Sage 200 Report Designer - Printer Offsets

Within Sage Report Designer you can enter a printer offset specific to your selected printer. Using this option you can adjust the output to ensure that your documents print correctly . This article explain how to enter a printer specific offset.

NOTE: Printer offsets are only relevant to dot matrix printers. Adding an offset to a different type of printer could cause printing problems.

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Enter a printer offset

1. Report Designer > Tools > Options > Printer Offsets tab.
   
   
2. Printer drop-down list > choose the required printer > Printer-specific offsets area > adjust the left and top offset options as follows:
   
   

   Left offset	To move the print to the left, decrease the value in this box. To move the print to the right, increase the value in this box.
   Top offset	To move the print up, decrease the value in this box. To move the print down, increase the value in this box.

   For example, if your current printer offsets are both set to zero and when you measure the print it appears 0.25" too far to the left of the stationery and 0.4" too low, amend the settings as follows:

   Left offset = 0.25
   Top offset = -0.4

   NOTE: The measurement used in the Left offset and Top offset can be changed in the Options tab, for example, if you want to use metric rather than imperial measurements. Read more >

3. Click OK > if required, to enter a printer offset for a different printer, repeat the above steps.

You have now successfully entered a printer specific offset.

Save the changes to your document

1. Report menu > Report Properties > enter a new name and description for the document > OK.
   
   Report Designer v1.3 and below - Report Explorer pane > select the document name > Properties pane > Name > enter a new name for the document > Enter.
   
   

   TIP: You can check your Report Designer version in Help > About > Application > File Version.

2. File > Save As > File name > enter a new name for the document > Save in > browse to the required location for your document > Save.
   
   
3. File > Exit.