Microsoft KB Archive/120061

= PRJ: PERT Chart Missing Lines on Large Plotters =

Article ID: 120061

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 3.0a
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1a

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This article was previously published under Q120061



SYMPTOMS
When you print a large, complex PERT chart on a large plotter, some of the link lines are not drawn, and some of the node borders are missing. You can preview the chart correctly, but the printed document is incorrect.



CAUSE
The clipping region that Project creates is too complex for the plotter driver you are using. When you print or preview a chart, Project creates a metafile that is sent either to the screen or to the plotter driver. If the plotter driver cannot handle the same complexity as the screen driver, some of the link lines or node borders will be dropped when you print the chart.



RESOLUTION
You can print large, complex PERT charts successfully from Project version 4.0 to the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 650c (with 12 megabytes of memory installed) using the HP-GL/2 version 1.3 printer driver. No other printer and driver combination has been successful yet.

NOTE: Version 1.4 of this plotter driver has been released. It does not fix this problem with plotters other than the Designjet mentioned in this article.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 3.00a

Keywords: kbbug kbprint kbpending KB120061

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