Printer Object
Printers
Printer
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A Printer object corresponds to a printer available on your system.
Using the Printer object
A Printer object is a member of the Printers collection.
To return a reference to a particular Printer object in the Printer s collection, use any of the following syntax forms.
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
| Printer s!devicename | The devicename argument is the name of the Printer object as returned by the DeviceName property. |
| Printer s("devicename") | The devicename argument is the name of the Printer object as returned by the DeviceName property. |
| Printer s(index) | The index argument is the numeric position of the object within the collection. The valid range is from 0 to Printers.Count-1. |
You can use the properties of the Printer object to set the printing characteristics for any of the printers available on your system.
Use the ColorMode , Copies , Duplex , Orientation , PaperBin , PaperSize , and PrintQuality properties to specify print settings for a particular printer.
Use the LeftMargin, RightMargin , TopMargin , BottomMargin , ColumnSpacing , RowSpacing , DataOnly , DefaultSize , ItemLayout , ItemsAcross , ItemSizeHeight , and ItemSizeWidth properties to specify how Microsoft Access should format the appearance of data on printed pages.
Use the DeviceName, DriverName , and Port properties to return system information about a particular printer.
The following example displays system information about the first printer in the Printers collection.
Dim prtFirst As Printer
Set prtFirst = Application.Printers(0)
With prtFirst
MsgBox "Device name: " & .DeviceName & vbCr _
& "Driver name: " & .DriverName & vbCr _
& "Port: " & .Port
End With