My application currently generates a report using the local ReportViewer control which the users then export into Excel from where they can do a label mail merge. I've been asked to see if we can make this process simpler and generate a PDF of labels directly. I've read on here that it may be possible to layout a ReportViewer report so that it translate accurately to the mm perfect resolution needed for labels. This sounds like a lot of trouble so I'd probably look at one of the open source PDF generate tools - looks like you can generate a very accurate PDF programatically.
However... I've dabbled enough with so-called standard label templates in Word over the years and I know that they are far from standard :-) The single biggest problem is that many printers (from cheap to expensive) don't seem to treat the left/top margin accurately. Not a problem with Word where you can change the margins but is it possible to adjust the margins in Acrobat Reader before printing?
Or am I worrying about a non-problem?
Cheers, Rob.