Excel 11.2.5 will not scale to fit

[Dave Minerath]

I am using Excel 11.2.5 on a 12" iBook with OS X 10.4.7. I go to print the
spreadsheet, and to get the text to fit on one page (it doesn't overhang
much) I select the scaling to fit one page by one page.

One of two things happens:

(1) The pages do not scale and will print as if no scaling was selected; or

(2) Excel crashes and sends an error report.

A Google search did not yield any leads.

Ideas?

Dave

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

I am using Excel 11.2.5 on a 12" iBook with OS X 10.4.7. I go to print the
spreadsheet, and to get the text to fit on one page (it doesn't overhang
much) I select the scaling to fit one page by one page.

One of two things happens:

(1) The pages do not scale and will print as if no scaling was selected; or

(2) Excel crashes and sends an error report.

A Google search did not yield any leads.

Ideas?

Dave

What happens with print preview? What kind of printer are you using? Do you
have the latest drivers?

 

[Dave Minerath]

Ahh, good questions, I should have known better than to have left out that
information.

The printer is a network-connected HP LaserJet 4000n using PPD file version
1.2.2 X and driver version 10.4.

I never made it to preview; when I selected the scaling option, that is when
it crashed.

I downloaded the latest driver from HP, updating the PPD file to 5.7.0.102,
so I'll try that out at first opportunity. It may not be definitive, as the
last time I tried to print the same document scaled, it worked. Maybe Excel
just needed to be convinced it was a good idea.

Dave

 

[Dave Minerath]

Well, it seems to be working now...must have been an anomaly.

Dave