Microsoft KB Archive/126559

Artist: Edge of Page Cut Off Using ImageWriter GX Driver

PSS ID Number: Q126559 Article last modified on 10-18-1995

1.00 1.10 1.10a

MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOMS =

When you print from Fine Artist to an Apple ImageWriter II printer using the ImageWriter GX printer driver, the right side of the page may be partially or completely missing.

The printout may look like the printer did not print all of the image on the right side of the landscape page. For a brown object, the object may appear brown to the left of a line and pale yellow to the right of it.

This behavior is caused by the current version of the ImageWriter GX driver and occurs in any application that prints in landscape orientation, such as Fine Artist.

= WORKAROUND =

To work around this problem in Fine Artist, disable QuickDraw GX as follows:

  Run the Apple QuickDraw GX Installer.   Choose Custom install.   Install the QuickDraw GX Helper.   Restart the Macintosh.   Run Fine Artist.   Press COMMAND+SHIFT+A to go to the Control Room, then click OK.   From the Apple menu, choose Turn Desktop Printing Off. (Turning Desktop Printing Off disables GX printing inside the current application only. It does not affect printing from other applications.) 

After following these steps, you should be able to print successfully to the ImageWriter II printer.

NOTE: This resolution allows you to print only in black and white on the ImageWriter II.

= MORE INFORMATION =

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