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AJ - 31 Aug 2006 16:49 GMT

When I print handouts on the copier/printer (Cannon imageRunner 8070), the
print has different bullets than what is displayed on screen. I'm using
basic bullets, nothing fancy. The print preview is correct, but they are
totally different on the hard copy. Is there a setting in PPT that I need to
change, or is it the printer?

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TAJ Simmons - 31 Aug 2006 21:45 GMT

AJ,

If it was me - i'd go
file > print > properties

and have a look through all the settings/options for your particular printer
to see if there is anything named

"send fonts to printer"

or

"print fonts as bitmaps"

or something similar.

Also is the font that you are using for the bullet point itself a 'truetype'
font or is it a printer only font?

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> When I print handouts on the copier/printer (Cannon imageRunner 8070), the
> print has different bullets than what is displayed on screen. I'm using
> basic bullets, nothing fancy. The print preview is correct, but they are
> totally different on the hard copy. Is there a setting in PPT that I need
> to
> change, or is it the printer?

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DP - 23 Oct 2006 19:24 GMT

I am having the same problem. The bullet (unicode 25ba) looks fine on
preview, but prints out as question marks on paper. This only occurs on 2
stations on our network and prints correctly on the other two. I have
compared our printer settings to see if there was a difference, but there
wasn't. I don't know where else to look.

Please help!

DP

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SuperPresentationMan - 23 Oct 2006 21:01 GMT

Hi DP
If you have a rummage around in your advanced printer settings there should
be a couple of options for how the printer handles the fonts. It may be
substituting to a font on the printer without the extended font set. Try
changing the setting to download the fonts.

Remember to make a note of the settings you change so if someone else has a
new problem you can change it back.

Sorry I can't be more specific
-SuperPresentationMan

"Our PowerPoint Hero"
www.SuperPresentationMan.com

> I am having the same problem. The bullet (unicode 25ba) looks fine on
> preview, but prints out as question marks on paper. This only occurs on 2
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DP - 24 Oct 2006 20:16 GMT

TAJ,

I checked the settings and they are set to download the font. I did as you
suggested but it still prints out incorrectly. I have checked everything
that I can think of and compared the settings on this PC to those on mine
(which prints out correctly) and they are the same. I have posted a new
question with quite a bit more info on this site to see if anyone has any
ideas.

Thanks,

DP

> Hi DP
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