8.0v2 minor change to printed forms

[Sergeant Ron]

Not even sure if this is a problem or not, however I noticed that printed forms now see to be justified differently since the upgrade. I had a bunch of forms that were justified (equal margins) on sides, top & bottom before the upgrade. Since the upgrade the right side and bottom were cut off, thus forcing me to make changes to again set the margins correctly. On the layout I now have to shift everything tot he right and going by the layout they are shifted way to the left. Also I have to now leave adequate space near the bottom and cannout get too close to the page cutoff line otherwise the bottom is cut off. Perhaps this was indeed a fix in the upgrade since I've noticed that it DOES not print the same on both inkjet and laser printers, where in the past there were differences. Just thought I'd share that. Regards, Ron.

[Frink1234]

I've noticed this as well. It's a definite problem. I had to re-adjust all my forms. What a pain. :

[VFXdbGuy]

That's not the only bug:

http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/173667/

[Cable]

At least it isn't taking layouts and print steps you set up portrait and priting them landscape (and vice-versa) like it is doing to me.

[BFrost]

I always start with fixed page margins of zero on all edges and ignore FileMaker's second guessing the printer drivers' view of the live image area of any given printer. Printers themselves are not consistently precise in feeding and indexing paper as it moves in the printer.

Using zero margins to start eliminates the variable of position error possibly compounded by FileMaker's presumption about how precise the printers are. (Can I spell "wiggle room"?) I use my own values and place overall images accordingly. Easier to adjust, too, with no Mathematics involved.

Roller feeding mechanisms just aren't up to precision on printers or copying machines. Using both sides of the paper "work and back" is still unreliable and inaccurate and can look really dumb as the "top" lines jump up and down when turning pages.

Deglazing rollers, jogging paper against the back stop and side gauge helps and most stuff is one sided anyway. Window envelopes and multiple column text pages are the most demanding, in my opinion.

Edited March 11, 2006 by Guest