Export report to pdf differs from print report to pdf printer

[wim_brosens]

Hello all,

When I export a report to pdf all is looking good, but when printing the very same report to a pdf printer the size of the left and right margins are doubled and words on the end of textboxes are not wrapped to ther second line, but cut off.

What am I doing wrong ?

Export to pdf:

Print to Pdf Printer:

The screenshots are coming from the resulting pdfs printed/exported from within in a VB.NET Windows Forms Application

[DellSC]

Take a look at the settings when you you print to PDF - you have to open "More Settings" at the bottom of the dialog. You can set the paper size and play with the margins and scale there to see whether any of that helps.

-Dell

[DellSC]

When you export to PDF, Crystal controls the export. When you print to PDF from your browser, the browser controls the export. With the export Crystal uses just the design to format the report. With the print, Crystal uses the printer that was saved with the report for print to PDF to define margins and layout.

You could try this:

1. Edit the report.

2 Open File >> Page Setup

3. Turn on "No Printer (optimize for screen display)".

4. Save.

-Dell

[wim_brosens]

That already is the case:

[JohnClark]

Is this all from within the Crystal Reports Designer tool?

I've seen issues similar to this with Business Objects where the print drivers are different on the servers (usually no printer drivers) and the user's local machine. I'm not sure if this might be the issue in your case though.

[wim_brosens]

No not from designer. The screenshots are coming from the resulting pdfs printed/exported from within in a VB.NET Windows Forms Application