On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 9:10 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:13:32 +0100 > Subject: Re: [newbie] printer config ques > > > On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 7:09 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > > > Greetings, I am experiencing a situation where, when printing a > > > document of more than 1 page, there are several lines being > > > lost in the transition from one page to the next. > > > > This is usually a margins problem. Try printing through xpp, > > setting the margins higher than the default. Don't forget to > > check what paper format it's using - if it thinks you have A4 but > > you have Letter this would also cause it. > > > > > Also, and what might be > > > unrelated, when I view my document of several pages in print > > > preview, it indicates the correct amount of pages, but I cannot > > > scroll through any other than the 1st. By that I mean when I do > > > scroll, the 1st page is just repeated as each successive page > > > is attemped to be viewed. I can print all pages, but lines are > > > lost as mentioned. > > > > Can't help on that one - I have found preview to be good in some > > circumstances and useless in others. Sorry > > > > Anne > >*************************************************** > > Thanks for the reply Anne, much appreciated. I tried as you > suggested, with xpp and the margins increased several points > from the default 36 up to 44, to no apparent avail. I even > increased the bottom margin further to 52...still lost lines. > Do I have to run xpp su'd to root to make these margins > changes?? The alterations I made thus far seem to have had no > effect at all. > > I tried updating my TurboPrint driver to the latest (I think > latest). No help there. > > Can you give further of your kind advice dear Anne? :-) > I found this a frequent problem with some apps but not others. What app are you trying to print from? Is there another that you could try for the same job? Would you like to post a file that gives you this problem, telling us what you were using to view/print it?
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