Print Layout Designer Preview

Hi experts,
We have a report using the Print Layout Designer, before printing it we view it first. When we preview the report, amounts can't be seen fully however, when we pint it, it's complete. Why is this so? Hope you could give me response in soonest.
Thanks,
Kathy

Hi Kathy,
If your print results do not match your printer preview, it always links issue with different printer driver. It is OK as long as your printing results are good. If I were you, I would only care about the actual printing results. That is because, you may have different printers to use. All of them may have slightly different results.
Thanks,
Gordon

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<<< If there is a solution then it has to be from SDK. We can only opt for third party components and frameworks only if any of the SAP representatives ensure us that the current version of SDK does not offer such support.>>>
The answer to that is to lodge your query as an Issue to SAP directly as a support question or go through your local SAP representative. If the functionality is not offered by SAP you can do a Development Request ( DRQ) and SAP will develop it if they think it will become userful.
<<<If this Forum is not meant to be answered by SAP representatives then kindly tell me any other Technical Support Portal from where i can get the answer directly. >>>
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<<<>>>
Since you mentioned Crystal: We as SAP Business One SDK developers, have come across similar issues and opted for a Inhouse developed Crystal Solution. It has been so popular we are selling it as a Generic add-on to B1.
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Procedure
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Gordon,
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