how to set printername for Reportviewer from code (VS2005)?

[Rich]

Hello,

I need to print a report from the VS2005 Reportviewer control. My problem
is that I need to print to a tractor feed (dotmatix like) printer that is not
the default printer - for printing mailing labels (thousands of them). I can
set all the settings from the pagelayout button of the Reportviewer at
runtime, but that is a real hassel - set the margins, paper orientation,
papersize, printername. I tried using a deviceInfo type string like this:

// Build device info based on start page
deviceInfo = String.Format(
"<DeviceInf o>" +
"<OutputFormat> EMF</OutputFormat>" +
" <MarginTop>0.25 in</MarginTop>" +
" <MarginLeft>0.2 5in</MarginLeft>" +
" <MarginRight>0. 25in</MarginRight>" +
" <MarginBottom>0 .25in</MarginBottom>" +
" <StartPage>{0 }</StartPage>" +
"</DeviceInfo>", pageIndex+1);

but this uses streams for rendering which would require more coding than I
want. How can I set the page layout/printer/paper properties from code for
the Report viewer? How to do it the lazy/limited braincells way? I tried

PageSetupDialog ps1;
ps1 = New PageSetupDialog ;
ps1.PrinterSett ings.PrinterNam e = "\\NASPP14\T604 5";

but VS complained, besides how to I assign it to my RptViewer object? Or do
I need to go the deviceInfo/streams route?

Thanks,
Rich

[chanmm]

Install the same driver as another printer with a different printer name
then print though that printer name.

chanmm

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Hello,

I need to print a report from the VS2005 Reportviewer control. My problem
is that I need to print to a tractor feed (dotmatix like) printer that is
not
the default printer - for printing mailing labels (thousands of them). I
can
set all the settings from the pagelayout button of the Reportviewer at
runtime, but that is a real hassel - set the margins, paper orientation,
papersize, printername. I tried using a deviceInfo type string like this:

// Build device info based on start page
deviceInfo = String.Format(
"<DeviceInf o>" +
"<OutputFormat> EMF</OutputFormat>" +
" <MarginTop>0.25 in</MarginTop>" +
" <MarginLeft>0.2 5in</MarginLeft>" +
" <MarginRight>0. 25in</MarginRight>" +
" <MarginBottom>0 .25in</MarginBottom>" +
" <StartPage>{0 }</StartPage>" +
"</DeviceInfo>", pageIndex+1);

but this uses streams for rendering which would require more coding than I
want. How can I set the page layout/printer/paper properties from code
for
the Report viewer? How to do it the lazy/limited braincells way? I tried

PageSetupDialog ps1;
ps1 = New PageSetupDialog ;
ps1.PrinterSett ings.PrinterNam e = "\\NASPP14\T604 5";

but VS complained, besides how to I assign it to my RptViewer object? Or
do
I need to go the deviceInfo/streams route?

Thanks,
Rich