Cross-Platform Printing (XDEV7410)

Writing your first REALbasic program that prints only from the Mac is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because printing from the Mac works basically as you expect. It is a curse because, when you port the program to Windows, you find that printing is not straightforward. Both text and graphics will be smaller than you expect and spacing will be incorrect.

The REALbasic documentation regarding printing of graphics is not as helpful as it should be. This article discusses the issues and presents one method of writing a cross-platform program that prints styled text and graphics.