Crystal reports printing in dot matrix printer

I'm using Crystal Reports 2008 with Visual Basic.Net 2008. The problem is that when i print the report in a laser printer, everything is good, but when i used dot matrix printer (like Epson LX 300+), reports is printed smaller than original, doesn't matter if i see good in preview. This is an Asp.Net web form.
How can i fix this problem

1) Make sure you have the latest CR Service Pack:
SP4 https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100008782452011E/cr2008sp4.exe
SP4 MSI https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100008782532011E/cr2008sp4_redist.zip
SP4 MSM https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100008782522011E/cr2008sp4_mm.zip
2) Make sure you have the latest updates for the printer driver
3) Make sure the printer driver is Unicode compliant
4) Experiment with the "No Printer" option and Dissociate Formatting Page Size and Printer Paper Size option
5) Compare print from the CR designer to the app print. Do you see the same issue with both?
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