2007 trial version question

Hello,

I am using the Publisher 2007 trial demo. I am having printing
problems, and believe the software itself may need to be reinstalled.

Can I reinstall the demo software? I'm at about day 15 on the trial.
I want to confirm Publisher will consistently print 1200dpi files
before I buy it.

With Adobe, you can only install the demo once. If you need to
reinstall it you're out of luck. I was downloading Elements 5.0 and
my computer crashed during installation. But the computer thought I
had already installed it, and wouldn't let my try a second time.

JoAnn
Wed Jul 11 11:14:48 CDT 2007

How big is that file you're tying to print?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"genericaudioperson" <genericaudioperson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I am using the Publisher 2007 trial demo. I am having printing
> problems, and believe the software itself may need to be reinstalled.
>
> Can I reinstall the demo software? I'm at about day 15 on the trial.
> I want to confirm Publisher will consistently print 1200dpi files
> before I buy it.
>
> With Adobe, you can only install the demo once. If you need to
> reinstall it you're out of luck. I was downloading Elements 5.0 and
> my computer crashed during installation. But the computer thought I
> had already installed it, and wouldn't let my try a second time.
>

Charles
Wed Jul 11 18:23:52 CDT 2007

There is no reason to feel that re-installation of Publisher will change
anything. Are you printing to your printer or attempting to print to a file
for delivery to a print shop? Choose Commercial Printing Tools from the
Tools drop down menu. Play with the information in the Help files.
"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
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> How big is that file you're tying to print?
>
> --
> JoAnn Paules
> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>
> ~~~~~
> How to ask a question
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> "genericaudioperson" <genericaudioperson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1184169876.338747.165190@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using the Publisher 2007 trial demo. I am having printing
>> problems, and believe the software itself may need to be reinstalled.
>>
>> Can I reinstall the demo software? I'm at about day 15 on the trial.
>> I want to confirm Publisher will consistently print 1200dpi files
>> before I buy it.
>>
>> With Adobe, you can only install the demo once. If you need to
>> reinstall it you're out of luck. I was downloading Elements 5.0 and
>> my computer crashed during installation. But the computer thought I
>> had already installed it, and wouldn't let my try a second time.
>>
>
>

JoAnn
Wed Jul 11 18:54:19 CDT 2007

I'm curious if that file is so large that the printer can't handle it.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote in message
news:A255E85A-43E5-4CD2-9528-F912C76D984A@microsoft.com...
> There is no reason to feel that re-installation of Publisher will change
> anything. Are you printing to your printer or attempting to print to a
> file for delivery to a print shop? Choose Commercial Printing Tools from
> the Tools drop down menu. Play with the information in the Help files.
> "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Ou7hca9wHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> How big is that file you're tying to print?
>>
>> --
>> JoAnn Paules
>> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>>
>> ~~~~~
>> How to ask a question
>> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>>
>>
>> "genericaudioperson" <genericaudioperson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1184169876.338747.165190@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am using the Publisher 2007 trial demo. I am having printing
>>> problems, and believe the software itself may need to be reinstalled.
>>>
>>> Can I reinstall the demo software? I'm at about day 15 on the trial.
>>> I want to confirm Publisher will consistently print 1200dpi files
>>> before I buy it.
>>>
>>> With Adobe, you can only install the demo once. If you need to
>>> reinstall it you're out of luck. I was downloading Elements 5.0 and
>>> my computer crashed during installation. But the computer thought I
>>> had already installed it, and wouldn't let my try a second time.
>>>
>>
>>
>

Rob
Wed Jul 11 20:09:14 CDT 2007

most likely... 1200 dpi bitmap ...gotta be huge - already mentioned in the
orig thread - and likely to be the problem.


--

Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
news:F5BC21C4-E9DE-4AFD-8684-17887CF56475@microsoft.com...
| I'm curious if that file is so large that the printer can't handle it.
|
| --
|
| JoAnn Paules
| Microsoft MVP - Publisher
|
| How to ask a question
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
|
|
|
| "Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote in message
| news:A255E85A-43E5-4CD2-9528-F912C76D984A@microsoft.com...
| > There is no reason to feel that re-installation of Publisher will change
| > anything. Are you printing to your printer or attempting to print to a
| > file for delivery to a print shop? Choose Commercial Printing Tools from
| > the Tools drop down menu. Play with the information in the Help files.
| > "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
| > news:Ou7hca9wHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
| >> How big is that file you're tying to print?
| >>
| >> --
| >> JoAnn Paules
| >> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
| >>
| >> ~~~~~
| >> How to ask a question
| >> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
| >>
| >>
| >> "genericaudioperson" <genericaudioperson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| >> news:1184169876.338747.165190@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
| >>> Hello,
| >>>
| >>> I am using the Publisher 2007 trial demo. I am having printing
| >>> problems, and believe the software itself may need to be reinstalled.
| >>>
| >>> Can I reinstall the demo software? I'm at about day 15 on the trial.
| >>> I want to confirm Publisher will consistently print 1200dpi files
| >>> before I buy it.
| >>>
| >>> With Adobe, you can only install the demo once. If you need to
| >>> reinstall it you're out of luck. I was downloading Elements 5.0 and
| >>> my computer crashed during installation. But the computer thought I
| >>> had already installed it, and wouldn't let my try a second time.
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >
|

Uncle
Wed Jul 11 20:47:40 CDT 2007

genericaudioperson <genericaudioperson@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I want to confirm Publisher will consistently print 1200dpi files
>before I buy it.

