MarkSmith
February 16th, 2007, 12:09 PM
Hello, I'm trying to specify printer settings when printing a report, but my Crystal report doesn't seem to retain or save all of them. I'm using Crystal Reports XI Developer Edition.
When setting the report printer using page setup, I can select our network printer and choose from the printer properties to store the report in the printer's memory as the output method instead of printing it right away. This opens the "Store Destination" popup screen where I can select the printer mailbox I want to store the report in. If I save the report and then test it, it does go to that printer mailbox and everything seems to work fine. However, if I save and close the report, reopen it, and test it again, the report does still recognizes that it should print in our network printer, but the output method has changed to print instead of storing it in the printers mailbox.
We have a Canon ImageRunner 8500 as our network printer with the PCL6 driver.
Does anyone else have the same problem- trying to store the report instead of printing it right away? These reports will be printed from a VB.Net 2003 program and we don't want the users to select any printers, nor to select whether to print or store the report. We want to set everything in code or make Crystal reports save these settings, but so far, that solution continues to evade us.
If anyone has any solutions or ideas on how to make the crystal report remember all of the printer settings, or to pass all the printer's parameters in vb.net without using a crystal report viewer, I'd truly appreciate it.
When setting the report printer using page setup, I can select our network printer and choose from the printer properties to store the report in the printer's memory as the output method instead of printing it right away. This opens the "Store Destination" popup screen where I can select the printer mailbox I want to store the report in. If I save the report and then test it, it does go to that printer mailbox and everything seems to work fine. However, if I save and close the report, reopen it, and test it again, the report does still recognizes that it should print in our network printer, but the output method has changed to print instead of storing it in the printers mailbox.
We have a Canon ImageRunner 8500 as our network printer with the PCL6 driver.
Does anyone else have the same problem- trying to store the report instead of printing it right away? These reports will be printed from a VB.Net 2003 program and we don't want the users to select any printers, nor to select whether to print or store the report. We want to set everything in code or make Crystal reports save these settings, but so far, that solution continues to evade us.
If anyone has any solutions or ideas on how to make the crystal report remember all of the printer settings, or to pass all the printer's parameters in vb.net without using a crystal report viewer, I'd truly appreciate it.