Printable View
Alright, I was gonna print a piece of paper with some regular text on it, and I checked how it was gonna look, and this is what I saw:
WORDS
WORDS
WORDS
WORDS
WORDS
...but then I print it, and suddenly it looks like this:
WORDS
WORDS
-------WORDS
WORDS
-------WORDS
(the lines signify blank areas, of course)
Why the hell do some of the lines get punched to the right like that?
It's annoying! :(
Were you printing it in notepad with word wrap on? Or in any program with word wrap on?
I printed it from WordPad and I made several previews before actually printing it.
I saw nothing wrong at all, but still the printed piece of paper looks totally different. :mad:
I did manage to get a correct print-out by simply pushing the wrong lines a bit to the opposite direction (so that they were too far to the left :rolleyes2), but that doesn't make sense at all.
reinstall the printer via printer software disk/CD?
Might clear it up, if not then it may be hardware on the printer.
You can just add a new printer and reinstall the printer to a second "printer" I think. Try that first..
Start > Settings > Printer and faxes
Add a Printer.... pop your cd/disk in... go through the adding a printer thing. Then in wordpad/etc... print to the new printer icon not the old one.
If it works then, then the printer driver/software became corrupted or messed up over time... happens. If not, then.... not really sure besides printer going bad.
Go to start > settings > printer and faxes
Delete the old printer...
Try multiple applications with printing as well, it could possibly be wordpad is weird.
However if you delete your printer from printer/faxes and its some kinda hardware glitch, you might not be able to reacquire the printer for a reinstall, so try adding first.