How to get all the page RHS when you print from IE explorer

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I am usind Windows XP PRO and Internet Explorer V6.00 with all the
latest patches. I have allways had the following print problem that I
have fudged a solution to, by saving the page or pages, and then using
Word to format and edit them but this such a waste of time. I am
printing to A4 which is the standard default in Australia.

I have a HP laser printer (laserjet 5M) and I want to know how to get
all the info on the screen printed in full as I find the right hand
side of the printed page has the text truncated and parts missing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jim (e-mail address removed)
 
Web pages are formatted by HTML or other code, that sets
details such as areas with data and how they appear on a
screen. Some web authors don't want you to be able to
easily print their pages and others are nice enough to
provide a link to a "printer friendly" page that they have
created.

That is the key phrase, ""printer friendly" page that they
have created" because the screen does not have the same
lay-out as a piece of paper (A4 or 8x10).

You may be able to select a frame and print that, or print a
web page frame by frame. You work around of cut and pasting
into WORD works as well as most options. If you have a web
editor such as FrontPage you can open the webpage using your
editor as a browser and edit the page to print by altering
the frames or even deleting them.

If you just select the data you want to print and paste that
into WORD, it is probably the easiest thing. If you want to
have all the sidebar frames and headers, you need to do some
work.

Check the printer properties for options, use an editor such
as Dreamweaver or FrontPage as a browser/editor, or try a
Google for some other program.

Note to web designers, printer friendly pages are nice.


| I am usind Windows XP PRO and Internet Explorer V6.00 with
all the
| latest patches. I have allways had the following print
problem that I
| have fudged a solution to, by saving the page or pages,
and then using
| Word to format and edit them but this such a waste of
time. I am
| printing to A4 which is the standard default in Australia.
|
| I have a HP laser printer (laserjet 5M) and I want to know
how to get
| all the info on the screen printed in full as I find the
right hand
| side of the printed page has the text truncated and parts
missing.
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated.
| Jim (e-mail address removed)
|
 
J-McC said:
I am usind Windows XP PRO and Internet Explorer V6.00 with all the
latest patches. I have allways had the following print problem that I
have fudged a solution to, by saving the page or pages, and then using
Word to format and edit them but this such a waste of time. I am
printing to A4 which is the standard default in Australia.

I have a HP laser printer (laserjet 5M) and I want to know how to get
all the info on the screen printed in full as I find the right hand
side of the printed page has the text truncated and parts missing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jim (e-mail address removed)
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IE is not a perfect paper printer program. While you are using A4
paper, check that IE actually not print to 8.5x11 inch paper (which is
wider than A4) even though you tell it A4. That used to be a problem
which may be fixed in contemporary versions.

Also, web designers sometimes format the pages so that they look
terrific on the screen and don't print right. There are technical
reasons (excuses?) for this which I won't go into.

Another workaround is to print landscape.

Finally ... recheck at www.hp.com that your printer driver is up to date.
 
I am usind Windows XP PRO and Internet Explorer V6.00 with all the
latest patches. I have allways had the following print problem that I
have fudged a solution to, by saving the page or pages, and then using
Word to format and edit them but this such a waste of time. I am
printing to A4 which is the standard default in Australia.

I have a HP laser printer (laserjet 5M) and I want to know how to get
all the info on the screen printed in full as I find the right hand
side of the printed page has the text truncated and parts missing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jim (e-mail address removed)
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Just to add what others have said:

Some printers/printer drivers support a "fit to page" option. Since
the 5M is a postscript printer, it might have one also.

If not, there is one other, less-convenien trick I can think of.
Install a print-to-pdf printer driver, such as PDF995 (from
www.pdf995.com of course). It creates a .pdf file of whatever you
print thru it. Then print the .pdf file using Acrobat Reader, which
has a fit to page option.
 
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