On Saturday 18 October 2003 06:22 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:33:43 +0100 > Subject: Re: [newbie] printer config ques > > >>snip>> > >> > > > 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? > > > > Anne > >*************************************************** > > Thanks yet again Anne. I seem to be having this problem from a variety of > apps. It has occurred thus far with Konqueror, Kmail, KWrite, Opera, and > with various files. I have been using .xsession-errors as a test file. > > I thought I had the latest version of TurboPrint, but I did not. So, I > installed their latest "turboprint-1.84-1.i386.rpm". Now it seems that in > the latest version they have decided to have a TurboPrint banner ad print > on each and every page that you print.....obscuring part of your document! > It states: > "This is TurboPrint FreeEdition. To print without this logo, > please purchase a license key at www.turboprint.de" > > This would occur in previous versions when you made a choice of high > quality output, but now it is appearing in the default setup. :-( > I will re-install the older version (1.83-1). > > I am very frustrated right now, and I am going for a walk. I have been > trying to sort this out for hours now, and my anxiety level is higher than > it should be. (my ink is running low too;-)) > I will resume this at a later time. > > Thank you Anne for your assistance....you are a living treasure indeed. :-) > > Regards. > > --Angus > > "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around > in awareness." -- James Thurber > > *********************************************** > ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ > *********************************************** > ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ > ***********************************************
It could be a problem with page setup, i.e,, US letter vs A4. My father had this problem. Make sure that your printer (internal) and your cups settings are the same. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com ----------------------- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it.
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