Custom Page Size and PDF

I am using CR 2008 (I have purchased it and the upgrade was well worth the cost); HOWEVER, it is not doing the same thing on my development environment as my server environment.
I am using asp.net 2008 and in a web environment I am using a web form to create a CR document and show it as a pdf in a web browser.
All of the forms work great and as expected. I have a form that is a label 7/8" X 2 1/4 ". In the development environment (vista 32), the web app pulls up the label and everthing works.
When I move the code to my production envoroment (Windows Server 2003, asp.net 2.0) The labels come up full screen. This does not seem to be printer related as it work on a 8 1/2 X 11 ink jet printer in the dev enviroment. The same machine using the same code over the Internet from the production site does not give me the same report.
Any ideas or similar issues?
Thanks

Hello, David;
The usual cause for this is not having access to the correct printer diver on the server.
A web application may not have rights to the printer drivers folder.
The correct printer driver for the network printer may not be installed to the server.
If the application is loading a default printer driver, it may not have the ability to format the correct size.
Our Modules utility is useful to compare drivers loading in each case.
[Modules Utility|https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006252802008E/modules.zip]
Run our Modules utility on the working server when viewing a report through the browser. Save the resulting file as working.mdl.
Do the same on the non-working server. Save that as nonWorking.mdl.
I usually minimize it in the task bar until the application is running the report and then open it and choose File|New .... Modules in Memory.
Elaine

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