A reader wants to know why Access loses the paper size of reports if they are anything other than letter size.
Q:Jericho Johnson writes:
I would like to know why Access loses the paper size of reports if they are anything other than letter size. For Example: I create a report keeping the “default printer” as the selection in the “page setup” dialog. I choose a paper type such as COM-10 Envelope, or Legal. The report works fine as long as I want it to print to the default printer. But as soon as I choose another printer (when in preview mode, I choose File, Print… and select another printer) the report reverts to Letter size paper and comes out wrong. This also occurs if I create the report on my computer, but then someone else “runs” this report on another computer on the network. The first time they preview or print it, it is back to Letter paper. If they change it to the correct paper in the “page setup” dialog while previewing it, it will print correctly, and then Access remembers it until such time as the report design is changed by me again.
A:Paper size belongs to specific printers, since printers support different paper sizes. Reversion to letter sized paper also occurs when upgrading to a new version of Access, even with the same printer.
