brakos

I have more than 3 printer drivers installed in a machine.
Let say that the DEFAULT printer name is : hp deskjet 845c
I made a program that prints some barcodes with a SATO
driver, printer name is : SATO M-8400RV

Everytime I have to print, I have to change the default
printer and then print the barcodes or on the other hand
change the default again to print with the HP 845c.

How can I print a form in a SPECIFIC printer without having
to do that stupid manual thing ? I just use the form1.printform
command to print and works fine for the work to be done. I just want to
avoid that...change default all the time.

Default driver name : hp deskjet 845c
Barcode driver name : SATO M-8400RV
Default is connected with LPT1 and SATO with LPT2 (in printer settings)

Thanx a lot for your time.

AdrianLewis

not sure if this will help but in VBA I use the standard print command to send the job to the printer but before this I select the activeprinter as below.

you may be able to set up a drop down list with the printers names and select the one which you want to print from or use the printer name in your code for each specific job. Great if you are only using it on your system because otherwise you will need to make a settings option to assign printers to each task so other users with different setups can change the printer names to suit their setup.

Hope this helps

Adrian Lewis

viper2843

I have this same issue and when I used the activeprinter option, it then set that printer to the default. How do I avoid this?