pub98 to pdf then a print problem

Hi Gang!

Created a new newsletter with pub98, converted to pdf and uploaded it to
the site at

http://tropicalaudubon.org/pdf/072004.pdf

My concern is, when I print out to my laser (NEC Superscript870) the
margins are off. The left margin is like an inch, and the right margin
is like a quarter inch. Both left and right have always been set at a
half inch. On screen the original pub98 file and the pdf margins look
okay and centered. But the printout is whacked for me on the last two
issues I've created.

Thoughts on the cause??

Could it be the infamous "printer driver" solution? Or the equally
infamous "video driver" quagmire? Or some setting in pub98 or adobe pdf
distiller that I should adjust??

FYI: there have been no driver changes on my machine (WinXP) or software
changes with any of these components used to make this pub98 newsletter
every month for the last... three years, I'd guess.

If anyone really cares, can you try printing out just one page of the
pdf listed above and see what the margins look like? I'd appreciate some
outside perspective

Thanks in advance amigos e amigas!

Steve in NC

Prints fine for me a an HP 5150. About a half inch maybe a smidgeon more
margin on both sides.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Steve in NC" wrote in message
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Hi Gang!

Created a new newsletter with pub98, converted to pdf and uploaded it to
the site at

http://tropicalaudubon.org/pdf/072004.pdf

My concern is, when I print out to my laser (NEC Superscript870) the
margins are off. The left margin is like an inch, and the right margin is
like a quarter inch. Both left and right have always been set at a half
inch. On screen the original pub98 file and the pdf margins look okay and
centered. But the printout is whacked for me on the last two issues I've
created.

Thoughts on the cause??

Could it be the infamous "printer driver" solution? Or the equally
infamous "video driver" quagmire? Or some setting in pub98 or adobe pdf
distiller that I should adjust??

FYI: there have been no driver changes on my machine (WinXP) or software
changes with any of these components used to make this pub98 newsletter
every month for the last... three years, I'd guess.

If anyone really cares, can you try printing out just one page of the pdf
listed above and see what the margins look like? I'd appreciate some
outside perspective

Thanks in advance amigos e amigas!

Steve in NC



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JoAnn Paules wrote:
Prints fine for me a an HP 5150. About a half inch maybe a smidgeon more
margin on both sides.


JoAnn,

Thanks for the reply!

Did you print without the print option "shrink oversized pages to paper
size" being CHECKED?

With my print screen that is an option before printing which I never
used to use (since the printshop just runs the pdf as is). But I tried
that option when I noticed the problem and the margins are about what
you note - if I select that setting.

weird )

and thanks again
Steve in NC

I had to check what options I had selected. My "shrink" option is clear.


Very weird

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



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JoAnn Paules wrote:
Prints fine for me a an HP 5150. About a half inch maybe a smidgeon more
margin on both sides.


JoAnn,

Thanks for the reply!

Did you print without the print option "shrink oversized pages to paper
size" being CHECKED?

With my print screen that is an option before printing which I never used
to use (since the printshop just runs the pdf as is). But I tried that
option when I noticed the problem and the margins are about what you
note - if I select that setting.

weird )

and thanks again
Steve in NC



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Steve,

FWIW since I have a NEC Superscript 1450, using XP drivers, I decided to
print your file and got the same result. Page 3 with the bordered text box
is very measurable with the right margin at .5 inch, and the left at .75
inch. The results were the same with and without the print option of
'rotate & center".

DavidF

"Steve in NC" wrote in message
news
Hi Gang!

Created a new newsletter with pub98, converted to pdf and uploaded it to
the site at

http://tropicalaudubon.org/pdf/072004.pdf

My concern is, when I print out to my laser (NEC Superscript870) the
margins are off. The left margin is like an inch, and the right margin
is like a quarter inch. Both left and right have always been set at a
half inch. On screen the original pub98 file and the pdf margins look
okay and centered. But the printout is whacked for me on the last two
issues I've created.

Thoughts on the cause??

Could it be the infamous "printer driver" solution? Or the equally
infamous "video driver" quagmire? Or some setting in pub98 or adobe pdf
distiller that I should adjust??

FYI: there have been no driver changes on my machine (WinXP) or software
changes with any of these components used to make this pub98 newsletter
every month for the last... three years, I'd guess.

If anyone really cares, can you try printing out just one page of the
pdf listed above and see what the margins look like? I'd appreciate some
outside perspective

Thanks in advance amigos e amigas!

Steve in NC

I printed page one of your six page pdf file. Looks very good using a HP
DeskJet 970Cse. Margins are .6" both sides.


--
Don
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Vancouver, USA - One of the great cities in one of the 45+ countries in the
Americas!


"Steve in NC" wrote in message
news
Hi Gang!

Created a new newsletter with pub98, converted to pdf and uploaded it to
the site at

http://tropicalaudubon.org/pdf/072004.pdf

My concern is, when I print out to my laser (NEC Superscript870) the
margins are off. The left margin is like an inch, and the right margin
is like a quarter inch. Both left and right have always been set at a
half inch. On screen the original pub98 file and the pdf margins look
okay and centered. But the printout is whacked for me on the last two
issues I've created.

Thoughts on the cause??

Could it be the infamous "printer driver" solution? Or the equally
infamous "video driver" quagmire? Or some setting in pub98 or adobe pdf
distiller that I should adjust??

FYI: there have been no driver changes on my machine (WinXP) or software
changes with any of these components used to make this pub98 newsletter
every month for the last... three years, I'd guess.

If anyone really cares, can you try printing out just one page of the
pdf listed above and see what the margins look like? I'd appreciate some
outside perspective

Thanks in advance amigos e amigas!

Steve in NC

DaveF

Thanks for the effort and reply!!

I could live with those margins better, altho they're still favoring the
left side slightly...

Guess it's just me or something...

My mom always said nobody would try to make it as perfect as I would

DavidF wrote:
Steve,

FWIW since I have a NEC Superscript 1450, using XP drivers, I decided to
print your file and got the same result. Page 3 with the bordered text box
is very measurable with the right margin at .5 inch, and the left at .75
inch. The results were the same with and without the print option of
'rotate & center".

DavidF

"Steve in NC" wrote in message
news
Hi Gang!

Created a new newsletter with pub98, converted to pdf and uploaded it to
the site at

http://tropicalaudubon.org/pdf/072004.pdf

My concern is, when I print out to my laser (NEC Superscript870) the
margins are off. The left margin is like an inch, and the right margin
is like a quarter inch. Both left and right have always been set at a
half inch. On screen the original pub98 file and the pdf margins look
okay and centered. But the printout is whacked for me on the last two
issues I've created.

Thoughts on the cause??

Could it be the infamous "printer driver" solution? Or the equally
infamous "video driver" quagmire? Or some setting in pub98 or adobe pdf
distiller that I should adjust??

FYI: there have been no driver changes on my machine (WinXP) or software
changes with any of these components used to make this pub98 newsletter
every month for the last... three years, I'd guess.

If anyone really cares, can you try printing out just one page of the
pdf listed above and see what the margins look like? I'd appreciate some
outside perspective

Thanks in advance amigos e amigas!

Steve in NC

Thanks Don for looking, trying and doing!

Guess maybe it's just me. The printshop remarked that the address space
(as seen on page six) got smaller a couple issues ago, which made me
keep looking at this margin issue as a possible cause, cause that
address space has been the same size forever...

Steve in NC

Don Schmidt wrote:

I printed page one of your six page pdf file. Looks very good using a HP
DeskJet 970Cse. Margins are .6" both sides.