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Re: Manual printing in Word is inconsistent on different printers
Subject:Re: Manual printing in Word is inconsistent on different printers From:"Brierley, Sean" <Brierley -at- QUODATA -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:42:18 -0400
Hallo:
Word's page setup relies on your printer driver. Thus, character spacing,
image placement and page breaks (along with other page layout and design
elements) will vary slightly based on the selected default printer driver
and the version of that printer driver.
For workarounds you could try designing your document with generous margins
and using hard page breaks, a lot. Also try creating a PDF and distributing
that, instead.
Bonne chance,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Free Thinker [mailto:Mike -dot- Wilson -at- NLYNX -dot- COM]
>>>Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 11:33 AM
>>>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>>>Subject: Manual printing in Word is inconsistent on
>>>different printers
>>>
>>>
>>>Need your expertise and assistance on a Word to printer matter.
>>>
>>>When I print out a manual on the network printer it prints
>>>fine, and as
>>>intended. When others print the manual from a disk to
>>>their local or network
>>>printer portions of the TOC wrap around and pages don't
>>>break where intended.
>>>Any help will be appreciated
>>>
>>>Thanx in advance for potential solutions.
>>>
>>>--Mike Wilson