Printing a Form? Get rid of the gray!

[natemclain]

How can you get rid of the gray background that is always on a standard form? When I print a form it prints the gray and I don't want it to do that. Is there some way to make it print transparent or something? I haven't seen this asked before so I thought I would ask.


TIA
natemclain

 

[ElGuapo]

If you open the form detail (or footer, or header) properties window there you can set the back color of the form. It practically enables you to have any background color that you wish!

ElGuapo

 

[natemclain]

Ya I can change the background color but I really want the gray. I just don't want the gray when I print a form. I would like it to just print the data with no background. I dont know if this is possible.


natemclain

 

[Maquis]

Try setting the form's "Fast laser printing" property to yes. I've never tried it, but the help file sets this will get rid of graphic characters to speed up printing. It probably won't print the background color. Maq B-)
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[Greg25]

how about creating a report with a
white backgrond and print that

Greg X-)

 

[natemclain]

Ya the &quot;Fast Laser Printing&quot; is set to yes.
And I was trying to make it easy to print the info for the end user. I guess I will give the report a try.

Thanks,
nate

 

[braindead2]

Not sure if this is good for all printers but on my HP if I select print then under set up there is a check box for print data only it then does not print the back ground.
good luck

 

[MSchoemehl]

You can change the background color of the sections at runtime, print the form, then change them back to gray:

With Me
.Section(acHeader).BackColor = vbWhite
.Section(acDetail).BackColor = vbWhite
.Section(acFooter).BackColor = vbWhite

DoCmd.PrintOut

.Section(acHeader).BackColor = -2147483633
.Section(acDetail).BackColor = -2147483633
.Section(acFooter).BackColor = -2147483633
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