My printer just churns out blank paper!!

I've got a large string which i'm trying to print (ie, send to the printer) called printstr.

On Error GoTo err1
CommonDialog1.PrinterDefault = True
CommonDialog1.CancelError = True
CommonDialog1.ShowPrinter

Printer.NewPage
Printer.Font = "Arial"
Printer.ColorMode = 1

Print printstr

Printer.EndDoc
Printer.KillDoc

This just send blank pages out the printer... does anyone have a suggestion?

Is there a function to call the system print command on a text file?

Cheers
Mafro

Try using Printer.Print instead of just Print, Just using Print would send the text to the form.

I've tried that - it still doesn't happen though..

Printer.NewPage
Printer.Font = "Arial"
Printer.ColorMode = 1

Printer.Print printstr

Printer.EndDoc
Printer.KillDoc

Mafro

You don't want that Printer.Killdoc line on the end. Quote from VB's online manual:

Quote:

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Immediately terminates the current print job.

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Not really what you want to do! :)