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Publisher 98 and Post Script Printer
I am troubleshooting a problem with a computer running Publisher 98 under
Windows 98. Till last week, the default printer was an HP PSC 1200. Now they upgraded to a Xerox Phaser 8400N, so they could do large color print jobs. The first job was a tightly-formatted document with a textbox full of single-spaced items. It had previously been printed to the HP. When viewing it onscreen, you can see every line. As soon as the Xerox printer is selected, the last lines disappear, and the printed version is missing those lines. (Font being used is Arial.) Xerox advises it's because their printer uses Post Script drivers. They say this *should* not happen with new Publisher docs created and first printed to the Xerox (which is now the default). They say a PCL driver would make the Xerox perform basically like the HP, but they don't have a PCL driver for Win 98. I am trying to decide the best approach while we still have the option to return the printer. Can anyone advise? Will we continue to see a discrepancy between what Publisher shows onscreen and what the Xerox prints, or will this be resolved for new documents? (I cannot just uninstall the HP because the user needs it for the scanner.) Is it more sensible to upgrade the Publisher version? Any thoughts are appreciated. Peggy |
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Publisher 98 and Post Script Printer
This article addresses the PCL driver, could help
Availability of PCL Print Drivers for Tektronix Phaser Printers click the solution link http://tinyurl.com/35ch8 -- Mary Sauer MS MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://www.mvps.org/msauer/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "newnomV2" wrote in message .com... I am troubleshooting a problem with a computer running Publisher 98 under Windows 98. Till last week, the default printer was an HP PSC 1200. Now they upgraded to a Xerox Phaser 8400N, so they could do large color print jobs. The first job was a tightly-formatted document with a textbox full of single-spaced items. It had previously been printed to the HP. When viewing it onscreen, you can see every line. As soon as the Xerox printer is selected, the last lines disappear, and the printed version is missing those lines. (Font being used is Arial.) Xerox advises it's because their printer uses Post Script drivers. They say this *should* not happen with new Publisher docs created and first printed to the Xerox (which is now the default). They say a PCL driver would make the Xerox perform basically like the HP, but they don't have a PCL driver for Win 98. I am trying to decide the best approach while we still have the option to return the printer. Can anyone advise? Will we continue to see a discrepancy between what Publisher shows onscreen and what the Xerox prints, or will this be resolved for new documents? (I cannot just uninstall the HP because the user needs it for the scanner.) Is it more sensible to upgrade the Publisher version? Any thoughts are appreciated. Peggy |
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