Completely Remove Margins??

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Lydon Bergin - 11 Jan 2006 20:03 GMT

Is there any way to completely remove margins?

I am working on a document for printing temporary checks. (Legally) The
problem is, because of how the check stock is printed, etc, I need to be
able to print at the VERY TOP and VERY BOTTOM of the page. The sheets are
normal 8.5 X 11, cut into 4 horizontal checks. I have the left and right
margins perfect, but I can't get the top text high enough or the bottom text
low enough. I have tried setting the margins to 0", but when I look at
print preview they are still there. Seems like they are 0.17 inches? I
just want it to be 0. Is that possible? I can use VBA, doesn't matter to
me.

Lydon Bergin
MCP, MOS

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vandenberg p - 11 Jan 2006 21:21 GMT

Not likely to be possible. Most printers have an area that cannot be
printed to, it is usually where it grabs the paper. You might check the
printer specs but I suspect that the limit is built into the driver which
is why even if you set the margins to zero, margins still exist.
On my laserjet with the margins set to zero, I still get a bottom and
top margin. I can drag them off the page in print preview but the
margins effectively remains the same.

According to MS at the default Ariel font the row height is 12.75 points.
Which means that for my printer I can print 752.25 points (59 lines),
maximum. A page is 792 points. So the margins must be the difference.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010346241033.aspx

Pieter Vandenberg

: Is there any way to completely remove margins?

: I am working on a document for printing temporary checks. (Legally) The
: problem is, because of how the check stock is printed, etc, I need to be
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
: just want it to be 0. Is that possible? I can use VBA, doesn't matter to
: me.

: Lydon Bergin
: MCP, MOS

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