CR2020 viewer print output is incorrect when PrintMode=PrintOutputController....

[grchen168]

Using Crystal Reports 2020 viewer in my C# WinForm application, after the data is loaded into the report, the RPT is correctly displayed in the viewer. 

And, when setting Viewer's PrintMode=PrintToPrinter, and then, click the print button of the viewer, the print-out is also correct.      So far so good.

But, this time, when setting the Viewer's PrintMode=PrintOutputController, and then, click the print button of the viewer, the print-out is incorrect!!  That is, the top & left margin of the print-out is too much.

Why the viewer in printmode='PrintOutPutController' does not produce the same result as print mode='PrintToPrinter' ??

Or, under the circumstance of setting PrintMode=PrintOutputController, what other measures should I take in my C# code in order to instruct the viewer print output as the same as when setting viewer's PrintMode='PrintToPrinter'?? 

[DonWilliams]

I see you have No Printer selected so it's using your default margins. Open the report in CR Designer and select the printer, save it and test again. Also enable Dissociate printer. CR is using Windows USP10 to format the apge when No printer is enabled.

[DonWilliams]

Download page has a Printer test app:

https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/crystalreports/3354091173.html

It has a routine to Set Printer and Select POC or P2P, use it to allow users to select and set printer:

Printing Crystal Reports in .NET

[grchen168]

Hi, Don, what you mentioned is : using code to prepare various parameters, then call the "PrintOutputController.PrintReport" or "PrintToPrinter" to print directly to specified printer.

[grchen168]

But, what my need is programatically show up the POC printer setup dialog to let user interact with. Is it possible?

[DonWilliams]

Look at my test app, it's all there and use POC in your code to select the printer.