Printer Help Please

Gruff
09-10-2003, 02:51 AM
Hi, Just a quick question about printing.

I when send circles to my printer object they blot out lines arcs and other printed data. It's as though the circle is filled with white.

I set the printer.fillstyle to transparent and it still does it. anyone know what is causing this?

I am using a HP deskjet 3820 (Doubt if that makes a difference.)



Printer.Orientation = 2 'Landscape
Printer.ScaleMode = 5 'Inches
Printer.FillStyle = 1 'SetFillStyle to Transparent
Printer.DrawStyle = 0 'Solid line
Printer.DrawMode = 13 'Copy Pen
SendToPrinter Printer 'Sub that writes to the printer
Printer.NewPage
Printer.EndDoc

Gruff
09-18-2003, 01:49 PM
I located the answer on MSDN.
Apparently this is a bug with Windows 95/98

Yes I am still using 98 at home. :(
I am can't justify upgrading my operating system until I can afford to upgrade my PC. (An old P2, but it still works fine.)

Anyway the fix is to toggle the printer.fillstyle property as follows


Printer.fillstyle = 2
Printer.Print " "
Printer.filestyle = 1 'Set fill to transparent

'Print routines follow...


Sorry to have bothered everyone.

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