Text printing mirror image

[David D.]

My computer has just developed a strange printing symptom:

Pages which contain only text print mirror image. If there is any graphic
content on the page, they print normally. If the document contains some
pages with graphics, and some without, the pages with graphics print
normally; those without print mirror image.

The problem occurs with NotePad, WordPad and Word 2000. Outlook, Outlook
Express, and IE 6 print normally.

I run Windows 2000, recently upgraded to SP4 with all critical patches. My
printer is an Epson 750, running as an LPR printer (on a "pocket" print
server appliance).

The latest Norton AntiVirus signatures turn up no viruses.

Any thoughts?

- David

 

[who]

My computer has just developed a strange printing symptom:

Pages which contain only text print mirror image. If there is any graphic
content on the page, they print normally. If the document contains some
pages with graphics, and some without, the pages with graphics print
normally; those without print mirror image.

The problem occurs with NotePad, WordPad and Word 2000. Outlook, Outlook
Express, and IE 6 print normally.

I run Windows 2000, recently upgraded to SP4 with all critical patches. My
printer is an Epson 750, running as an LPR printer (on a "pocket" print
server appliance).

The latest Norton AntiVirus signatures turn up no viruses.

Any thoughts?

- David

Turn off transparency printing in page set up.

 

[David D.]

Turn off transparency printing in page set up.

I did not have "Transparency" selected, but I did have "Glossy" selected.

I changed the setting to "Plain paper" and it solved the problem.

Thank you.

Is the mirroring for text only pages intentional, or is it a driver bug?
What is the logic behind it?

- David

 

[FromTheRafters]

I did not have "Transparency" selected, but I did have "Glossy" selected.

I changed the setting to "Plain paper" and it solved the problem.

Thank you.

Is the mirroring for text only pages intentional, or is it a driver bug?
What is the logic behind it?

I don't see why transparencies would need to be reversed, if
it's backwards ~ you just flip it over.

But for transfers, like for iron on t-shirt decals, I could see it.
Maybe "Glossy" is another term for transfer. The glossy
surface doesn't allow the ink to hold on as well which aids
the tranfer process.

Just guessing.

 

[Last Dodo]

My computer has just developed a strange printing symptom:

Pages which contain only text print mirror image. If there is any graphic
content on the page, they print normally. If the document contains some
pages with graphics, and some without, the pages with graphics print
normally; those without print mirror image.

The problem occurs with NotePad, WordPad and Word 2000. Outlook, Outlook
Express, and IE 6 print normally.

I run Windows 2000, recently upgraded to SP4 with all critical patches. My
printer is an Epson 750, running as an LPR printer (on a "pocket" print
server appliance).

The latest Norton AntiVirus signatures turn up no viruses.

Any thoughts?

- David

Only: Hey, that is so cool