Oddly enough, someone only yesterday or the day before was having
printing problems with Pub 2007 and 1200dpi files...

OH! That was YOU!

You received a reply from one of the MVPs to the effect:

===

Just a guess but I wonder if would help
to go into Advanced Printer Properties
and change to: 'Print Directly To Printer'.

You should be able to find this setting by
going to Control Panel / Printers and right
click the icon for your printer...from the
menu...choose...Properties...look for
Advanced settings.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

genericaudioperson
Thu Jul 12 00:02:28 CDT 2007

Thanks for the insights. I'm not sure why people are "alarmed" at a
1200dpi file. Memory is cheap and processors are fast these days.

The total file if you added all the pages is about 50 megs. But this
"disappearing 1200dpi" problem appears even in smaller projects.

It's very strange. Everything was working fine when I opened up
Publisher in the Start menu and then opened the file. But the first
time I went into My Documents to launch the file directly rather, it
started experiencing these problems and it hasn't disappeared since.

Which leads me to believe the program somehow got "startled" and is
now freaked out and needs to be reinstalled.

I've tried "print directly to the printer", adjusting the printer
settings, etc.

I could have a 30 meg project with a series of 600dpi files and it
would show up in print preview and print. But then I could have a 5
meg project with 1200dpi files and the problem would start surfacing.
This leads me to believe it is not a "total file size too large"
problem. It's something to do with the individual 1200dpi files. I've
tried lowering them to 1100 dpi, in case it was over-shooting the
1200dpi or something strange like that. But it's only when you get
down to about 600dpi that the problem is consistently removed.

And the printer is a high-res photo laserjet. The printer can
definitely handle the dpi.

genericaudioperson
Thu Jul 12 00:03:28 CDT 2007

Software can very likely become corrupted. A clean reinstall of
software/drivers is a common problem-solving tactic.

Ed
Thu Jul 12 04:03:48 CDT 2007

genericaudioperson wrote:
> And the printer is a high-res photo laserjet. The printer can
> definitely handle the dpi.

How much RAM does your printer have?

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

JoAnn
Thu Jul 12 05:34:51 CDT 2007

Seems like everyone else is thinking the same thing I'm thinking. ;-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Ed Bennett" <the_nerd@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> genericaudioperson wrote:
>> And the printer is a high-res photo laserjet. The printer can
>> definitely handle the dpi.
>
> How much RAM does your printer have?
>
> --
> Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
> http://ed.mvps.org

genericaudioperson
Thu Jul 12 12:18:02 CDT 2007

I would love to know it's a ram limitation on my printer.

I don't think it is because:
1) I can print a 20 meg file using 600dpi images on the pages and it
will be fine. But if I create a 5 meg file with 1200dpi images it's
hit-or-miss.
2)Everything was printing fine until one day when I launched the
program by opening the project file in My Documents rather than
opening the program first. For some reason I think this freaked out
the software and I need to reinstall it. The effect was so immediate
that I can't get away from the idea that this is the case.
3) I can print from PowerPoint with 1200dpi files no problem.

However, it is a small print-copy-fax. It's a nice little desktop
printer. I will be getting a large printer in two months. If
someone can convince me that the ram limitations of a small printer
will exhibit unpredictable behavior with large files, that would be
great. But again, I can create a file that is five-ten times the
size, and if I stay at 600dpi it will work. I can't even guarantee
that one single page will print with 1200dpi. That was not the case
always. And things work in PowerPoint fine.

Ed
Thu Jul 12 17:37:02 CDT 2007

genericaudioperson wrote:
> However, it is a small print-copy-fax.

I wasn't aware that small print/copy/fax lasers existed. What model is
your printer?

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

genericaudioperson
Thu Jul 12 21:53:03 CDT 2007

It's not. It's an inkjet. I will be getting a large laser printer in
a few months.

Mike
Thu Jul 12 22:00:09 CDT 2007

Ed,

You need to learn about this feature - it's called www.google.com. It
actually brings up quite a few listing of laser printers that can handle
faxes, do copying as well as print pages!

Mike

Ed Bennett wrote:

> genericaudioperson wrote:
>
>> However, it is a small print-copy-fax.
>
>
> I wasn't aware that small print/copy/fax lasers existed. What model is
> your printer?
>

Ed
Fri Jul 13 05:35:26 CDT 2007

Mike Koewler wrote:
> You need to learn about this feature - it's called www.google.com. It
> actually brings up quite a few listing of laser printers that can handle
> faxes, do copying as well as print pages!

But that wouldn't tell me the model that the poster has!

And I am aware of some multifunction lasers, just not "small desktop"
multifunction lasers (cursory Googling didn't find anything smaller than
this:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/product_detail.do?storeName=storefronts&landing=&category=all_in_ones&orderflow=1&a1=Color+printing&v1=Color&a2=Type&v2=LaserJet&product_code=CB394A%23ABA&catLevel=3).

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Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org