5000+ driver, the driver still thinks it's a letter size (11 x 8.5) and the bottom 1 inch is printed on the next page. I changed the paper size to A4 (12 inch long) on the local driver, as well as in the Metaframe session. A4 is narrower than 8.5, but my report design fits in A4. What I need to do is to set the paper size of the Epson ONLY to non-default paper size. How can I achieve this? Right now, all the autocreated printers defaults to the letter size, although the paper is set to A4 on the local client.

Thanks,

Hideki

 

[Ogi]

Hi,

If you look here:-

http://thethin.net/tsdownload.cfm

There is a .zip download called "Ultra151.zip".

This contains an adm file that you can implement in your MetaFrame environment that will force Auto Created Client Printers to set the page size to what you want. You can also open this file, examine it and work out what you need to do should it not have the settings you require!

Hope this helps,
Carl.

 

[ascotta]

I am not sure if this is what you want or not but here goes anyway.

If you go into printers.

Then click File and then Server properties you can create a new form. The size you require. You can then assign that form to the printers using prining defaults.

I have done this under advice for a couple of Great Plains customers and it seems to work.

You would have to do this on all your Citrix servers though.

Cheers
Scott