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Printing issue

Post by dunbarx » Tue Apr 28, 2026 3:07 pm

I have both a stack and it's standalone on the same machine. On a certain card I have a bunch of controls.

If I print that card from the stack, I get a certain (and desired) layout of the controls on the card. But if I do the exact same thing to the same printer from the standalone, the placement of those controls moves dramatically. Anyone ever see this?

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Re: Printing issue

Post by SparkOut » Tue Apr 28, 2026 4:57 pm

Not exactly. I'm not sure what's going on but I'd try looking at whether relative/absolute positioning might be involved.
I'm presuming you aren't using Windows, where print metrics are different to screen (see "format for printing" stack property).

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Re: Printing issue

Post by dunbarx » Tue Apr 28, 2026 6:15 pm

Sparkout

WINDOWS? Mmmph, Ha ha. AAH HAHAHA.

No.

It seems odd to me that a stack with an attached engine could work so differently from a stack with an unattached engine. I tried this on two different printers, albeit both were HP types.

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Re: Printing issue

Post by dunbarx » Tue Apr 28, 2026 6:18 pm

Sparkout.

I have never used responsive layout, if that matters.

Craig

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Re: Printing issue

Post by richmond62 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 7:23 pm

Are all your objects/controls on the card you want to print locked?

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Re: Printing issue

Post by dunbarx » Tue Apr 28, 2026 8:29 pm

Richmond.

Do you mean are their locations locked?

No, but how would that matter?

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Re: Printing issue

Post by richmond62 » Wed Apr 29, 2026 2:12 am

I am not sure, but it might.

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