.jpg photos print twice

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Bill Rogers

I installed Publisher 2003 around November 1. I cannot print select
..jpg files and have been unable to resolve the problem. Some .jpg
files are squeezed and print twice in the selected graphic box.
Microsoft's last suggestion was to convert my files to .gif (which
printed OK) and/or reduce the resolution of the .jpg files. These are
not solutions, but "work-arounds." Help. I've spent at least 6 hours
on the phone and three times this in consultations and trouoble
shooting.

1. My system is a PC using W/2000 using a HP deskjet 5650 purchased in
August 2003.

2. I can draw a graphic box (example) 4" x 6" and place a .jpg file in
this box. When the page is printed out, the graphic is squeezed &
printed twice in the 4 x 6" box, one on top and one underneath. From a
hard copy, I scanned and produced a pdf file for illustration.

3. Not all .jpg files are affected. Likewise the printing of the bad
files takes 8-10 times longer than normal printing. There have been
no problems with clip art.

4. The graphics appear good on the screen and also using the Print
Preview function.

5. The two graphics in question are file size 310 kb and 101 kb.

6. I copied the two files in question to my other PC and both graphics
printed out perfect using Publisher 2000.

7. The files print out perfect with Microsoft Word

8. I removed the installed printer on my main PC and reinstalled with
no success.

9. We accessed Paint to display the graphics and they printed all
right.

10. We went to Tools, Options and Print to check the box for "Print
Line by Line" with no success.

11. After numerous tests and checking, MS felt it may be a HP problem
and suggested I call HP.

12. HP ran their tests and could not find any problem. They said I
have the latest drivers. They suggested I reinstall Publisher 2003.

13. I removed the printer and reinstalled the printer twice – once
from the CD and once from the HP download. The problem continued.

14. I removed Publisher 2003 and reinstalled. There was no change in
the printing. The problem continued.

15. All other print functions work fine to include all other software
we have in use.

16. We don't know if this is a Microsoft Publisher 2003 problem or a
HP problem. Each company says the problem belongs to the other one and
denies responsibility.


Bill
 
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°°°MS°Publisher°°°

Bill this would most definitely be an HP problem. There are no known
printing issues with any version of Publisher.

HP is now a lemon brand of printer, and HP fail to fix or update their
printer drivers.

If you have the latest printer driver installed, DELETE it and when it asks
if you want to remove the files no longer needed, answer YES.

Then re-boot your computer and install the latest printer driver again.

If you have more than one copy of your printer driver installed, make sure
you remove ALL copies.

I imagine you are on WinXP with Pub 2003, so make sure you have all the
service packs installed, as well as all the latest Internet Explorer
updates.

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The US should free all those
illegally held prisoners they are
torturing, abusing and denying
human rights being held at
Guantanamo Bay.
 
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Bill Rogers

Mary Sauer said:
On the HP site there is a driver for your printer with an July time stamp. The driver
is probably newer than what shipped with your printer.



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Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/getting_started.htm
For better access to Microsoft Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp

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11/30/03

I followed both suggestions of advice to the letter. One thing I
failed to do before was to remove ALL files. Well I did this - removed
all files; redownloaded the drivers for the 5650 from the HP site
which carry a July 15, 2003 date; followed there instructions to the
letter. When the HP files are loaded, all carry a date of June 19,
2003.

The end result - NO CHANGE. MS Publisher still squeezes the two photos
into the designated box.

Keep in mind, the graphics printed perfect with the 5650 until I
upgraded from Publisher 2000 to 2003 - so this would sort of point to
Publisher software.

The photos print perfect in MS Word, Roxio, several graphics programs,
etc.

Now.... when I disconnect the 5650 printer and hook up my 825c, the
photos print perfect - so this would sort of point to HP.

Still puzzled and looking. I will contact HP to discuss this further
with them. Do companies like Microsoft and HP ever talk together to
resolve problems like this so they both can sell more software and
hardware?
Thanks.

Bill
 
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°°°MS°Publisher°°°

Bill HP today is the lemon brand of equipment, and they fail to fix and
update their printer drivers and anything else they sell.

I tried to phone up the other day to get my iPaq repaired and got put
through to a call centre in India where the person new nothing about
anything. I gave up in the end and went and bought another brand of PPC.
HP are a greedy profit driven company and once they have customers money
they care about nothing.

If you want to buy an inkjet or scanner buy a Canon, and if you want to buy
a laser printer buy a Kyocera, and you will have a trouble free run.

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Bill Rogers

°°°MS°Publisher°°° said:
Bill HP today is the lemon brand of equipment, and they fail to fix and
update their printer drivers and anything else they sell.

I tried to phone up the other day to get my iPaq repaired and got put
through to a call centre in India where the person new nothing about
anything. I gave up in the end and went and bought another brand of PPC.
HP are a greedy profit driven company and once they have customers money
they care about nothing.

If you want to buy an inkjet or scanner buy a Canon, and if you want to buy
a laser printer buy a Kyocera, and you will have a trouble free run.

--

Thanks for the feedback. I haven't done anything today. Don't have the
time to waste... but it won't go away. I'll try to let you know the
untimate resolution. Thanks.

Bill
 
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Bill Rogers

I give up. I'm dumping the 5650. HP says it's Microsoft's problem.
Microsoft says it's HP. I tend to believe Microsoft. I can get the
jpg's to print OK, but it locks up my PC while the document prints so
I can't work on anything else.

Also, I timed a recent document print for black only, draft, lowest
quality, no graphics at 2 1/2 pages per minute. What is wrong?

This printer is a poor performer.... but the quality is good.
 

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