04-06-2006, 07:06 PM
M A V I C Wrote:
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> - PageMaker prints 5x the copies: If she tries to
> print more than one copy of something at a time,
> it wants to print 5x the amount. For example, she
> inputs 5 copies and it prints 25 copies.
That's OK. We've got plenty of trees.
>
> - Often photoshop will fail to print. I sent her a
> TIFF and it started acting like it was going to
> print then nothing came out. She had a pile of
> jpegs direct from a digicam and several of them
> did the same thing. She's also had issues with
> getting an "unknown error" when trying to print.
> Simply duplicating the open file and trying to
> print that allows her to print. I'm guessing it's
> some sort of file corruption.
>
> - FreeHand will not print.
You might want to check for adequate free disk space/fragmentation/bad sectors.
Often when printing, there's spooling involved and if the drive is bad, you'll have issues.
>
> - Acrobat will not embed fonts.
She might want to switch profiles?
Also, certain TrueType font licenses disallow embedding.
>
> - She has a ton of fonts, and can't find a good
> font manager. One that automatically enabled and
> disable fonts would be best.
http://www.extensis.com/en/products/font_management/product_information.jsp?id=1054
> The print driver is up-to-date.
>
> Any ideas? TIA.
>
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>
> - PageMaker prints 5x the copies: If she tries to
> print more than one copy of something at a time,
> it wants to print 5x the amount. For example, she
> inputs 5 copies and it prints 25 copies.
That's OK. We've got plenty of trees.
>
> - Often photoshop will fail to print. I sent her a
> TIFF and it started acting like it was going to
> print then nothing came out. She had a pile of
> jpegs direct from a digicam and several of them
> did the same thing. She's also had issues with
> getting an "unknown error" when trying to print.
> Simply duplicating the open file and trying to
> print that allows her to print. I'm guessing it's
> some sort of file corruption.
>
> - FreeHand will not print.
You might want to check for adequate free disk space/fragmentation/bad sectors.
Often when printing, there's spooling involved and if the drive is bad, you'll have issues.
>
> - Acrobat will not embed fonts.
She might want to switch profiles?
Also, certain TrueType font licenses disallow embedding.
>
> - She has a ton of fonts, and can't find a good
> font manager. One that automatically enabled and
> disable fonts would be best.
http://www.extensis.com/en/products/font_management/product_information.jsp?id=1054
> The print driver is up-to-date.
>
> Any ideas? TIA.
>