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User’s Guide


Specifying Print Settings

You can specify the following print settings:

Follow these steps to set the printer settings:

  1. Choose Report Print. The Print dialog box appears:
  2. Specify whether to print the current report, a test pattern, or the report definition specification. A test pattern is the page header, page footer, and record areas in the form of text fields and field symbols (for example, AAA) that represent data fields. The report definition specification lists the report information, including software, format, and database information. See "Report Definitions and Report Libraries," for a complete description of the report definition specification.
  3. If you are sending the report to a printer, specify the number of copies to print. The default is 1. The maximum is 9,999.
  4. Specify the range of pages to print. The defaults are 1 to 99,999,999. You can specify any numbers within the range. However, if you specify a beginning number that is beyond the number of pages in the report, Report Builder does not print any pages. If you specify an ending number that is beyond the number of pages in the report, Report Builder prints the beginning page through the end of the report.
  5. If you are sending the report to a printer, specify the paper source. You can select a paper tray or specify manual or envelope feed for the current printer.
  6. If you want to print the report to a file, choose the Print to file check box and enter the name of the output file where you want to print the report in the fill-in field. This means that Report Builder prints the report only to a file, not to a printer. Report Builder also prints only one copy of the specified report pages to the file, regardless of the value in the Copies field.
  7. Choose OK.

Report Builder saves these settings with the report definition and overrides any corresponding Windows or default Report Builder settings.


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