Re: [MAGNet] Printer and browser questions

From: Aron Roberts (aron@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 09 2000 - 15:38:36 PDT

  • Next message: Eric Fong: "[MAGNet] Printer and browser questions"

    Hi Eric,

    In the message "[MAGNet] Printer and browser questions", dated
    2000-06-09, Eric Fong wrote:

    >Got a few questions about some quirky things that have come up with
    >a couple of PowerPC 7500/100 computers with System 8.5 and 48MB RAM.
    >First one uses a Personal Laserwriter 300 and Netscape 4.73.
    >Starting a couple of days ago, when printing a netscape page, the
    >printing comes out very tiny, taking up maybe a fifth of the page,
    >so you need a microscope to read it.

       Suggested fixes for this problem are offered in the MacFixIt forums
    at <URL:http://www.macfixit.com/ultimate/Forum2/HTML/001822.html>:

    >1. From the file menu, select Page Setup.
    >2. At the bottom of the page is a command called "fit to page if
    >possible." Remove the checkmark beside the command.
    >3. Close Page Setup and print a test page.
    >4. If the size is still wrong, open Page Setup and type 80-85% in
    >the reduce/Enlarge box.
    >...
    >Netscape help also contains information on this problem.

    Aron Roberts
    Workstation Software Support Group

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