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David Bernardi - 22 Jul 2003 21:57 GMT

I am having a problem printing spreadsheets in Excel. Every time I try to
print, Excel reduces the printing area to the upper left hand quarter of the
page, despite the fact that the print preview is the normal full page. All
of my settings seem correct. Has anyone has this problem before. I would
appreciate it if someone could email me a reply.

Thanks

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EZ Money - 22 Jul 2003 22:01 GMT

You'll have to look here in the ng for answers, David. Sorry for the
inconvenience...

Have you File>Print Area>Set Print Area? If not, try that and see if it'll
work better

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> I am having a problem printing spreadsheets in Excel. Every time I try to
> print, Excel reduces the printing area to the upper left hand quarter of the
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> Thanks

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David Bernardi - 22 Jul 2003 22:08 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply. That didn't work. It still only prints the
spreadsheet to one quarter of its size.

> You'll have to look here in the ng for answers, David. Sorry for the
> inconvenience...
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Paul Cundle - 22 Jul 2003 22:32 GMT

Have you checked the driver settings to make sure you haven't selected
something daft like having four pages print on one sheet?

If you print a two-page file, does it print them on separate pages (each 1/4
size) or does it print them side by side on one page (each1/4 size)?

Paul C,

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> Thanks for the quick reply. That didn't work. It still only prints the
> spreadsheet to one quarter of its size.
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David Bernardi - 22 Jul 2003 22:50 GMT

Let's say I'm printing a six page file. The print preview displays all six
pages as they should be, i.e., each page taking up the full 8x11 space.
However, when I print I get six pages where each one has shrunk down the
printing area to the top left quarter of the page. The driver is set to
default (one page per sheet).

> Have you checked the driver settings to make sure you haven't selected
> something daft like having four pages print on one sheet?
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Paul Cundle - 23 Jul 2003 00:57 GMT

I thought you'd say that, but it was worth a try...

I will now revert to my questions I use when I don't have the answer:
Is it something that recently started happening or have you never tried
before?
Presumably other Office programs print okay?
Paul's Psychic Prediction: you have an HP printer, don't you?
If so, have you tried using older versions of the drivers? This seems to
have been the most successful method of solving all sorts of printing probs
with Excel & HP printers.
If you have access to another printer, does that print the files properly?
(At least then you can eliminate it being an Excel setting, although I can't
imagine what the Excel setting would be even if it is that).

Paul C,

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> Let's say I'm printing a six page file. The print preview displays
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David Bernardi - 23 Jul 2003 17:58 GMT

That worked. HP drivers are terrible. Nothing but problems for me.

> I thought you'd say that, but it was worth a try...
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