What I do is first make a draft, print it to PDF and then look at the PDF version and make my adjustments based on that. The word processing part appears off, but it is the end product that counts here.
----- Original Message ----- From: "marc schluter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Printing jumping up/down and left/right > That's what their computer guy thinks. He gets it > printing OK then leaves the office, then the prints > gets off track again. > > I am going to send them a new report and move the > fields to where they want and see what happens. > > Thanks > Marc > > > > > > --- Thomas Eldred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good morning, > > > > I use Adobe 6.0 frequently to print from Word > > Perfect and I have noticed > > that when printing out Documents, it will frequently > > change the layout of > > the page. It is ecspecially common using > > WordPerfect. I wonder if that > > might also be affecting you. > > > > tom > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "marc schluter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:16 AM > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Printing jumping up/down > > and left/right > > > > > > > Thanks Bill > > > > > > I will have fax some examples. > > > Now there computer guy thinks it could be the > > latest > > > version of Adobe changing the fonts or printer > > > settings. > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Bill Downall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Marc, > > > > > > > > I doubt it's a corrupted report, but you can't > > tell > > > > what is going on based on a > > > > description like the vague and probably > > inaccurate > > > > one your users gave you. (I doubt > > > > print actually "jumps around.") Ask them to fax > > you > > > > an example of a problem report. > > > > Maybe it has to do with a printer, or with word > > > > wrapping, or stretching fields, or > > > > margins, or fonts, but you need to look at > > actual > > > > results and see how the data, the > > > > report definition, and the blank claims forms > > all > > > > relate to each other to diagnose the > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > One thing I did to simplify life greatly for one > > > > client was to use the R:Base 7 "Page > > > > Style" section to load a background image of the > > > > preprinted form. (I scanned it in, > > > > and saved it in several formats and resolutions > > > > until I found the best compromise > > > > between the look and the performance.) Then you > > > > don't have to worry about > > > > difference between printers, and they don't have > > to > > > > worry about loading the right > > > > forms in the printer. > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > On 9 Jul 2004 at 9:14, marc schluter wrote: > > > > > > > > > Well, that doctors office called and they are > > > > still > > > > > haveing problems with the print jumping around > > and > > > > not > > > > > hitting the boxes on the claim form. > > > > > > > > > > It this possible from an RBase Report? Could > > a > > > > > corrupted report allow the print to move up > > and > > > > down, > > > > > or left and right? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >
