PrintOut Method [Access 2003 VBA Language Reference]

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The PrintOut method carries out the PrintOut action in Visual Basic.

expression.PrintOut(PrintRange, PageFrom, PageTo, PrintQuality, Copies, CollateCopies)

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

AcPrintRange

AcPrintRange can be one of these AcPrintRange constants.
acPages
acPrintAlldefault
acSelection

If you leave this argument blank, the default constant (acPrintAll) is assumed.

PageFrom  Optional Variant. A numeric expression that's a valid page number in the active form or datasheet. This argument is required if you specify acPages for the printrange argument.

PageTo  Optional Variant. A numeric expression that's a valid page number in the active form or datasheet. This argument is required if you specify acPages for the printrange argument.

AcPrintQuality

AcPrintQuality can be one of these AcPrintQuality constants.
acDraft
acHighdefault
acLow
acMedium

If you leave this argument blank, the default constant (acHigh) is assumed.

Copies  Optional Variant. A numeric expression. If you leave this argument blank, the default (1) is assumed.

CollateCopies  Optional Variant. Use True (–1) to collate copies and False (0) to print without collating. If you leave this argument blank, the default (True) is assumed.

Remarks

For more information on how the action and its arguments work, see the action topic.

You can leave an optional argument blank in the middle of the syntax, but you must include the argument's comma. If you leave one or more trailing arguments blank, don't use a comma following the last argument you specify.

Example

The following example prints two collated copies of the first four pages of the active form or datasheet:

DoCmd.PrintOut acPages, 1, 4, , 2

Applies to | DoCmd Object