Microsoft KB Archive/284286

= How to reset changes to the Application.Printer object =

Article ID: 284286

Article Last Modified on 6/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Access 2007
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q284286



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.accdb and.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).



SUMMARY
This article shows you how to reset the Application.Printer object to its default settings after you have customized them.



MORE INFORMATION
The following sample code demonstrates how to print the Catalog report in the Northwind Sample Database. It changes some of the default printer settings and when the print job is completed, the code reset the printer to the default settings.

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Note Not all printers and printer drivers support the functionality in the following sample code.

Note In Microsoft Office Access 2007, you only have to replace the report name &quot;Catalog&quot; with an available report for the sample code.. Private Sub PrintCatalogReport Dim rpt As Report Application.Printer = Application.Printers(0) DoCmd.OpenReport &quot;Catalog&quot;, acViewPreview,, , acHidden Set rpt = Reports!Catalog With rpt.Printer .BottomMargin = 720 .Copies = 2 .Duplex = acPRDPVertical 'Double sided .PaperBin = acPRBNLargeCapacity End With DoCmd.OpenReport &quot;Catalog&quot;, acViewNormal DoCmd.Close acReport, &quot;Catalog&quot;, acSaveNo Set Application.Printer = Nothing End Sub When the print job is completed, this code will clear out the current settings and reset the global Application.Printer object to the default application printer.

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Keywords: kbprogramming kbsettings kbprinters kbreport kbprint kbhowto KB284286

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