Printing in Access 2007

[Ben]

We use several printers routinely, a Xerox for paged documents(the default)
and a Datamax barcode printer for labels. We have trouble forcing the Datamax
to use the only kind of label we have, which is 4" x 2.8". Access seems to
want to force us to use a 1" mailing label which we don't have, so we go back
and forth to force it to quit fooling around and finally get it to work. This
means many trips to Print Setup and Print. Finally, success! Then, if we edit
the label, it starts all over again, back to the default printer. We want to
eliminate any label choices other than what we have, and we want it to work
the way it used to in Access 2003. We want it to retain the Datamax setting
for labels without a hassle. What can we do to stop the waste of time we have
with Access which wants to use labels from a list that we don't have, instead
of what we do have?

 

[Michael J. Strickland]

We use several printers routinely, a Xerox for paged documents(the
default)
and a Datamax barcode printer for labels. We have trouble forcing the
Datamax
to use the only kind of label we have, which is 4" x 2.8". Access seems to
want to force us to use a 1" mailing label which we don't have, so we go
back
and forth to force it to quit fooling around and finally get it to work.
This
means many trips to Print Setup and Print. Finally, success! Then, if we
edit
the label, it starts all over again, back to the default printer. We want
to
eliminate any label choices other than what we have, and we want it to
work
the way it used to in Access 2003. We want it to retain the Datamax
setting
for labels without a hassle. What can we do to stop the waste of time we
have
with Access which wants to use labels from a list that we don't have,
instead
of what we do have?

This is a known bug (not fixed in SP1) in Access 2007. Saving any changes
(including
the printer & page setup) in Design Mode forces the printer selection back
to the
Windows default printer.



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