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Our application is using Crystal XI and VB6.<br />
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When our users run reports, they can select to have the report go directly to the printer.<br />
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Recently, we've run into a problem where the report would not go to the printer at all. &nbsp;Investigation showed I had set the report page setup in design mode to &quot;No Printer&quot;. &nbsp;So I &quot;fixed&quot; this, and set the report to default to my HP black and white printer on my development PC. &nbsp;Now, when our users send the report to a color printer (their default), it only prints black and white.<br />
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Am I doing something wrong??? &nbsp;Shouldn't the report.PrintOut go to the user's run-time default printer? &nbsp;Are there some settings in Crystal that are causing my reports to ignore the run-time default printer and use the design-time printer?<br />
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Can I force the assignment of the printer to the run-time system default printer in VB? &nbsp;I know how to retrieve the default printer within VB6, but I don't know how to set it for the report before it runs.<br />
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Thanks so much for your help!<br />
Meryl
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Our application is using Crystal XI and VB6.

When our users run reports, they can select to have the report go directly to the printer.

Recently, we've run into a problem where the report would not go to the printer at all.  Investigation showed I had set the report page setup in design mode to "No Printer".  So I "fixed" this, and set the report to default to my HP black and white printer on my development PC.  Now, when our users send the report to a color printer (their default), it only prints black and white.

Am I doing something wrong???  Shouldn't the report.PrintOut go to the user's run-time default printer?  Are there some settings in Crystal that are causing my reports to ignore the run-time default printer and use the design-time printer?

Can I force the assignment of the printer to the run-time system default printer in VB?  I know how to retrieve the default printer within VB6, but I don't know how to set it for the report before it runs.

Thanks so much for your help!
Meryl

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