Alignment issues when printing to Generic/Text Only printer

[bill_wingate]

I have a report that uses the Generic/Text Only printer driver with the Device Font 12cpi. When it's printed (to a file) from the Crystal Reports designer the layout is correct. When I print from the runtime (latest SP, using the RAS engine) there are some alignment issues.

Any suggestions on what to look at, or known issues to be aware of?

The report is very complicated with a lot of subreports, and the alignment issues are happening in subreports. The report is from a customer and I've so far been unsuccessful in reproducing the problem in a simpler report or isolating anything different about the fields that have the problem. They all seem to be aligned and sized correctly.

[former_member11696 · Accepted solution]

Likely is when in CR Designer it uses GDI.dll to render the page.

CR .NET uses GDIPlus so there can be slight differences which is why I also suggest when creating the report don't use no printer.

Margins can play a big part when the formatting engine lays out the objects.

It's also know that Microsoft has issues with their print drivers.

Try a different printer like an HP or something more up to date and see if that helps.

Curious why they are printing to a file first and not directly to the printer?

Don