Why do clip art pictures disappear after printing in publisher?

[MikePAC]

I've created a flyer in publisher. It prints fine the first time. I then go
back to change some of the text(dates, locations, etc.) and when I try to
print the new flyer the clip art pictures do not print are are erased from
the screen. If I double click on the clip art and insert the picture again,
then it will print again, but only once. So, I have to insert the clipart
every time before printing.
Is there a way to make the clip art pictures a permanent par of the document
that does not disappear once the document is printed?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Read the third FAQ here
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs

 

[Jim]

I have the same problem. Changing video card settings doesn't fix it.
Drivers are nvidia's latest (Aug, 2006) but had problem with older drivers as
well. clip art is not just not displayed, it is erased after the first print
command is completed. All that is left is the frame that it was inserted
into. Copy and paste to another publication yields the same empty frame. Not
all my publications do this. Clip art images are downloaded from Microsoft
on-line collection into Clip gallery 5.0 and inserted from there.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Have you considered your printer driver? Publisher saves all printer information
in each file. If your driver is failing, it could be the reason for your issue.

It is always advisable to completely remove your driver before
installing/reinstalling.

Bruce Sanderson's Windows Web
How to clean up printer drivers
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

How to Troubleshoot Problems with Clip Gallery in Office 2000 and Office 97
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823760&Product=ofw2k

 

[Jim]

Here is an interesting aspect of this problem.
If the pictures in the gallery, downloaded from the on-line Microsot site,
are inserted to the publisher document as clip art they are lost after the
first printing of a freshly created or loaded document. If the pictures are
inserted in the document as pictures (a seperate choice on the insert menu
and requiring that the images are found without the visual suport of the clip
galleray) they are not lost after the first printing. (The objects in
question are jpeg files). What is the difference between these two processes?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Could be your Organizer need compacting. Open the Organizer from start,
Microsoft Office Tools, when the Organizer opens, tools, compact. If you are
using the Organizer, a detect & repair will help.

If you have the Gallery, right-click any image in the catalog, click restore.

You may have run out of space in the Organizer/Gallery. It helps to know what
version you are using.