The problem is not in the printer driver. If in Word I chose File-Page setup
and press OK (even without changing anything), the first time printing is OK.
Second time the lines show again.
Word seems to change something after printing that causes the problem.
I recorded the File-Page setup - OK sequence in a macro but the macro does
not help, while choosing the command from the file menu does.
If I had a macro I'd have a workaround.
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Jan Spruit
Housing department Amsterdam
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
What you describe as "gridlines" *are* borders if they print. The only other
clue I can think of is something similar to the bug described in €śWD2002:
Word Incorrectly Prints Column Break Marks and Section Break Marks€ť at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324326
Which brings us back to the presumption that the problem may be with the
printer driver. Is this an English or Dutch version of Word?
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Words into Type
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"Jan Spruit" .(donotspam) wrote in message
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Thanks for your suggestion, but UpdateStylesOnOpen is False, and it's not
only the borders that print, but also the grid lines, what results in a
lot
of lines. And it occurs often, but not always.
I hoped it was a well-known problem with a simple solution. Can't imagine
i'm the only one tripping over these gridlines.
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Jan Spruit
Housing department Amsterdam
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The only explanation I can think of for this (aside from printer driver
issues) would be the following scenario:
1. You create a document based on Normal.dot or another document
template.
2. You open the document on another computer; if you used a template
other
than Normal.dot, a template with the same name is present on the second
computer.
3. The template in question has a different Table AutoFormat selected as
the
default.
4. "Automatically update document styles" is enabled for the template in
question; the table style would be updated to the different formatting
(borders rather than no borders).
This seems pretty far-fetched, though.
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Words into Type
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"Jan Spruit" .(donotspam) wrote in message
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Grid lines in tables are supposed to be not printable. The first time
I
print
my document, the do indeed not show in print. When I print again they
show
(sometimes), and also (hidden) borders. When I close and restart Word,
the
first time printing is OK again. Print preview is always OK.
My printer is HP Laserjet 4250 tn, but it occurs also with other
printers.
I
do have the right printer drivers (I think).
Tables are used in the headers of thousands of letters we send, so a
solution would be very welcome.
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Jan Spruit
Housing department Amsterdam