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how do I print word doc full 8.5 x 11 with out margins?
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Jean-Guy Marcil
Hi "mm",
If you mean print an 8.5 x 11 sheet with elements right on the paper edge,
as if there were no margins, then you can't. The minimum white space
(non-printing area) around the page is actually determined by the printer,
not Word.
In Word, you can set all margins to 0 if you want, but the printer won't
handle it. The reason is, I believe, that the printer must hold on to the
page while printing on it, the printing head itself cannot hold the paper.
So there is always a minimum space between the page edge (where the "holding
mechanism" is) and the actual printing head. In my experience, laser
printers have a smaller non-printing area than ink-jets...
HTH
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Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org
If you mean print an 8.5 x 11 sheet with elements right on the paper edge,
as if there were no margins, then you can't. The minimum white space
(non-printing area) around the page is actually determined by the printer,
not Word.
In Word, you can set all margins to 0 if you want, but the printer won't
handle it. The reason is, I believe, that the printer must hold on to the
page while printing on it, the printing head itself cannot hold the paper.
So there is always a minimum space between the page edge (where the "holding
mechanism" is) and the actual printing head. In my experience, laser
printers have a smaller non-printing area than ink-jets...
HTH
--
Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org
R
Rob Schneider
In addition, the way I've achieved printing full width on 8.5x11 (or A4
paper) in past was to format a 11x14 (or A3) sheet with margins so that
the printable portion fit exactly into the smaller 8.5x11 (or A4) space.
Then printed on larger paper, then trimmed the paper. Do what you
gotta do, I always say.
Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
paper) in past was to format a 11x14 (or A3) sheet with margins so that
the printable portion fit exactly into the smaller 8.5x11 (or A4) space.
Then printed on larger paper, then trimmed the paper. Do what you
gotta do, I always say.
Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
J
Jean-Guy Marcil
Hi Rob,
Unless you have access to a professional press that allows you to bleed the
documents, that's one way to go!
But you have to have super steady hands, otherwise you need a real good
cutter to cut your pages to the exact size with straight edges. And you
cannot really produce hundreds of documents!
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Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Unless you have access to a professional press that allows you to bleed the
documents, that's one way to go!
But you have to have super steady hands, otherwise you need a real good
cutter to cut your pages to the exact size with straight edges. And you
cannot really produce hundreds of documents!
--
Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org
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Graham Mayor
You also need a printer driver that will accommodate the A3 page size.
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Rob Schneider
And a printer that accomodates A3 pages.
Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
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Rob Schneider
Yes, this solution *no good* to product hundreds of document (unless
nots of people resources available), but OP didn't mention that (and I
wouldn't print hundreds of doc's out of Word on a printer anyway ...
that's what photo-copier and real printer machines built for!).
Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
nots of people resources available), but OP didn't mention that (and I
wouldn't print hundreds of doc's out of Word on a printer anyway ...
that's what photo-copier and real printer machines built for!).
Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
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mm
This answer helps. when printing w/ zero margins I get a scant 1/8 - 1/4 inch white space. So it's almost a full 8.5 x 11. Thanks for your replies.