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Title: MBP print problem
Post by: Highmac on July 16, 2015, 05:31:00 AM

After following the advice from the link in Jim's thread, we've had problems printing out documents. An A4 document prints with tiny type filling roughly the top-left one-eighth of the sheet, whether sent to the printer from TextEdit or from a PDF created from TE's print window. They look OK in Preview

Same document, transferred from the MBP to the iMac (Mountain Lion) prints without problems.

I'm guessing there's a corrupt plist somewhere in the MBP, but would be grateful for advice on where to start

Title: MBP print problem
Post by: jchuzi on July 16, 2015, 06:23:02 AM

If all else fails, you can reset the printing system. The only downside is that you'll lose any presets that you might have established and you'll have to re-do them.

Title: MBP print problem
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 16, 2015, 08:23:07 AM

If Jon's method doesn't work:

1. Make sure the MBP has the current drivers for the printer/OS.
2. Delete the printer in the Print & Fax(?) Prefs, then add it back. You often have a choice of either the printer drivers or CUPS; trying each one may deliver the correct output... or knot.

Also found a couple of sites discussing this problem, be comforted in knowing that it occurs in Windows, also!

One site spoke of a pref in TE that can specify "Format > 'Wrap to Page.'” There may be something like that in the PDF app you're using. BTW, is that Adobe Reader (Pro or free) or Preview?

Title: MBP print problem
Post by: Highmac on July 16, 2015, 09:46:37 AM

Thank you both.

Fortunately, Jim's No 2 solution worked, just deleting and adding back, so didn't have to go through the others  

Edit: I was using the Apple Preview prog for the PDF; TE was definitely set to Wrap to Page, not Wrap to Window.

Title: MBP print problem
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 16, 2015, 09:56:07 AM

That delete/add back has worked many times for a printer my wife and I share. It's USB connected to her MBP (the Ethernet board in the printer broke). If we have a power outage, things don't always come back on in a certain order. Usually, it means I can't access the shared printer. Sometimes I have to delete it on my machine, but sometimes it has to be done on hers. Fortunately, it's a black & white, laser printer, so we don't have a bunch of different graphics related settings saved on it.

Wouldn't it be great to have a procedure like that for non-computer problems... just delete it and add it back... or maybe not!