PrintOut Method

Applies To

DoCmd Object.

Description

The PrintOut method carries out the PrintOut action in Visual Basic. For more information on how the action and its arguments work, see the action topic.

Syntax

DoCmd.PrintOut [printrange] [, pagefrom, pageto] [, printquality] [, copies] [,collatecopies]

The PrintOut method uses the following arguments.

Argument	Description
printrange	One of the following intrinsic constants:
	acPrintAll
	If you leave this argument blank, the default (acPrintAll) is assumed.
pagefrom	A numeric expression that is a valid page number in the active form or datasheet. This argument is required if you specify acPages for the printrange argument.
pageto	A numeric expression that is a valid page number in the active form or datasheet. This argument is required if you specify acPages for the printrange argument.
printquality	One of the following intrinsic constants:
	acHigh
	If you leave this argument blank, the default (acHigh) is assumed.

Argument	Description
copies	A numeric expression. If you leave this argument blank, the default (1) is assumed.
collatecopies	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

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

This example prints two collated copies of the first four pages of the active form or datasheet.