Thanks Larry and Razzak I have had such problems with printers in 6.x I am just a little afraid of this since I do not have access to different printers to test it.
Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Lustig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:59 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Reports adjust top margin > > It appears the top margin on printers moves the > > print up and down due to the dead space for the > > top margin. > > Are we talking DOS or Windows? In Windows, the margin should be rendered > correctly regardless of the printer's "non-printable" area. On DOS it may be > different. > > > I was unable to find the top margin setting in 6.5 or > > 7.1? Am I missing it. > > I think so. It's File | Page Setup | Margins > > > Even if 7.1 has a top margin > > I am afraid the print will still be moved up and down. > > It shouldn't be. If you specify a 1 inch top margin, you should get 1 inch on > any Windows compatible printer. > > > What I am doing now is > > 1) I have 3 different claim forms set up, the only > > difference is the data a little higher or lower on those > > 3 reports. > > 2) We can get 2 different pre-printed claim forms where > > the only difference is one has the boxes 2mm lower that > > the other one. (this 2mm shift is within Medicare's guidelines) > > You can use a technique to grow or shrink the page header if you want (at least > in v7). I recall posting it already, but basically the idea is that you put a > variable memo field there, set to a very, very small font size. Before the > report prints, you get the user's "adjustment factor" (an integer) and create > the variable with that number of line-feed characters. > > Make sure the page header is set to dynamic height, the memo field set to > stretch, and any other fields in the page header to "Shift with Parent". > > This should give you an adjustment factor measured in millimeters. > -- > Larry > >
