J
Jay
Hi,
I've spent an ungodly amount of time with tech support at HP to find out
that my hp photosmart 7150 automatically adds a half inch border to the top
of each and every document it prints. This isn't a problem when using HP's
tabbed 4x6 photo paper, but it's a nasty PITA when trying to use HP's 8.5x11
photo paper. Or, for that matter, any paper that isn't tabbed; the printer's
driver atutomatically adds that half inch.
This screws up text documents, photo paper by other companies, HP's own
8.5x11 paper. I'm quite peeved by this, especially since no where in HP's
documentation, marketing info, or web site does HP mention this "feature".
Had I known, I wouldn't have bought the printer. In fact, the tech I talked
to at HP this morning had never heard of this before. He had to ask his
supervisor about it (and said supervisor refused to talk to me). It's one
thing to be locked into their $$$ print cartridges and quite another to be
locked into their 4x6 paper unless I either slice 'n' dice the printed
photos (in which case they'll be a non-standard size) or edit every single
photo I want to print. Quick print my butt.
Is there any way around this? I can live with a half inch border around
everything I print (I like photos with borders), but the uneven borders are
too much.
FWIW, HP's response was of the line, "Live with it. For your hassle we'll
send a 20-pack of tabbed paper."
Specs:
Windows 2000 Pro (service packed, patched until current)
512 megs RAM
XP 1700+ CPU
One last quick question ... I've worked in computer sales ... worked in IT
.... used PCs for 20 years ... and I've never come across another printer
that does this. Has anyone ever seen another?
I've spent an ungodly amount of time with tech support at HP to find out
that my hp photosmart 7150 automatically adds a half inch border to the top
of each and every document it prints. This isn't a problem when using HP's
tabbed 4x6 photo paper, but it's a nasty PITA when trying to use HP's 8.5x11
photo paper. Or, for that matter, any paper that isn't tabbed; the printer's
driver atutomatically adds that half inch.
This screws up text documents, photo paper by other companies, HP's own
8.5x11 paper. I'm quite peeved by this, especially since no where in HP's
documentation, marketing info, or web site does HP mention this "feature".
Had I known, I wouldn't have bought the printer. In fact, the tech I talked
to at HP this morning had never heard of this before. He had to ask his
supervisor about it (and said supervisor refused to talk to me). It's one
thing to be locked into their $$$ print cartridges and quite another to be
locked into their 4x6 paper unless I either slice 'n' dice the printed
photos (in which case they'll be a non-standard size) or edit every single
photo I want to print. Quick print my butt.
Is there any way around this? I can live with a half inch border around
everything I print (I like photos with borders), but the uneven borders are
too much.
FWIW, HP's response was of the line, "Live with it. For your hassle we'll
send a 20-pack of tabbed paper."
Specs:
Windows 2000 Pro (service packed, patched until current)
512 megs RAM
XP 1700+ CPU
One last quick question ... I've worked in computer sales ... worked in IT
.... used PCs for 20 years ... and I've never come across another printer
that does this. Has anyone ever seen another?