Printer - HP4300 in 3 different locations.
VB.Net

Calling crReportObject.PrintToPrinter(iRptCopies, True, 1, -1) doesn't
always return.

We have had at least 4 cases now where the printers above seem to hang
with several reports in the printer queue and when this happens the
method PrintToPrinter doesn't return, thus hanging the application. No
error message is logged in the exception log. It simply seems to be
waiting for the printer to return or something.

This is creating havoc with our Invoice process. Each of the printers
in the 3 different locations have had this problem

Is there a way to for us catch an event, or something that will tell
us what is going on?

Hi Mike,

There's a big limitation with PrintToPrinter You can't
use it to print on shared printers only local.

Kind Regards
Jorge
>-----Original Message-----
>Printer - HP4300 in 3 different locations.
>VB.Net
>
>Calling crReportObject.PrintToPrinter(iRptCopies, True,
1, -1) doesn't
>always return.
>
>We have had at least 4 cases now where the printers
above seem to hang
>with several reports in the printer queue and when this
happens the
>method PrintToPrinter doesn't return, thus hanging the
application. No
>error message is logged in the exception log. It simply
seems to be
>waiting for the printer to return or something.
>
>This is creating havoc with our Invoice process. Each of
the printers
>in the 3 different locations have had this problem
>
>Is there a way to for us catch an event, or something
that will tell
>us what is going on?
>.
>

I'm not sure that would be true. We print 1,000's of reports to shared
printers, but occasionaly a printer will stop and PrintToPrinter
doesn't return. Once the printer's queue is cleaned out, the printing
starts again.

"Jorge" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<15b4c01c41db7$463c63c0$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Hi Mike,
>
> There's a big limitation with PrintToPrinter You can't
> use it to print on shared printers only local.
>
> Kind Regards
> Jorge
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Printer - HP4300 in 3 different locations.
> >VB.Net
> >
> >Calling crReportObject.PrintToPrinter(iRptCopies, True,
> 1, -1) doesn't
> >always return.
> >
> >We have had at least 4 cases now where the printers
> above seem to hang
> >with several reports in the printer queue and when this
> happens the
> >method PrintToPrinter doesn't return, thus hanging the
> application. No
> >error message is logged in the exception log. It simply
> seems to be
> >waiting for the printer to return or something.
> >
> >This is creating havoc with our Invoice process. Each of
> the printers
> >in the 3 different locations have had this problem
> >
> >Is there a way to for us catch an event, or something
> that will tell
> >us what is going on?
> >.
> >

[FaisalAli]

Hi guys,

I am having similar problem. From my development environment, I can send the PrinttoPrinter command and reports are printed fine. However, when I package the reports and install it on a QA server then this method hangs. Both of the boxes have network printers installed.

Can you please tell me how you have resolved this issue on your end?

Thanks,
Faisal