Streamline
Thu Feb 02 13:40:24 CST 2006
Yes, I understand that part. The paper size seems to work fine on most of
our systems, however, we have a couple of systems where it seems to be
interpeting the page size values as 10ths of a millimeter instead of 100ths
of an inch, which you stated should always be in 100ths of an inch.
As a test, I've used the PrinterUnitConvert method to convert the page size
values from 100ths of an inch to 10ths of a millimeter, and pass in the
converted values, and the page size is then correct on the problem systems.
I would be fine with converting as necessary, except I can't find a way to
determine which measurement unit I should convert to.
System.Globalization.RegionInfo.IsMetric is returning false on the problem
systems, yet it is still interpreting the page size values as 10ths of a
millimeter.
I have also tried getting the graphics object from the pagesettings object,
and testing the GraphicsUnit member, which returns "Display", which I believe
means 100ths of an inch.
I would really appreciate any further assistance with this issue.
Thanks again!
"Bob Powell [MVP]" wrote:
> AFAIK The printer sizes are always returned in 100ths of an inch. Thats why
> they are 800 * 1100 for a "standard" page.
>
> To get the true dimensions of the printer page you need to do a bit of math
> with the print page size and the DPI reported by the Graphics object.
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> "Streamline" <Streamline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:37E693B9-086A-4B8D-B462-3E6E69260393@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem where documents sent to the print spooler with a custom
> > page size are ignoring the regional settings for the Measurement Unit. I
> > have my Regional Settings set to "English (United States)" and confirmed
> > that
> > the Measurement Unit is "U.S". When I print my 4"w x 2"h label (using a
> > custom paper size I set in my code as 400w x 200h (tenths of an inch)), it
> > converts to tenths of a millimeter, resulting in a page size of 1.47"w x
> > 0.79"h.
> >
> > I have tried checking the System.Globalization.RegionInfo.IsMetric in my
> > code, and it returns False, as expected.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea why this is happening, and how I can correct the
> > problem?
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> > Alex
> >
>
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