Printer Drivers and Page Layout

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Publisher 2003 (and Publisher 2002) also include Generic PS Printers in
addition to Windows XP including MS Imagesetter and Microsoft Publisher
Color printer driver.

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Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
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[Name]

A question of curiosity for the group...

I design an 11x17 paper size layout which will be taken to a printing
service. My actual physical printer (HP Photosmart 7150 series) of
course does not handle that size paper. So, in File...Page
Setup...Printer & Paper...Properties... when I get to Paper Size and
select User Defined Paper Size, naturally I'm not permitted to create an
imaginary paper size that the physical printer can't handle due to the
way the printer driver functions are interpreted in Publisher.

This is not a problem for me personally, as I have other virtual printer
drivers to choose from (in my case FinePrint and Adobe PDF), which
permit essentially unlimited choices in custom size. So, I can simply
choose them, go on with my work, and prepare printer-service-ready copy.

But what do other people do who don't have virtual printer drivers like
that? Is there a simple approach where one turns off (or turns on) some
option somewhere which allows design without respect to system-
installed-printer driver restrictions when defining paper size?

Dwight R. Klettke
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ICQ# 1004858 or any other IM

 

[Name]

Publisher 2003 (and Publisher 2002) also include Generic PS Printers in
addition to Windows XP including MS Imagesetter and Microsoft Publisher
Color printer driver.

Thanks for the info, Brian.
Just for completeness, I'm running Publisher 2002 (build 10.2621.2625).
My operating system is Windows XP.
I would add the "printers" you mention to the overall system by going to
Start...Printer and Faxes...Add a printer... and then going through the
usual wizard, choosing Manual and getting these printers from the
Generic category. Is all of that correct?
(I don't entirely understand your comment about "Generic PS Printers."
What does it mean to say [Publisher] "includes" them? How would I go
about "activating" such a thing?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Hi Name ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Thanks for the info, Brian.
|| Just for completeness, I'm running Publisher 2002 (build
|| 10.2621.2625). My operating system is Windows XP.
|| I would add the "printers" you mention to the overall system by
|| going to Start...Printer and Faxes...Add a printer... and then going
|| through the usual wizard, choosing Manual and getting these printers
|| from the Generic category. Is all of that correct?
|| (I don't entirely understand your comment about "Generic PS
|| Printers." What does it mean to say [Publisher] "includes" them?
|| How would I go about "activating" such a thing?

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Office10 should have your *.inf
file or C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\

Publisher 2003 *.inf file is in the Office 11 folder.

So choose HAVE DISK when going to install the printer.
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Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

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[Ed Bennett]

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But what do other people do who don't have virtual printer drivers
like that? Is there a simple approach where one turns off (or turns
on) some option somewhere which allows design without respect to
system- installed-printer driver restrictions when defining paper
size?

a) Use one of the default built-in imagesetting drivers (such as the
Microsoft Office Document Imaging driver in Publisher 2003)
b) Use a Custom page size until a driver becomes available with 11x17
printing.

 

[lost]

you also dont have to pay for a $300+ virtual printer

http://www.win2pdf.com
http://www.pdf995.com

lost