Help! How can I fit Web pages on PC screen to letter size paper?

[Mari]

PC: Brand new Dell XPS400
Printer: Brand new Dell Laser 1710
I can never print most of webpages from Internet Explorer to Dell Laser 1710
printer to fit letter size paper. The right edge is cut off and printed
pages show only part of webpages. I also notice there are almost no margins
when I print e-mails from Outlook Express. Why do I have a problem in
fitting whatever on the screen to letter size paper? I discussed about this
issue with a Dell tech. support rep. for 3 hours and he only forces me to
use letter size paper in landscape direction with 0 margin!! I just can not
believe that I purchased PC & Printer that I can not even print Webpage to
letter size paper. I had never had this problem with my old PC and HP Laser
Printer.
If you can give me some advice, I truly appreciate. I and the Dell rep.
went through evey set-up property imaginable, but we still could not find a
way to fit Webpages to letter size paper. Is there absolutely no way to fix
this problem? I really wonder if it is a Webpage problem or a printer
problem.
Thank you.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

1. Go to Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes
2. From the Toolbar select: File > Server Properties > Forms
3. Make your desired settings, click Apply.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| PC: Brand new Dell XPS400
| Printer: Brand new Dell Laser 1710
| I can never print most of webpages from Internet Explorer to Dell Laser 1710
| printer to fit letter size paper. The right edge is cut off and printed
| pages show only part of webpages. I also notice there are almost no margins
| when I print e-mails from Outlook Express. Why do I have a problem in
| fitting whatever on the screen to letter size paper? I discussed about this
| issue with a Dell tech. support rep. for 3 hours and he only forces me to
| use letter size paper in landscape direction with 0 margin!! I just can not
| believe that I purchased PC & Printer that I can not even print Webpage to
| letter size paper. I had never had this problem with my old PC and HP Laser
| Printer.
| If you can give me some advice, I truly appreciate. I and the Dell rep.
| went through evey set-up property imaginable, but we still could not find a
| way to fit Webpages to letter size paper. Is there absolutely no way to fix
| this problem? I really wonder if it is a Webpage problem or a printer
| problem.
| Thank you.

 

[Earl F. Parrish]

PC: Brand new Dell XPS400
Printer: Brand new Dell Laser 1710
I can never print most of webpages from Internet Explorer to Dell
Laser 1710 printer to fit letter size paper. The right edge is
cut off and printed pages show only part of webpages. I also
notice there are almost no margins when I print e-mails from
Outlook Express. Why do I have a problem in fitting whatever on
the screen to letter size paper? I discussed about this issue
with a Dell tech. support rep. for 3 hours and he only forces me
to use letter size paper in landscape direction with 0 margin!! I
just can not believe that I purchased PC & Printer that I can not
even print Webpage to letter size paper. I had never had this
problem with my old PC and HP Laser Printer.
If you can give me some advice, I truly appreciate. I and the
Dell rep. went through evey set-up property imaginable, but we
still could not find a way to fit Webpages to letter size paper.
Is there absolutely no way to fix this problem? I really wonder
if it is a Webpage problem or a printer problem.
Thank you.

Mozilla Firefox has a shrink to fit setting in the Print Preview.
Internet Explorer does not have that feature. All laser or inkjet
printers will cut off documents at the right margin. It is the
nature of the beast. You have to use software to make the document
smaller on the screen before printing. Dot matrix printers went to
the other extreme by continuing long lines just below the line above
which played havoc with charts and spreadsheets.

 

[Mari]

Dear Carey:

Thank you for your imput. The "Apply" button is grayed out and I could not
click it!!! (Oh no...). I saved a new form by editing the exsisting name
and measurement. I named the form "Letter Mari" and edited the size as
8.49(instead of 8.50) x 11. I successuflly saved the form. But the "Apply"
botton was STILL grayed out and I could not apply.... Whenever I close the
property and go back to the property again, the form returns to be the
original 10 x 11.

I am ready to do anything. Will you please give me advice on this? It is
very important for me to be able to print what's on the screen.

Buying a software from the market can be a solution. But before I do that,
I would like to try EVERYTHING which might solve this problem. I am still
pursuing the solution that I can do within the setting of Windows XP and
printer.

Earl, thank you for your input, too.

Mari

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

PrintPunk Web Page Printing Software - Overview
http://www.printpunk.com/overview.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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:

| PC: Brand new Dell XPS400
| Printer: Brand new Dell Laser 1710
| I can never print most of webpages from Internet Explorer to Dell Laser 1710
| printer to fit letter size paper. The right edge is cut off and printed
| pages show only part of webpages. I also notice there are almost no margins
| when I print e-mails from Outlook Express. Why do I have a problem in
| fitting whatever on the screen to letter size paper? I discussed about this
| issue with a Dell tech. support rep. for 3 hours and he only forces me to
| use letter size paper in landscape direction with 0 margin!! I just can not
| believe that I purchased PC & Printer that I can not even print Webpage to
| letter size paper. I had never had this problem with my old PC and HP Laser
| Printer.
| If you can give me some advice, I truly appreciate. I and the Dell rep.
| went through evey set-up property imaginable, but we still could not find a
| way to fit Webpages to letter size paper. Is there absolutely no way to fix
| this problem? I really wonder if it is a Webpage problem or a printer
| problem.
| Thank you.