Printing on a laser printer

[Eversman]

Hey, When I print on a normal Printer, all the text prints fine, but when I have it print on a Laser Printer, all the text gets squahsed together, and text is wirrten over other text, it is a whole mess. Anyone know why it is doing it? Here is the code. //// Create a printer DC CPrintDialog dlg(FALSE); CDC dc; #if 0 //Show print dialog. if (dlg.DoModal() == IDCANCEL) return; dc.Attach(dlg.GetPrinterDC()); #else //Don't show print dialog. PRINTDLG prtDlg; AfxGetApp()->GetPrinterDeviceDefaults(&prtDlg); //Should check for error. dlg.m_pd.hDevMode = prtDlg.hDevMode; dlg.m_pd.hDevNames = prtDlg.hDevNames; dc.Attach(dlg.CreatePrinterDC()); #endif dc.m_bPrinting = TRUE; //// Now use the DC. //Get the page size. CRect printArea; CRect printArea1; CRect printArea2; CRect printArea3; CRect printArea4; CRect printArea5; CRect printArea6; CRect printArea7; printArea.SetRect(500, 0, dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES)); //Start printing. printArea1.SetRect(700, 1500, dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES)); //Start printing printArea2.SetRect(750, 1750, dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES)); //Start printing printArea3.SetRect(1250, 1750, dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES)); //Start printing printArea4.SetRect(750, 1825, dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES)); //Start printing printArea5.SetRect(1250, 1825, dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES)); //Start printing printArea6.SetRect(325, 250, dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES)); //Start printing printArea7.SetRect(750, 500, dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES)); //Start printing DOCINFO docinfo; memset(&docinfo, 0, sizeof(docinfo)); docinfo.cbSize = sizeof(docinfo); docinfo.lpszDocName = _T("Edit Control Print"); dc.StartDoc(&docinfo); //Should check for error. dc.StartPage(); //Should check for error. //Draw the edit control contents. /////////////////////////// CFont font; font.CreatePointFont(480, "Arial", &dc); CFont font1; font1.CreatePointFont(280, "Arial", &dc); CString str("Text Text Text"); CString str1; CString str2("Test"); CString str3("Test"); CString str4; CString str5; CString str6("Test"); CString str7("Test"); CSize size = dc.GetTextExt

[Johan Rosengren]

You must take differences in printer resolution into consideration. Your printing rects have hardcoded coordinates, which is bad, bad, bad. To get the resolution for a single inch of the printer, call dc.GetDeviceCaps( LOGPIXELSX/LOGPIXELSY);. Use values based on the return for the start coordinates in your SetRect-calls.