Pre Printed stationary

[kutoose]

What is 'Pre printed stationary'? Do any one have any idea about it ? Any input is appreciated.

Thanks !

 

[synapsevampire]

That just means that it already has printing on it, as in paper with the company letterhead,

-k

http://www.informeddatadecisions.com

kai@informeddatadecisions.com

 

[kutoose]

Thanks synapsevampire !

But why should one use pre printed stationary ? I can understand about letterhead.

But I heard a scenario where one the pre printed stationary has titles and column headings etc. Since crystal is so powerful and flexile in formatting why should one use pre printed stationary for titles and column headings ? What are the pros and cons ?

Also is there any other name for 'pre printed stationary' ?

Mathew

 

[synapsevampire]

Pre printed is done by a professional printer, so it looks better.

Another name might be company letterhead.

-k

http://www.informeddatadecisions.com

kai@informeddatadecisions.com

 

[kutoose]

I heard that in some cases people use pre printed stationary -Not only letter head. They have column names and titles etc on the stationary.

Why should they use that ? In this case they are having problems with formatting - Mainly overlapping of columns with the matter in the 'pre printed stationary' !

Why cant they use crystal reports to create the columns and titles and print those in a blank paper ?

Thanks !!!

 

[Ngolem]

Sure...invoices are often on pre-printed stationary. Also some tax forms may be not valid unless printed on special stationary...cheques are another application.

As far as getting the numbers to fill in the pre-printed report goes...this just takes patience and attention to detail. I usually take an exact photocopys of a form to work on until it is perfect. Jim Broadbent

 

[kutoose]

Thanks Jim,

So it is rather a trial and error method ?

Your post cleared some of my doubts! But what is so special about invoice forms ? I understand about cheques and tax forms though !

"I usually take an exact photocopys of a form to work on until it is perfect." Here 'form' means "pre printed stationary" ?


Thanks !!!

 

[synapsevampire]

Crystal has rulers inside which help with this sort of thing, but make sure you test on the same printer as will be used for printing, results may vary with different printers.

-k

http://www.informeddatadecisions.com

kai@informeddatadecisions.com

 

[Ngolem]

"But what is so special about invoice forms ? "

Nothing really. I have worked on invoice reports that have been created from scratch as well as fill-in-the-blank types.

The major advantage of pre-printed invoices and forms in general is the use of color!

Generally while the invoices displayed to the screen can hae all kinds of colors in logos, letterhead, etc, the printer used to print the forms is not a color printer due to cost.

So if you have fancy logos consistant with your business (say you were a graphics arts company)you would probably want to see that flair on your invoices as well...hence the use of a pre-printed form.

Usually one printer is allocated to this function (printing invoices) so make sure as SV says that you optimize your report to this printer. Usually, because of slight differences between printers, I don't left or right justify my data to the absolute edge of the box that it will be printed in. I usually move it 1/8" over if possible so variations have less effect. Jim Broadbent

 

[Jacque]

Try scanning the blank preprinted document or form, place the graphic of the form in the page headers. Set the page header to Underlay Following Sections. Preview the report and line up the fields according to the form. With the form available on screen, you can line up the fields properly when the report is previewed. Then conditionally suppress the form depending upon if the preprinted form is available or not.
Jacque