Re: Can't print landscape

Yes, Suzanne, the article specifies that the problem is limited specifically
to the Word 2000, Windows XP and Laserjet combo. It even gives a link to the
HP printer software beta software updates. (It was posted in 2003).

BTW, I want to personally thank you for all your excellent, competent, and
very insightful help on these message boards.
I frequently peruse down the messages and open the ones where I see that you
have posted an answer (even if the problem is foreign to me) just to see
what your input is. Keep up the good work!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hmm. I have a LaserJet and never had any problem printing landscape from
Word 2002.

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"SF" <nospam@@@nospam> wrote in message
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Okay, I did a search on Google Groups for Landscape and Print and after a
bit of digging, found out that there is a known bug that causes problems
with Word 2000 and Windows XP printing landscape orientation,
particularly
with the HP Laserjet series of printers. (See link below)


http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win2000.printing/browse_thread/thread/db57f139e6be5010/f93ebef96ec766bc?lnk=st&q=Print+landscape&rnum=4&hl=en#f93ebef96ec766bc

I tried setting the landscape option in the printer properties, but that
didn't help with regular documents, but it did allow a rather unusual
workaround.

I tried printing a calendar off the web as a landscape and it worked! So
I
played with it and found that if I save my document page as an "htm"
file,
then I can print it as a landscape.
But (on my system, at least) it won't work on the document I immediately
saved as an htm document (even thought that document now seems to have
changed to a web page). I had to close that particular document, then go
open the htm document I just saved, and then it worked! I hope that
description is clear. There may be someone else out there with the same
problem hoping for some kind of a workaround.






"POP" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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SF wrote:
I have checked the radio dial on
Print Properties / Basics / Landscape

But the paper keeps printing in portrait orientation.
What am I doing wrong?

Windows XP
Word 2000

Is your printer capable of printing in landscape mode?







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