Lennox,
I am by no means an expert on printing; but have you looked at what the
values of the HorizontalResolution and VerticalResolution are in the
PrinterSetup class after your line:
ok = ps.pagesetupdialog
If you are getting a tiny representation of your output in the upper
left corner of the page it seems like these values are higher than you
expect and you are going to have to use a horizontal and vertical scale
factor to multiply your textsize and distances by. I have gotten in the
habit of always setting a scale factor when printing. Something like:
ok=gPS.PageSetupDialog
if ok then
gPSSettings=gPS.setupString
gxSF=gPS.horizontalResolution/72 // horizontal scale factor
gySF=gPS.verticalResolution/72 // vertical scale factor
updatePref("prtsettings",gPSSettings) // update preference you can
ignore this
end if
Then the scale factors are used like the following to set the
penHeight, penWidth, and textSize of the graphics object:
pg.penHeight=1*gySF
pg.penWidth=1*gxSF
pg.TextSize=10*gxSF // everything one size in this report
If I want to print something starting 15 pixels from the left edge, and
20 pixels down from the top I would use something likeL
g.drawstring theString, 15*gxSF, 20*gySF
It is a bit of extra work but once done it can be run on any printer
with any resolution the user chooses. It seems to work for me on both
the Mac and Windows XP. I have no Linux experience. I remember that
this threw me for a loop the first time I encountered it.
The only thing that I am not absolutely sure of, is if dividing by 72
is the proper value when running on a PC. Seems to me I recall the
number 96 having something to do with the screen resolution on a PC.
However, things are working for me using 72 in the scale factor
calculations. If someone else knows something different hopefully they
will pipe in and say so.
=== A Mac addict in Tennessee ===
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