PRB: Setting FastLaserPrinting Property to Yes Has No Effect

Article ID: Q114516
Creation Date: 05-MAY-1994
Revision Date: 19-SEP-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

Setting the FastLaserPrinting property to Yes does not seem to have any effect.

CAUSE

This property only affects the speed of laser printers that support rules, and has no affect on dot-matrix printers. Check your laser printer's documentation to see if it supports rules.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

A rule is a predefined set of instructions stored in the printer. Printers that use rules store a number of them for different objects such as lines and boxes. A software application can send a command to the printer to use a particular rule, instead of sending the entire set of instructions.

If the FastLaserPrinting property is set to Yes, Microsoft Access will check with the Windows printer driver to make sure that the printer supports rules. If it does, Microsoft Access will send commands to the printer to use rules instead of sending full instruction sets or graphics.

If the printer driver informs Microsoft Access that the printer cannot use rules, Microsoft Access will send the actual graphic images to the printer.

You can set the FastLaserPrinting property using the property sheet, a macro, or Access Basic code.

REFERENCES

For more information about the FastLaserPrinting property, search for "FastLaserPrinting" then "FastLaserPrinting Property" using the Microsoft Access Help menu.

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