excel VBA, trying to print an area?

Question

I'm making a big workbook at the moment, trying to get it so at the end of each month I run a macro which generates the new sheet.

I've got this sorted now.

Next is having a macro which gives the user an option to Print only the relevant information from the sheet.

This gets kind of complicated! As certain columns in the midst of the data shouldn't be printed, however I still want them to be visible at all other times.

My solution:

(note I am pretty new to VBA, and this was quite complicated for me so I just used macro recorder)

I split it up into two steps, one is a macro is called by pressing 'Create Print Area' button on sheet and the next is a macro called by a 'Send To Printer' button

Create Print Area Macro - Hides all undesired columns then highlights all cells from "$B$1:$Y$567", then makes this the print area.

Send to Printer Macro - Sends the print area to printer. It has the settings of A3 size, fiting columns to width, having $1:$1 as the print title and otherwise just default settings I think. I then unhide the cells hidden from running the Print Area Macro.

The problem: So far the first macro appears to be working, and by in large the second macro seems to be working. However despite printing in the right size, right number of columns and correct print titles, it's printing all the rows in the sheet. (ie not cutting off at Row 567). This isn't a huge problem as I only have 10 rows of data after 567, but it's a bit annoying as it means an extra unnecessary page is produced as well as it looking a bit messy, Ideally I could get rid of these additional rows printed.

Any suggestions? I've spent ages trying to figure it out without success.

Attached is my code for the second macro (note long and messy as done with macro recorder).

Sub printSheetSend()
'
' printSheetSend Macro
'

'
Application.Goto Reference:="Print_Area"
Application.PrintCommunication = False
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
    .PrintTitleRows = "$1:$1"
    .PrintTitleColumns = ""
End With
Application.PrintCommunication = True
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "$B$1:$Y$567"
Application.PrintCommunication = False
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
    .LeftHeader = ""
    .CenterHeader = ""
    .RightHeader = ""
    .LeftFooter = ""
    .CenterFooter = ""
    .RightFooter = ""
    .LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.7)
    .RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.7)
    .TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.75)
    .BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.75)
    .HeaderMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.3)
    .FooterMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.3)
    .PrintHeadings = False
    .PrintGridlines = False
    .PrintComments = xlPrintNoComments
    .PrintQuality = 600
    .CenterHorizontally = False
    .CenterVertically = False
    .Orientation = xlLandscape
    .Draft = False
    .PaperSize = xlPaperA3
    .FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic
    .Order = xlDownThenOver
    .BlackAndWhite = False
    .zoom = 100
    .PrintErrors = xlPrintErrorsDisplayed
    .OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = False
    .DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = False
    .ScaleWithDocHeaderFooter = True
    .AlignMarginsHeaderFooter = True
    .EvenPage.LeftHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.CenterHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.RightHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.LeftFooter.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.CenterFooter.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.RightFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.LeftHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.CenterHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.RightHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.LeftFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.CenterFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.RightFooter.Text = ""
End With
Application.PrintCommunication = True
Application.PrintCommunication = False
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
    .PrintTitleRows = "$1:$1"
    .PrintTitleColumns = ""
End With
Application.PrintCommunication = True
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "$B$1:$Y$567"
Application.PrintCommunication = False
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
    .LeftHeader = ""
    .CenterHeader = ""
    .RightHeader = ""
    .LeftFooter = ""
    .CenterFooter = ""
    .RightFooter = ""
    .LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.7)
    .RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.7)
    .TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.75)
    .BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.75)
    .HeaderMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.3)
    .FooterMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.3)
    .PrintHeadings = False
    .PrintGridlines = False
    .PrintComments = xlPrintNoComments
    .PrintQuality = 600
    .CenterHorizontally = False
    .CenterVertically = False
    .Orientation = xlLandscape
    .Draft = False
    .PaperSize = xlPaperA3
    .FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic
    .Order = xlDownThenOver
    .BlackAndWhite = False
    .zoom = False
    .FitToPagesWide = 1
    .FitToPagesTall = 1
    .PrintErrors = xlPrintErrorsDisplayed
    .OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = False
    .DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = False
    .ScaleWithDocHeaderFooter = True
    .AlignMarginsHeaderFooter = True
    .EvenPage.LeftHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.CenterHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.RightHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.LeftFooter.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.CenterFooter.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.RightFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.LeftHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.CenterHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.RightHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.LeftFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.CenterFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.RightFooter.Text = ""
End With
Application.PrintCommunication = True
Application.PrintCommunication = False
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
    .PrintTitleRows = "$1:$1"
    .PrintTitleColumns = ""
End With
Application.PrintCommunication = True
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "$B$1:$Y$567"
Application.PrintCommunication = False
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
    .LeftHeader = ""
    .CenterHeader = ""
    .RightHeader = ""
    .LeftFooter = ""
    .CenterFooter = ""
    .RightFooter = ""
    .LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.7)
    .RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.7)
    .TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.75)
    .BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.75)
    .HeaderMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.3)
    .FooterMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.3)
    .PrintHeadings = False
    .PrintGridlines = False
    .PrintComments = xlPrintNoComments
    .PrintQuality = 600
    .CenterHorizontally = False
    .CenterVertically = False
    .Orientation = xlLandscape
    .Draft = False
    .PaperSize = xlPaperA3
    .FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic
    .Order = xlDownThenOver
    .BlackAndWhite = False
    .zoom = False
    .FitToPagesWide = 1
    .FitToPagesTall = 0
    .PrintErrors = xlPrintErrorsDisplayed
    .OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = False
    .DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = False
    .ScaleWithDocHeaderFooter = True
    .AlignMarginsHeaderFooter = True
    .EvenPage.LeftHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.CenterHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.RightHeader.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.LeftFooter.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.CenterFooter.Text = ""
    .EvenPage.RightFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.LeftHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.CenterHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.RightHeader.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.LeftFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.CenterFooter.Text = ""
    .FirstPage.RightFooter.Text = ""
End With
Application.PrintCommunication = True

' ADD: send shit to printer here
Columns("G:G").Select
Selection.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("I:I").Select
Selection.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("L:L").Select
Selection.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("O:O").Select
Selection.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("T:T").Select
Selection.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("U:U").Select
Selection.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Columns("V:V").Select
Selection.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Range("B1").Select
End Sub

Answer 1

So I'm writing this code to print Column A, B, and D and not print Column C.

A___B___C___D
1   2   3   4
1   2   3   4
1   2   3   4


Dim ws as Worksheet
Dim TotalRows as Long
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Add(After:=ThisWorkbook.Sheets(ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Count))
ws.Name = "Delete"
TotalRows = ws.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Copy
ws.Range("A1").PasteSpecial
ActiveSheet.Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Copy
ws.Range("B1").PasteSpecial
ActiveSheet.Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Copy
ws.Range("C1").PasteSpecial
ws.PageSetup.PrintArea = ws.Range("A1:C" & TotalRows)
ws.PrintOut
Application.EnableEvents = False
ws.Delete
Application.EnableEvents = True

So if all goes well I will get a printout that looks like

A__B__D
1  2  4
1  2  4
1  2  4

To use this code you will have to modify it pretty heavily but I hope this can be a framework.

Answer 2

Sorry all! Ignore this question!

Turns out someone had added comments to the spreadsheet and these were printing out as well.. Code is fine :)