An HP InkJet Anomaly: Slide is centered on screen, but not on paper

[Steve Forrestor]

This has been driving me crazy for years; literally, for years.

I have never been able to create a presentation in landscape format such
that a slide is centered when presented as a Slide Show presentation and
when printed on an 8.5x11 piece of paper in an HP InkJet Printer.

I believe it has something to do with a physical margin present in the HP
InkJet printer.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

Steve Forrestor
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[Steve Rindsberg]

This has been driving me crazy for years; literally, for years.

I have never been able to create a presentation in landscape format such
that a slide is centered when presented as a Slide Show presentation and
when printed on an 8.5x11 piece of paper in an HP InkJet Printer.

I believe it has something to do with a physical margin present in the HP
InkJet printer.

That's correct. Nearly all printers have a margin that they can't print to;
most inkjet printers have a larger margin at the trailing edge that forces PPT
to print off center. More on that here:

Margins are wrong, printout is off-center, I don't want any margins
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00097.htm

Check your printer driver settings, though. Some have a setting that causes
the driver to report EVEN margins - ie, the same for the leading and trailing
edges. This'd allow printing centered with PPT.

 

[Steve Forrestor]

That's correct. Nearly all printers have a margin that they can't print
to;
most inkjet printers have a larger margin at the trailing edge that forces
PPT
to print off center. More on that here:

Margins are wrong, printout is off-center, I don't want any margins
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00097.htm

Check your printer driver settings, though. Some have a setting that
causes
the driver to report EVEN margins - ie, the same for the leading and
trailing
edges. This'd allow printing centered with PPT.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Thanks!