Powerpoint Printing

[Guest]

Help! Printer file problems looking for solution!
When I print a file to the B&W printer, the fonts are messed up,ie spaces in
words.The document looks fine on screen and when I go to preview it. When I
print to a PDF the problem is resolved. How do I solve this, what could be
causing the file to do that.

 

[Michael Koerner]

This may help.
Control how your presentation prints in B/W
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00522.htm


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| Help! Printer file problems looking for solution!
| When I print a file to the B&W printer, the fonts are messed up,ie spaces
in
| words.The document looks fine on screen and when I go to preview it. When
I
| print to a PDF the problem is resolved. How do I solve this, what could
be
| causing the file to do that.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Help! Printer file problems looking for solution!
When I print a file to the B&W printer, the fonts are messed up,ie spaces in
words.The document looks fine on screen and when I go to preview it. When I
print to a PDF the problem is resolved. How do I solve this, what could be
causing the file to do that.

What font is messed up? What's the name?

Choose Format, Replace Fonts to see a list of the fonts in your presentation in
the upper of the two list boxes. What icon does the problem font have next to
it?

And what type of printer are you printing to?

 

[Guest]

HP 2100 per chance? I've had this problem myself, and it seems specific to
the printer. Works fine on everything else but that one printer. You might
try updating the printers. Generally how I fixed it in PowerPoint was to
copy the offending text, delete the text box and paste it into a new one.
You might also try creating a new presentation and inserting the slides from
the problem one into it and see if that helps.

 

[Guest]

Sorry--omitted a word. Try updating your printers should be 'printer drivers.'

 

[Guest]

The font is Arial.
Are you referring to true fonts vs adobe fonts?
It is definely the file

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The font is Arial.
OK.

Are you referring to true fonts vs adobe fonts?

Adobe fonts don't get their own icon, they show up with a Printer icon, as do some
other font types. There are other icons as well.

TT means it's a TrueType font

Printer icon means it's a printer resident font or possibly a Type 1/Postscript (ie,
Adobe) font.

You may also see a very small TT icon that means it's an embedded font or a "?" that
means it's a missing font.

Which do you see? Not just for Arial but for all the fonts listed in the upper list
box?