printing banner to HP 5500

[Beth]

I am trying to plot a 58.7" x 16" banner on my HP 5500 plotter. Publisher
shows the page being truncated with part of the plot on a second page. I
have set my paper size as long as 72" but I continue to have the same
problem. Any suggestions?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Do you have both Publisher and the printer set for the correct paper size?

 

[Damon]

"This article addresses Publisher 2002, I assume it is
the same for 2003
PUB2002: Large Banners and Posters Printed in Separate
Sections
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;288201

PUB2000: Large Banners and Posters Are Printed in
Separate Sections on a Hewlett
Packard DesignJet Plotter
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;244321"

The above was posted in response to a question I had, but
I think it applies to you more than me. I'm a novice but
I think there are limits to printing lengths; be sure you
know what your printer's limit is. A 5500 is a big one,
though, and seems like it could handle something much
longer.

 

[Ed Bennett]

I am trying to plot a 58.7" x 16" banner on my HP 5500 plotter.
Publisher shows the page being truncated with part of the plot on a
second page. I have set my paper size as long as 72" but I continue
to have the same problem. Any suggestions?

If you have Publisher 2003, then SP1 *may* fix this problem. (No guarantees)

 

[Chuck Davis]

If you have Adobe Acrobat, set up your size in Acrobat, then setup the size
in Publisher. I have printed 36 by 72 in this manner. Of course, I don't
have a printer that will do that, but I take the PDF to FedEx/Kinkos for
printing.