Okay. I get the same error you get when I downloaded/installed the Dell 720
printer driver.
BUT... I can make it go away!
Try this, in Word:
1. File - Print - Properties.
2. Under Paper Setup, click on Size.
3. Under Paper Size, scroll to the bottom where it says Custom Size, and
click on it.
4. In Define Custom Paper Size, set the width to 5.5 and the height to 8.7
(if I recall correctly). Click OK.
5. Click Save Settings - Save Your Current Settings.
6. Click on the 1st available slot for saving the cusom paper size, for me,
it was #2, since #1 is locked as the factory settings. Give it a name such
as 5.5x8.7, then click Save.
7. Back in the main Dell 720 properties box, click OK.
8. Back in Word's Print dialog, click OK.
This time, I don't get the error. Because I don't have a Dell 720, I don't
get anything at all. But, you can see if it gives you the desired results.
Let me know if this works!
Steps 5 - 6 aren't really needed if you don't plan to reuse that paper size,
but I suspect you will.
So... why did WordPerfect work without all this hassle? I'm guessing that it
has a built-in way to select paper size, but I could be wrong.
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"Harvey" wrote in message
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Thanks Herb. I have sent the e-mail.
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
I don't see anything about that error with that printer on Dell's,
Microsoft's or Lexmark's site.
Can you possibly email me a copy of a document that exhibits the problem?
I
will install the driver for that printer here and see if I can replicate
(and maybe solve) the problem.
Send to problem(at)thetysons.org (replace (at) with @)
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"Harvey" wrote in message
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It is model 720. One of those cheapies that come with a new computer.
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
What is the model number of that Dell printer?
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"Harvey" wrote in message
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I installed the print driver to my computer, but continue with the
same
problem. I have a second (legal) copy of Word and installed it on
the
computer the printer is hooked up to. I then created a page size in
that
copy
of Word with the same dimentions/settings as on my other computer,
wrote
out
a document and got the same error and results. It just seems Word is
not
compatible with this printer and odd page sizes. I am not exactly
happy
with
this Dell printer anyway (ink to expensive)- it just came with the
new
computer. My plans are to purchase a different brand printer
(probably
HP)
at
some point in the near future and that will probably solve the
problem.
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
Word not being on the other computer shouldn't make a different.
Two more things... First, did you install the printer driver
locally,
or
are
you using the shared printer across the network without having
installed
a
driver to computer with Word on it?
Second... What happens if you connect the Dell printer directly to
the
problem computer? Do you still get the error and skewed printing?
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"Harvey" wrote in message
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I do not have office installed, just Word that was installed
(along
with
MS
Works) when I purchased the computer. I do not have MS Office
Document
Image
Writer print driver, nor do I have the Adobe PDF print driver. I
did
start
Word in Safe mode and the same error and print results were
produced.
I checked for a new printer driver, but there is no updated
driver
available
from the Dell site.
I do appreciate the help in trying to resolve this problem, but
due
to
the
few times that I try to use this feature, it may be less trouble
to
just
use
the work around of resetting the margins in a standard page.
One thing I just thought of is that I do not have Word installed
on
my
new
computer that the printer is connected to (Dell is currently
installing
Wordperfect instead of Word on their computers which is a bit
annoying). I
don't know if that should make a difference or not.
Again, thanks for helping with this.
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
From what you've said, it doesn't sound like you're doing
anything
wrong
in
Word, since you're doing what I'm doing, and I'm not getting a
margins
error, and I am getting the expected results. To confirm that
it's
a
printer
driver issue, though, if there is another printer available, you
might
try
printing to it to see what happens. If you don't have another
printer
available, another testing option is to print to the Microsoft
Office
Document Image Writer printer driver (assuming it's installed)
or
to
an
Adobe PDF driver (if it's available). In any case, the resulting
output
should resemble the expected paper result. If you continue to
get
the
margin
error and things are skewed off to the right, then there
probably
is a
settings problem.
If it does look like a settings problem, you might try starting
Word
in
Safe
mode to see if the problem still occurs. To start in Safe mode,
hold
the
Ctrl key when you start Word, and keep it held until Word shows
up
on
the
taskbar. Switch to Word, and say Yes to starting in Safe mode.
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"Harvey" wrote in message
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Thank you.
Yes, I did use File/Page Setup and the Paper tab to set the
paper
size.
Also
the Margins tab to set the margins. I tried a second time to
set
up
a
new
page with the same dimentions and saved it as a Template, but
it
still
produced the same result. For me everything looks correct
until I
try
to
print.
The printer is a Dell printer (which I think is actually
Lexmark). I
mention
this because I searched around and saw a note that Word uses
the
print
driver
in some way to handle paper sizes and in some cases that does
not
work
correctly. If that is, in fact, true it may be my
printer/driver
in
combination with Word is not producing the correct output. At
this
point I
have not searched for another driver as one work around is to
use
a
standard
size page and change the margins to position the output in the
correct
area
on the smaller page size. I don't use this size very often so
it
is
not
critical for me to go to that bother. On the other hand if
that
is
not
the
cause, then I would like to know if there is problem with my
installation
of
Word which can or needs to be corrected.
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
How did you set up the new page size? In Word's File - Page
Setup -
Paper
tab? When I do that, it works as expected. Can you give the
exact
steps
you're using so we can try to replicate? (Hard to solve a
problem
if
it
doesn't occur for the solver.)
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"Harvey" wrote in message
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Using Word 2002 I set up a new page size of 5.5" wide X
8.7"
long
with
left
and right margins of 0.5" each. In the print preview the
data
is
displayed
according to these dimensions.
When I go to print I get the following error message:
The margins are set outside the printable area of the page.
Do
you
want
to
continue?
If I choose Yes, it prints off the page to the right and
the
left
margin
starts at approximatley 2.25" instead of 0.5". If I choose
No
it
takes
me
back to the document as expected.
I am printing across a LAN to a printer connected to
another
computer,
not
a
network printer. I have no problem getting the correct page
size/print
when I
use Wordperfect on this same computer and setup so I am
assuming
this
is
something specific to Word rather than my computer setup.
I woould appreciate any help to correct this problem.