[muglo] Re: Printing problem

  • From: William R McGrath <wmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:41:46 -0500

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> From: "Eric D" <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:29:20 -0500
> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [muglo] Re: Printing problem
> 
> Are you using OS X or OS 9? I'm guessing OS 9.


OS 9 --leery of 10 or anything named after an animal.


> What you could try is to delete the preferences file associated with the
> printer's settings though there are other solutions.


Did that


> Create a new document in Word (or some comparable word processor). Create
> some text that will allow you to note the left-right and bottom-top margins.
> Open up the Print dialogue and click on a button that says default. That
> ought to reset any margin problems (It's been a long time since I used OS
> 9).
> 
> Eric.
> 
Did all that but there didn't seem to be a default button in Word except for
margins etc. but I clicked it anyway. Word, MacWrite Pro, Quark and
Illustrator all shifted. Problem persists. Thanks for the try.

Bill


>> From: William R McGrath <wmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [muglo] Printing problem
>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:11:16 -0500
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> When I switched to using my Laserwriter Select 360 after using my Epson
>> Photo R200, it would print as though the page setup commands had changed to
>> something akin to legal rather than letter and even after redoing page
>> setup
>> to letter sized paper, the problem would not go away. I say akin to legal
>> because the text shifts about a quarter-of-an-inch to the right of the page
>> and about three-quarters-of-an-inch downward.
>> 
>> Someone suggested the driver went "bad" and perhaps reinstallation would
>> fix
>> it. The driver version as I said is 8.2 and came with the printer on a set
>> of floppies that my Macally floppy drive won't read. Discs that were read
>> on
>> my old Power Mac are unreadable on the Macally unless they are reformatted.
>> Once that's done its OK. It won't read discs formatted on other Macs.. I'm
>> using a G3 Blue and White, which I bought used and the drivers were already
>> on it.
>> 
>> I have nosed around looking for ways to correct this problem until i'm
>> dizzy
>> and can't remember where things are anymore. I activated the laserwrietr's
>> start-up sheet and can't remember how I did that even. The machine has only
>> printed a little more than 20-thousand sheets.
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