Printout is not same as on the preview

[Biju George]

Hi,
I have a simple report, the screen preview of the report is normal (text
size, alignment etc) are okay, but when I give print command the printout is
a zoomed text with all text alignment disturbed. Can anyone help me why its
happen and how I can resolve it. Before it was working fine but suddenly
this behaviour started.

Thanks for the help./biju

 

[Allen Browne]

What changed when it messed up?

Did you move to a different computer? Change printer? Update your printer
driver?

Try installing a completely different printer. You don't have to buy one:
just install a driver for an old Epson dot matrix or something. With this
printer as the default, does the report work correctly?
- Yes: the problem is with your printer driver.
Try to get an updated driver.

- No: the problem looks like it is with the database.
Try a different database (such as Northwind.)
Same problem?

- Yes: the problem is with the Windows installation or drivers somewhere.

- No: the problem is a corrupted database. Follow the steps below to rebuild
it.

1. Uncheck the boxes under:
Tools | Options | General | Name AutoCorrect
Explanation of why:
http://allenbrowne.com/bug-03.html

2. Compact the database to get rid of this junk:
Tools | Database Utilities | Compact/Repair

3. Close Access. Make a backup copy of the file. Decompile the database by
entering something like this at the command prompt while Access is not
running. It is all one line, and include the quotes:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft office\office\msaccess.exe" /decompile
"c:\MyPath\MyDatabase.mdb"

4. Open Access (holding down the Shift key if you have any startup code),
and compact again.

5. Open a code window.
Choose References from the Tools menu.
Uncheck any references you do not need.
For a list of the ones you typically need in your version of Access, see:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html

6. Still in the code window, choose Compile from the Debug menu.
Fix any errors, and repeat until it compiles okay.

At this point, you should have a database where the name-autocorrect errors
are gone, the indexes are repaired, inconsistencies between the text- and
compiled-versions of the code are fixed, reference ambiguities are resolved,
and the code syntax is compilable.

If it is still a problem, the next step would be to get Access to rebuild
the database for you. Follow the steps for the first symptom in this
article:
Recovering from Corruption
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html

 

[Biju George]

Thank you very much dear Allen Sir,

It was a data corruption and luckily able to resolve by making a new
database.

I never expected that I will get such detailed informative feedback. Once
again thank you. God bless you.

Biju
Kuwait