Printing Problems on HP Deskjet 870 Cxi

[Hartmut Rachner]

Im am using Power Point 97
When I am printing my pages (Folien) on the HP Deskjet 870 printer in
broadside, then the printed result is not adjusted in the center of the
page. The edges on the left and right side are different in size.

What can I do ??

Hartmut Rachner
Germany

[echos]

Hartmut, sometimes selecting the "scale to fit page" command in the
Print dialog will help with this. Try that, and if it doesn't solve your
problem, holler back.

Echo

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[Mac McDougald]

In article <8v9ae6$tln$02$1...@news.t-online.com>, Hartmut.Rachner@t-
online.de says...

> Im am using Power Point 97
> When I am printing my pages (Folien) on the HP Deskjet 870 printer in
> broadside, then the printed result is not adjusted in the center of the
> page. The edges on the left and right side are different in size.

I do believe you're gonna run into that prob with MOST, if not ALL,
inkjets currently on the market...the way they handle paper, they HAVE to
have a wider border on one end of the paper...

I use an HP 895 and its minimum border widths are:
left and right: .24 in
top: .04 in
bottom: .46 in !

So, I think you are seeing result of border offset from the inkjet rather
than PP not "centering"..

Mac

[Steve Rindsberg]

> So, I think you are seeing result of border offset from the inkjet rather
> than PP not "centering"..

Exactly. Or rather, both. That is, PowerPoint asks the driver how large an
area the printer can print to, gets back 8.5 x 11 minus the borders all
around. PPT scales the image to that size and sends it along. The
printer/driver stow it on paper, uncropped but off center.

The only workaround I know of is to print Notes pages rather than Slides
after modifying the notes master.
Takes some fiddling to get it right, but you can usually manage to size the
slide image on the notes page such that it centers on the inkjet printout.

[Hartmut Rachner]

Hallo Steve.

Thanks for your comprehensive comment.

I want my slides printes in broadside. Your solution on notes pages works
fine with centered results, but the print is not appearing in broadside.

Another solution, which was given to me by a friend, is to save the ppt file
as jpg file and then work on it in a graphic program (Paint shop pro for
instance). there the edges can be adjusted. But that takes too long.

So I will probably have to live with unequal edges if I want coloured
prints, or I have to use my black and white laser printer to achieve equal
edges.

Thanks alot for your help

Hartmut Rachner

[Steve Rindsberg]

> I want my slides printes in broadside. Your solution on notes pages works
> fine with centered results, but the print is not appearing in broadside.

Can you explain a little more about what you mean by "broadside"? I think
we're using the term in different ways.

[Sonia]

Landscape maybe? Certainly couldn't be a reference to gender!

How about using a paper cutter to equalize the margins? Oh, get outa here, Miss Practical/Frugal!!
Ever the clown <VBG>.

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[Hartmut Rachner]

[Hartmut Rachner]

Sorry, I am not so much familiar with computer terms in English.
With broadside I mean Landscape (the paper not upright, but lying
"broadside")

I have about 100 slides with this problem.

Thanks
Hartmut Rachner

[Steve Rindsberg]

> I want my slides printes in broadside. Your solution on notes pages works
> fine with centered results, but the print is not appearing in broadside.
>

So broadside = Landscape. Now we're on the same page even if we're not
centered on it <g>. But I still don't have a good mental picture of the
problem. Can you describe it a bit more?

Sorry to seem so dense (and by the way, it's not a problem with your
English, it's my limited imagination.)