powerpoint presentation won't print

[Guest]

Hello all,

We have a Powerpoint 2000 and we have a document that will not print. We
have tried on many different network printers and each time the the
printer(s) respond with BUSY. We must clear the printers buffer before it
will allow other print jobs. Other PP presentations print fine. We believe
that the file is corrupt somehow but other than this issue is perfect. Please
advise and thank you in advance!

Gary

 

[Echo S]

Are there any gradients or transparent images in the file?

You might try printing each slide one at a time until you find the problem
slide. Then you may need to recreate that slide -- or try cutting any
problem images and using Edit/Paste Special/PNG to place them back on the
slide. Oh, and it could be a problem with images hanging off the edge of a
slide -- that sometimes causes oddball printing issues as well. Use the crop
tool on the Picture toolbar to crop the extra edge off the image.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

We have a Powerpoint 2000 and we have a document that will not print. We

have tried on many different network printers and each time the the
printer(s) respond with BUSY. We must clear the printers buffer before it
will allow other print jobs. Other PP presentations print fine. We believe
that the file is corrupt somehow but other than this issue is perfect. Please
advise and thank you in advance!

Divide and conquer:

Create two copies of the file, delete the first half of the slides from one
copy, the second half from the other. Try printing both. If one fails and not
the other, divide the failing one in two and repeat until you've isolated the
slide or slides that cause the problem.

Or in this case, it may be simpler to hide sections of the presentation and
clear the Print Hidden Slides checkbox when printing.

In any case try to isolate one or more slides that causes the print to fail.

Then repeat the divide and conquer process on the slide, deleting half the
objects and printing.