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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

12/17/2010 01:16:48 PM · #1

This has happened before, and I don't know how to fix it.

Sometimes photoshop just has problems printing a file. Everything looks fine, but it only prints 1" on the very left hand side of the page instead of printing the entire photo filling the page.

Any clue how to fix this short of shutting everything down? (sometimes shutting everything down works -- sometimes it doesn't. I'm just running short of this type of paper, and office depot is out of it. So I'd like to figure out how to fix it instead of shutting things down just to find out that it didn't work.) -- wow, was that a rambling run on.

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/17/2010 01:23:15 PM · #2

Problem most likely isn't in PS anyway, but in the print spooler. Every application, when it prints, sends the information to a spooler, that stockpiles it then doles it out to the printer at whatever speed is required.

Can't you load the printer with cheap paper to be sure its working, then lay in the good stuff if it is? That doesn't solve you problem, but it keeps you from wasting paper...

R.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/17/2010 01:40:03 PM · #3

You also might consider printing from another application. For example, you could save the image as a PDF and print from Acrobat, or as a TIFF file which you can place in a layout program or (most) word processors.

12/17/2010 02:06:46 PM · #4

argh!!!!!

The problem with using a separate sheet, is I'm printing out about 85 different things, so I'd have to use 85 test sheets. Because sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

(just happened again.)

saving as a pdf file might be an option.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/17/2010 02:22:54 PM · #5

Have you rebooted the computer and printer already?

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

12/17/2010 02:25:46 PM · #6

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Have you rebooted the computer and printer already?

Yes, and that solved it for awhile -- but it keeps doing it every 10th file or so. (I'm doing calendars for family)

Mick

Canon EOS-5D

12/17/2010 02:38:23 PM · #7

Have you tried turning off print spooling? What platform and OS are you using? How much free disk space and memory are available?

On Windows, I would go to the Printers Control Panel and cancel any existing print jobs, and then try again. If that didn't work, I would try it with spooling turned off.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/17/2010 02:38:25 PM · #8

PDF file is actually an excellent idea on a job as large as a calendar. There are few print-spooler problems, in my experience, that can't be bypassed with a nice, tight PDF file :-)

R.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/17/2010 02:48:37 PM · #9

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

PDF file is actually an excellent idea on a job as large as a calendar. There are few print-spooler problems, in my experience, that can't be bypassed with a nice, tight PDF file :-)

R.

I download lab results at work in PDF format, and every once in a while it starts printing out pages of code instead of the correct format, but cancelling and reprinting usually solves the problem.

If you have the "Full" version of Acrobat (not just the free Reader) you can assemble your PDF pages into a single multi-page document and print it all at once.

12/17/2010 02:58:57 PM · #10

I don't put it all together in one file, though. I'm just printing one picture at a time. Should there really be a problem with the spooler when I'm just printing one picture?

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/17/2010 03:04:36 PM · #11

Spoolers in general have caused problems ever since I started working in desktop publishing (c 1990) ... if there is any way to print directly to the printer without it (doubtful) try it.