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Printer cutting of the right hand side of a document..
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Hiyya all have just bought a new epson printer as me old one started to chew the paper up all the time and then it started on me and I still have the age old problem of the end of the right hand side on a printed document or web page being cut of.
My old one started to do this more and more a while ago but as it was playing up thought that I would not bother fixing it .
I think that I remember that this can happen with some web pages and there is not that much you can do about it but even with my new printer it seems to happen on almost every web page and I got a document sent to me by e mail the other day and it even done it to that please help me as if I had any hair I would be pulling it out by now I just dont seem to have much luck with printers as they all seem to do this and they all decided to give up the ghost on me after around a year.
Cheers ya all.........................
My old one started to do this more and more a while ago but as it was playing up thought that I would not bother fixing it .
I think that I remember that this can happen with some web pages and there is not that much you can do about it but even with my new printer it seems to happen on almost every web page and I got a document sent to me by e mail the other day and it even done it to that please help me as if I had any hair I would be pulling it out by now I just dont seem to have much luck with printers as they all seem to do this and they all decided to give up the ghost on me after around a year.
Cheers ya all.........................
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Hint 1:
When you want to print something, don't just hit the 'Print' button (if one exists in the program you're printing from). That usually bypasses the detailed settings. Instead, go to File > Print (or use Ctrl-P). Then click 'Properties'. From here, things will vary between different printers but there should be a way to change the printer settings to 'Shrink to fit', or to something similar. If you only want your chosen setting to apply for just that one document, click 'OK' but, if you want the settings to be your default choice for all documents, click 'Apply' then 'OK'.
Hint 2:
Internet Explorer sometimes seems to be able to over-ride the printer settings, resulting in the loss of the right-hand edge of a web page (even if 'Shrink to fit', or similar, was selected). If you've not already done so, switch to Firefox. Using File > Print Preview, in Firefox, allows you to see exactly how your page will print out. (Since switching to Firefox, I've never had problems with printing web pages):
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
Chris
When you want to print something, don't just hit the 'Print' button (if one exists in the program you're printing from). That usually bypasses the detailed settings. Instead, go to File > Print (or use Ctrl-P). Then click 'Properties'. From here, things will vary between different printers but there should be a way to change the printer settings to 'Shrink to fit', or to something similar. If you only want your chosen setting to apply for just that one document, click 'OK' but, if you want the settings to be your default choice for all documents, click 'Apply' then 'OK'.
Hint 2:
Internet Explorer sometimes seems to be able to over-ride the printer settings, resulting in the loss of the right-hand edge of a web page (even if 'Shrink to fit', or similar, was selected). If you've not already done so, switch to Firefox. Using File > Print Preview, in Firefox, allows you to see exactly how your page will print out. (Since switching to Firefox, I've never had problems with printing web pages):
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
Chris
thanks to you both some helpfull tips will try them out today wideboy see wat you mean in printing in landscape but think I have tried that before to no avail and as for ie7 for some reason when I download that to my desktop I cannot get onto the web so still running ie6 but on my laptop ie7 runs fine, suppose thats another little ******** thing that will have to sort out.
buenchico (how did that name come about) Yea have gone into properties to change the print settings but again I have tried everything to no avail,but I think you might be right about the firefox browser it does sound as if ie is overiding my settings am already runnig firefox as my e mail and its far better than outlook will get firefox running today and lets hope that I can come back on here and say EURIKA or whatever way you spell that but you get my jest..........
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buenchico (how did that name come about) Yea have gone into properties to change the print settings but again I have tried everything to no avail,but I think you might be right about the firefox browser it does sound as if ie is overiding my settings am already runnig firefox as my e mail and its far better than outlook will get firefox running today and lets hope that I can come back on here and say EURIKA or whatever way you spell that but you get my jest..........
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Oh yes EURIKA.................... firefox works a dream just installed it and printed out a page of e bay that I printed out yesterday with half the words missing on the right and now printing on firefox perfect. Firefox does seem to have simalarities with ie7 as well the taskbar at the top seems to look exactly the same as ie7 anyway thanks so much guys you a bayers have come up trumps again....
CHEERS............................... Kev....
CHEERS............................... Kev....
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