This page last updated 2008-01-21.
Dot matrix printers are a pain because you have to setup custom paper sizes
on the printer server (which might be parallel port attached to a work station
or to a file server) . And whenever the client changes the workstation or
the server these have to be recreated.
Setting up custom paper sizes is totally different in the Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Home or Professional or Windows 2003 server
environment compared to Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME.
On the print server Start >> Settings >> Printers If Windows XP or Windows 2003
Server Start >> Printers and Faxes You should now have the list of
printers. Click on File >> Server Properties. Now you can create a new form with the sizes you want on it as well as a name.
Then you can follow the below steps to choose the just created Paper Size.
Within Access go
into the design of the report, Click 'File', 'Page Setup', Click the 'Page' tab.,
Select 'Specific Printer',, Pick the printer you are using., Click 'Properties'
then the 'Paper' tab., In 'Paper Size' select 'Custom'. and choose your just
created Paper Size.
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