PRINT PREVIEW DISTORTION

[William]

I created a CD label in Publisher that employed a single spiral figure that I
copied and pasted multiple times to encircle the hole at the center of the CD
label. I very carefully spaced these, and when I look at the label in print
preview they appear evenly spaced. However, when the label is PRINTED, the
spirals are not evenly spaced at all. This is very annoying, because I am
designing "blind" by not being able to accurately see in Print Preview what
is going to be printed .

Ideas?

 

[John Inzer]

I created a CD label in Publisher that employed a single spiral
figure that I copied and pasted multiple times to encircle the hole
at the center of the CD label. I very carefully spaced these, and
when I look at the label in print preview they appear evenly spaced.
However, when the label is PRINTED, the spirals are not evenly spaced
at all. This is very annoying, because I am designing "blind" by not
being able to accurately see in Print Preview what is going to be
printed .

Ideas?

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Might be worth a try to search the support website
of your printer mfg. for an updated driver.

Maybe the following articles will help you troubleshoot the problem:

(870622) How to troubleshoot problems that
you may experience when you try to print to a
local printer by using Office programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870622/en-us

Troubleshoot printing publications on a desktop printer
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP051531551033.aspx

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Mary Sauer]

Select your spiral, right-click, format object, size tab. Is the object really
round?
Is the object a true spiral (coil) or concentric circles?
Can you ungroup if they are circles and resize?