Control of the Page Width Using the WinPrint Print Processor and PCL 5

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Could someone please explain how I can control the printable page width on my printer. My printer is set up for PCL-5 and I have zero margins set in my printer and also in the "Letter" form and therefore was hoping I could print an image file to almost th
e full 8.5" page width. However, results yield a page width of approx. 7.9-8.0". If I set my printer to Tiff mode and send it a tiff file by copying to the port direct therefore bypassing the winprint processor (or atleast I think it does), it prints the
full page width or close to it. I am not sure if this is a Winprint problem or the PCL-5 implementation within the printer.
If anyone has any ideas, or can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it.

It is the printer driver that determines how close to the edge of the page
that Word can print. A quarter inch border sounds about right.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word




Duncan wrote:
Could someone please explain how I can control the printable page
width on my printer. My printer is set up for PCL-5 and I have zero
margins set in my printer and also in the "Letter" form and therefore
was hoping I could print an image file to almost the full 8.5" page
width. However, results yield a page width of approx. 7.9-8.0". If I
set my printer to Tiff mode and send it a tiff file by copying to the
port direct therefore bypassing the winprint processor (or atleast I
think it does), it prints the full page width or close to it. I am
not sure if this is a Winprint problem or the PCL-5 implementation
within the printer. If anyone has any ideas, or can shed some light
on this, I would appreciate it.

Printing Solution Center for Windows Products
http://www.microsoft.com/insider/printhelp/

Resources for Troubleshooting Printing Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q308028

How to Troubleshoot Windows Printing Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q260/1/42.asp

Windows Printer Driver Support
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q156/0/82.asp

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All the Best,
Kelly

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2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

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"Duncan" wrote in message
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Could someone please explain how I can control the printable page width on
my printer. My printer is set up for PCL-5 and I have zero margins set in
my printer and also in the "Letter" form and therefore was hoping I could
print an image file to almost the full 8.5" page width. However, results
yield a page width of approx. 7.9-8.0". If I set my printer to Tiff mode
and send it a tiff file by copying to the port direct therefore bypassing
the winprint processor (or atleast I think it does), it prints the full
page width or close to it. I am not sure if this is a Winprint problem or
the PCL-5 implementation within the printer.
If anyone has any ideas, or can shed some light on this, I would
appreciate it.

Thanks for the reply Graham...

I appreciate you taking the time to reply Kelly..... Thanks.