Setting up custom page size / labels

[Adrian Brown]

Im trying to finish off an application i have written in access, but am
having problems with the printing. I need to be able to setup the size of
the labels in the printer. The main one im using at the moment is an Epson
LX-300+ on windows xp. The drivers dont have support for 3"x2" tractor feed
labels and im having difficulty setting it up correctly. I can create a
label that size in server properties, but then the margins are a pain as
they wont set to 0, so i get a largish margin around each label. Also i
want to be able to set the size / feed for the label in my program so it
isnt hard coded etc.

Many Thanks

 

[Guest]

Adrian I have had the same problem.
The Epson LQ300 driver doesn't have the ability to set margins to zero. Try
setting up an Epson 24pin compatible driver from the windows printer lists
and using that driver instead. The margins can then be set to zero.

 

[Adrian Brown]

Ill give that a go - hopefully itll let me set a custom page size up as
well. I know you can use the Printer.PaperSize = acPRPSUser to setup a
custom page size in access, but then how do you actually set its size? The
problem is the printer feeds through an A4 page after a label, rather than
just stepping to the next one - but i presume thats because of this size
issue.

Adrian