printing part of a page without feeding entire page through printer

Question

I am working on an app in VB.net that needs to print labels to an older dot matrix printer. I have the labels printing correctly however when i finish printing the printer feeds the rest of the page through even if some labels are unused. I would like to be able to print a few labels and then have the printer just move on to the next label and stop. Any ideas how to do this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. dmalcom

darinmalcom · Answer

Thanks for the suggestion. I am trying it but it isn't working. This is the code i am using. ************************************************************************* Dim result As DialogResult Dim PrintDialog1 As New PrintDialog() Dim PageSetttings1 As New PageSettings() Dim Labels As New PrintDocument() 'just choosing the printer PrintDialog1.Document = Labels Try result = PrintDialog1.ShowDialog() Catch x As Exception MessageBox.Show(An error occured with this printer. Make sure the printer is on and connected or select a differnet printer. & x.ToString) Exit Sub End Try If (result = DialogResult.Cancel) Then Exit Sub End If 'change page settings for size Dim pkCustomSize1 As New PaperSize(Custom Paper Size 232 188) PageSetttings1.PaperSize = pkCustomSize1 Labels.DefaultPageSettings = PageSetttings1 AddHandler Labels.PrintPage AddressOf Me.Label_PrintPage AddHandler Labels.BeginPrint AddressOf Me.Label_BeginPrint 'print it Labels.Print() ************************************************************************* Anyway I am going to keep trying but i am running out of ideas. If anyone has any suggestions. They would be appreciated.

Adam Erstelle · Answer

You would have to adjust the page size of the document you feed to the printer. I'm not sure how exactly that would work but hopefully I can point you in a direction.