Parts of print go missing

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I have a peer network at home. Laptop and desktop machines both running XP
pro and office XP. The desktop machine has a Canon Pixma iP4000 printer
attached by USB, and offers out a share on the network. This has worked fine
for a while, but recently, some parts of documents printed on the laptop are
missing from the printed page. If I print these same documents from the
desktop system, they come out perfectly. I have reloaded windows and office
on the laptop, but no joy. Both machines have all the latest updates applied
for both windows and office. I have also deleted the printer from the laptop
and added it again, so the driver from the desktop machine is downloaded
afresh onto the laptop.

It's not always the same parts of the documents that go missing.

This problem is affecting spreadsheets as well as word documents.
 
Hi,

Did that - more than once - but still a very unhappy printer. I followed the
instructions closely. Tried both loading latest drivers locally and
downloading from the other machine during adding printer. Different results
in each case, but didn't work properly in either case.

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

Any other ideas please?
 
I guess that's a "no" then.

PatD said:
Hi,

Did that - more than once - but still a very unhappy printer. I followed the
instructions closely. Tried both loading latest drivers locally and
downloading from the other machine during adding printer. Different results
in each case, but didn't work properly in either case.

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

Any other ideas please?
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It appears to be the "smart" tags feature in Office XP (clearly a misnomer).
If I go and remove a date-related tag, half the text and all the graphics are
lost from the printed page. That's it - no other action - just remove that
single tag, and my print is even more wrecked than before.

What now? how can I get rid of these things? This is driving me mad. I have
probably destroyed half a forest printing pages with missing content.

There must be an MVP or someone out there who can get a workaround for this.

Help, PLEASE.
 
Check with the Office gurus in the Office newsgroups. If it's specific to
Office, they'll know what to do.
 
Did you ever solve this problem? I have a very similar problem on my
machine. The printer pauses, skips some text, then restarts. Sometimes it
freezes entirely. Have reinstalled the port, reinstalled the drivers, and
tested the printer at my office. Mystifying.
 
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