printing fractions

[Grace]

I have a document with a lot of different fractions.... technical
specifications....
and the fraction is not printing out on the document. You can see it on the
screen.. but when you print the fraction part of the number is not printed.
The fraction has a " mark after it to show that it is inches. It is entered
by the number , then back slash, then number , then quote sign.....

So it would look like this
16 Ea. - Flush Birch 1 ?" - 3'0" x 6'8" prehung in 4 ?" FJ one
piece

the 3/8 and 5/8 in this particular line are not printing...
Any help would be appreciated



I hope this makes sense..
Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Your printer may be using resident fonts that don't contain these
characters. Try printing TrueType fonts as graphics (this setting or
something resembling it will be in your printer Properties).

 

[Grace]

The user is printing to a HP8150 using PCL5e
I don't see anywhere in the printer properties to change this info you are
talking about.

Any other suggestions??
thanks

 

[Charles Kenyon]

On my HP driver in Windows XP, it is a printing preference in the driver
(Advanced tab).
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[TF]

It may say, 'send truetypes as graphics', or 'print in raster mode' or 'send
page as graphic' or some similar gobbledygook that means the same thing. It
may also be worth checking at the HP web site to see if they have a newer
driver than the one you are using. They definitely have firmware upgrades
for many printers: check these out as one may update the resident fonts
sets.



: The user is printing to a HP8150 using PCL5e
: I don't see anywhere in the printer properties to change this info you are
: talking about.
:
: Any other suggestions??
: thanks
:
: : > Your printer may be using resident fonts that don't contain these
: > characters. Try printing TrueType fonts as graphics (this setting or
: > something resembling it will be in your printer Properties).
: >
: > --
: > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > Words into Type
: > Fairhope, Alabama USA
:
: > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
: so
: > all may benefit.
: >
: > : > > I have a document with a lot of different fractions.... technical
: > > specifications....
: > > and the fraction is not printing out on the document. You can see it
on
: > the
: > > screen.. but when you print the fraction part of the number is not
: > printed.
: > > The fraction has a " mark after it to show that it is inches. It is
: > entered
: > > by the number , then back slash, then number , then quote sign.....
: > >
: > > So it would look like this
: > > 16 Ea. - Flush Birch 1 ?" - 3'0" x 6'8" prehung in 4 ?"
FJ
: > one
: > > piece
: > >
: > > the 3/8 and 5/8 in this particular line are not printing...
: > > Any help would be appreciated
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > > I hope this makes sense..
: > > Thanks
: > >
: > >
: >
:
:

 

[Grace]

Thanks, I found a setting similar ... and the fractions still did not
print.
Could it have anything to do with the Quote symbol being next to it....?

 

[Grace]

Yes .. it said send Truetype as bitmaps....
I selected that and the user reprinted.... same result....
I asked in earlier post about the quote symbol??? any thoughts on that??
Thanks

 

[TF]

Grace

I've not seen this happen before. Just double-check that it isn't a font
issue and test by changing the font used in the document to something really
common such as Times New Roman and see if that prints.

Terry

: Yes .. it said send Truetype as bitmaps....
: I selected that and the user reprinted.... same result....
: I asked in earlier post about the quote symbol??? any thoughts on that??
: Thanks
:
:
:
: "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
: : > It may say, 'send truetypes as graphics', or 'print in raster mode' or
: 'send
: > page as graphic' or some similar gobbledygook that means the same thing.
: It
: > may also be worth checking at the HP web site to see if they have a
newer
: > driver than the one you are using. They definitely have firmware
upgrades
: > for many printers: check these out as one may update the resident fonts
: > sets.
: >
: > --
: > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
:
: >
: > : > : The user is printing to a HP8150 using PCL5e
: > : I don't see anywhere in the printer properties to change this info you
: are
: > : talking about.
: > :
: > : Any other suggestions??
: > : thanks
: > :
: > : : > : > Your printer may be using resident fonts that don't contain these
: > : > characters. Try printing TrueType fonts as graphics (this setting or
: > : > something resembling it will be in your printer Properties).
: > : >
: > : > --
: > : > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > : > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > : > Words into Type
: > : > Fairhope, Alabama USA
: > :
: > : > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: > newsgroup
: > : so
: > : > all may benefit.
: > : >
: > : > : > : > > I have a document with a lot of different fractions.... technical
: > : > > specifications....
: > : > > and the fraction is not printing out on the document. You can see
it
: > on
: > : > the
: > : > > screen.. but when you print the fraction part of the number is
not
: > : > printed.
: > : > > The fraction has a " mark after it to show that it is inches. It
is
: > : > entered
: > : > > by the number , then back slash, then number , then quote
sign.....
: > : > >
: > : > > So it would look like this
: > : > > 16 Ea. - Flush Birch 1 ?" - 3'0" x 6'8" prehung in 4
?"
: > FJ
: > : > one
: > : > > piece
: > : > >
: > : > > the 3/8 and 5/8 in this particular line are not printing...
: > : > > Any help would be appreciated
: > : > >
: > : > >
: > : > >
: > : > > I hope this makes sense..
: > : > > Thanks
: > : > >
: > : > >
: > : >
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
:

 

[Amedee Van Gasse]

Grace shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:

I have a document with a lot of different fractions.... technical
specifications....
and the fraction is not printing out on the document. You can see it
on the screen.. but when you print the fraction part of the number
is not printed. The fraction has a " mark after it to show that it
is inches. It is entered by the number , then back slash, then
number , then quote sign.....

So it would look like this
16 Ea. - Flush Birch 1 ?" - 3'0" x 6'8" prehung in 4 ?"
FJ one piece

the 3/8 and 5/8 in this particular line are not printing...
Any help would be appreciated



I hope this makes sense..
Thanks

I have tried viewing your message using all possible character sets
that my newsreader (xananews) supports, and I still see a question
mark, not a fraction.
Perhaps you should look up the unicode for your fractional number, and
use that. All I can find in plain old Arial is fractional numbers 1/4,
1/2 and 3/4.

This may be a related problem?

 

[Grace]

Thanks..
What do you mean look up the unicode for the fraction???

BTW....It only shows up as a question mark in the newsgroup. The printed
document just shows the number before it... and a blank space where the
fraction should be.

 

[Amedee Van Gasse]

Grace shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:

Thanks..
What do you mean look up the unicode for the fraction???

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