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Roy Lewis

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printing
« on: 11 Aug 2008, 05:12 pm »
Hello

Can you help.  I want to print out several articles from this forum, but when I go to the print option, I loose the right edge in " portrait " and sometimes in " landscape ".  Of course in the latter you end up using a lot more paper, I have tried copying / pasting to Word, but with the same result.  Can someone here help resolve the problem so I can print in portrait

Hope you can help

Roy

xecluded

Re: printing
« Reply #1 on: 11 Aug 2008, 07:10 pm »
You should not have that problem when you copy and paste onto word.  When you are using word, make use the left and right margin are about 1" off the edges.  Also do a print preview first to make sure the layout is ok just so you dont waste paper.

Roy Lewis

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Re: printing
« Reply #2 on: 11 Aug 2008, 08:42 pm »
I have tried to print the " Volks OB " in the print option and once again I loose the right end edge.  I have tried the using " Word "as suggested to overcome the probleb to no avail.  I have in the past usually been able to print out without mach problem, has something changed ?

panomaniac

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« Reply #3 on: 11 Aug 2008, 09:21 pm »
Maybe it's a browser thing?

I just print previewed several threads in the Opera brower and saw no real problems.  Page breaks aren't the best, but that's typical of a lot of programs.

Roy Lewis

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« Reply #4 on: 12 Aug 2008, 08:03 pm »
I looked for the threads you mentioned but could not find them to try it myself.  Though when I went to the print option for this link it was fine.  Then I went to the Rythmik link and again on the print option the outer right edge was cut off. Perhaps it is somthing to do with the size of the link ??  There must be a way to resolve this somehow !!!!!

jeffac

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« Reply #5 on: 12 Aug 2008, 09:09 pm »
I've had trouble with this too. I copy and past into a text editor like notepad and then copy this into MSword and reformat if there's lots of spaces. Images need to be copied and pasted separately. Its a bit clumsy but works for me.

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Re: printing
« Reply #6 on: 12 Aug 2008, 09:51 pm »
make use the left and right margin are about 1" off the edges. 
This is more than likely your problem. If cutting and pasting various form of print and using various pieces of software and the end result is the same, the printer is the only common demoninator. Your margins are out of whack. You're either using a "generic" print driver from Windows, or you're using the printer manufacturers driver. Check for the latter first (updated driver may be available). There are more than likely print margin adjustments that can be made. Also, check if a box that says "borderless" is checked as this *may* effect text printing.

Bob

EDIT: Hey Roy,
If your emails print normally, copy and paste the text in a "write mail" and print the page. See if that works.
If not, uou could also email the text to yourself and print that.
There's a couple more options for you. Actually, that's the way I do it since my email is open whenever I'm online. It saves the time from having to open a spreadsheet to paste and print.

xecluded

Re: printing
« Reply #7 on: 13 Aug 2008, 03:45 am »
What you can also try is remove the printer, reboot your computer and add it back in.  Also download and use new printer driver if there is any.

Mr Content

Re: printing
« Reply #8 on: 13 Aug 2008, 04:32 am »
Roy I just printed the Volks thread, no problems at all. Maybe restart your PC and see what happens.


Mr C

Roy Lewis

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Re: printing
« Reply #9 on: 13 Aug 2008, 09:07 pm »
Thank you gentlemen I shall try again

Roy