[RESOLVED] Text File Column Alignment While Printing

[toecutter]

I have got my text file sorted into 5 columns and it looks good



using this code

            Dim sw As New IO.StreamWriter("C:\StickFrameExpress\Jobs\" & Me.lblJobNumber.Text & ".txt", False)
            'write blanks lines
            sw.WriteLine("")
            sw.WriteLine("")
            'write job number and date
            sw.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab & "Job Number:" & "  " & Me.lblJobNumber.Text & "                                     " & Now)
            sw.WriteLine("")
            sw.WriteLine("")
            sw.WriteLine("")
            'header
            sw.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab & "Name".PadRight(20, " "c) & _
                              ControlChars.Tab & "Material".PadRight(50, " "c) & _
                              ControlChars.Tab & "Length".PadRight(15, " "c) & _
                              ControlChars.Tab & "Qty".PadRight(8, " "c) & _
                              ControlChars.Tab & "Units".PadRight(8, " "c)) 
               sw.WriteLine("")
            Dim i As Int16
            With Me.ListView1
                For i = 0 To CShort(.Items.Count - 1)
                    If .Items(i).Text <> "" Then
                        sw.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab & .Items(i).Text.PadRight(20, " "c) & _
                                          ControlChars.Tab & .Items(i).SubItems(1).Text.PadRight(50, " "c) & _
                                          ControlChars.Tab & .Items(i).SubItems(2).Text.PadRight(15, " "c) & _
                                          ControlChars.Tab & .Items(i).SubItems(3).Text.PadRight(8, " "c) & _
                                          ControlChars.Tab & .Items(i).SubItems(4).Text.PadRight(8, " "c)) 
                      sw.writeLine("")

When i print the file using the file > print from the notepad program the columns do not appear as they do on the screen..

They no longer line up.
How can i overcome this?

regards
toe