Microsoft KB Archive/128549

PUB: Incorrect Printing with ENCAD NovaJet III Plotter

= PUB: Incorrect Printing with ENCAD NovaJet III Plotter =

Q128549
- The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher versions 2.0 and 2.0a -

SYMPTOMS

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You may see unwanted white spaces when printing from Publisher using the ENCAD NovaJet III Plotter.

CAUSE

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When you print with the ENCAD NovaJet III plotter, printer setting changes you made using Microsoft Publisher will be ignored.

STATUS

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Microsoft is researching this problem, and we will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

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To print using the setting preferences defined in Publisher's Print Setup dialog box, you must also change the settings using Windows Control Panel. The following procedure explains how to change the printer settings in Control Panel for the NovaJet III, and then create and print a banner in Publisher:

1. From the Main group, select Control Panel and choose Printers.

2. Verify the Default Printer is set to the NovaJet III and choose the Setup button.

3. In the Setup dialog box select the Landscape option under Orientation; in the Paper Size list, select User Defined; and in the Paper Source list, select Roll Feed.

4. Select the Options button and select the Print TrueType As Graphics check box, then choose the OK button. Choose the Close button to exit the Printers dialog box.

5. In Publisher, create a banner by either of the following methods:

- From the File menu, choose Create New Publication. Use the PageWizard Assistant.

- From the File menu, choose Create New Publication. Choose the Start From Scratch button, and select Banner from the Select A Page Layout list. Choose OK. (From the Page menu, and choose Page Setup; under     Select A Publication Layout, select the Special Size option; under      Choose A Publication Size, select Custom Banner. Verify Page      Orientation is set to Landscape and choose OK to exit.)

6. From the Layout menu, choose Layout Guides. Change the Margin guides to  0 inches for all sides. Choose OK to exit.

7. From the File menu, choose Print Setup. Under Orientation, select Landscape; in the Paper Size list, select User Defined; and in the Paper Source list, select Roll Feed. Choose OK.

8. Group the entire banner and resize the banner so that it is slightly smaller than the layout guides. (See page 321 of the "Microsoft  Publisher User's Guide" for more information on grouping objects.)

9. From the File Menu, choose Print to print the banner.

MORE INFORMATION

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ENCAD can be contacted either of the following numbers:

Fax: (619) 546-0659 Technical Support: (619) 452-4350

Additional query words: 2.00 2.00a pub20 pub20a Plotter Banner NovaJet 3 incad en-cad ncad novajet3