print setups in network environment...

[Batfastad]

OK this is something I've never been too clear on.

Printing from FileMaker.

On our network everyone is in different rooms and have different printers.

Now I know that you can set a printer setup by setting it up yourself, then replacing the information stored in the script. That's not a problem.

My question is how that relates to other peoples printers.

I set it up on mine, but does that mean it just uses whatever the default settings are for that users printer when they come to use it?

Anyone have any advice when it comes to starting to print from filemaker?

Thanks

[-Queue-]

Yes, the default printer will be used and the settings may be changed if their default printer doesn't have the same options (e.g. percentage magnifcation). Note that the default printer in FileMaker is the last one selected in Page/Print Setup, not necessarily the default printer for the OS. If a different printer is selected in the Print dialog, it will not change the default either. Only Print/Page Setup changes the default.

Also, always keep the Setup and Print steps in the same script. The Print settings are only maintained by the Setup (at least on Windows)(don't ask me why), so a Print step without a Setup in a script may have quite unexpected results.

[Batfastad]

So what order of script steps do I need to do so that the default printer in FileMaker is the default system printer?

Do I need to flash up a print setup box or can it be reset automatically?

Thanks

[-Queue-]

You could either use a plug-in or have a 'Change Printer' button accessible from a preferences file that consists of only an Allow User Abort [Off] and a Print Setup step.

[Batfastad]

Then when the user changes the printer and the print setup options in that print setup screen, they will be the defaults that their copy of FileMaker will use.

Will that just be stored for that particular session in filemaker?

Or will those changes be remembered when they restart filemaker??

Thanks

[Kurt Knippel]

Depending upon how you set it up...Filemaker will either default to a given printer as specified by the script...or the Filemaker app will default to the last used printer if nothing is specified in the script.

What I would do is just give the user a Print Dialog so that they can change printer if necessary.