strange problem about printing

hi friends ,I have a problem about printing which I 'm not sure is about coding!

the problem is when I print something from vb6 for examle;

private sub cmdprint()

printer.print "hi there"

printer.enddocs

end sub


quality of the print is really awful,it's blur ,some colors dont appear and .....

(even when printer is set to its best quality)

but when I print other things such as .pdf or .doc ,quality is really good.

what do you think about my problem?


thank you so much

that is odd

have you checked the default printer properties as found in the printer settings

printer.print uses the default printer with default settings other things can alter the settings as they print

just a thought

at a guess i would say that it is the default font that is used
probably looks similar if you print something from notepad
try changing the font first

vb Code:

printer.font.name = "Arial"
printer.print "This is a test"
printer.enddoc

unless you set a print position that will print right in the top left corner
setting out a page to print takes a few more lines of code, often several lines of code to each line of print