I want to set the margins on a report to specific settings
so I'm thinking this will set the prt object to my default printer

Dim prt As Printer
Set prt = Application.Printers(0)

but it doesn't
and application.printers.count correct shows that I have eight
possible printers
so I could cycle through them if there was a prt property for 'default
printer' but I can't find one

is there a way to do this ?

On Nov 9, 5:19*pm, Roger <lesperan... (AT) natpro (DOT) com> wrote:
looks like this will do it
application.Printer.DeviceName


and application.printer also has a rightMargin setting
so
?application.printer.RightMargin
360

how does 360 relate to a 1" margin

if I change the margin using
application.Printer.RightMargin = 200
will it apply to any reports that are printed or export to pdf
(access2010)

On Nov 9, 6:27*pm, Roger <lesperan... (AT) natpro (DOT) com> wrote:
How does 360 relate to 1". Think not in inches or centimeters.
Think in twips. There's 1440 of them per inch. Divided 360 by 1440
and you have .25.

Regarding your second question...guess you have to try it out. Can
your printer handle .13 inch margins?

On Nov 9, 6:27*pm, Roger <lesperan... (AT) natpro (DOT) com> wrote:
Hmmm...thought I responded but it's my response is not here. Anyway,
360 is the number of twips. There are 1440 twips per inch. 360/1440
is .25 inch. 200 twips is .13 inches. Can your printer handle that?