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Q: When printing from AppleWorks, using my new all-in-one HP printer, copies keep printing until I cancel the print job.  This does not happen when printing through other applications.  Should I reinstall AppleWorks or does anyone know of a workaround?


When printing from AppleWorks, using my new all-in-one HP printer, copies keep printing until I cancel the print job.  This does not happen when printing through other applicatons.  I am using AppleWorks 5 for Windows 95 on a PC using Windows 7 64 bit.  Should I reinstall AppleWorks of does anyone know of a workaround?

Windows 7

Posted on Dec 14, 2011 11:58 AM

by Barry,Solvedanswer
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A:

HP printers gained a reputation many years ago of not 'playing nice' with AppleWorks. I was about to suggest clicking the Preview button in the Print dialogue to open a 'print' copy of the document in Preview, then print from there. But then I noticed your OS is Windows 7, and that route may not be available.

 

If you can produce a PDF document from AppleWorks, that may still be the best route to follow. The PDF copy would be printed from a different application, and might get by the HP-AppleWorks issues.

 

Regards,

Barry

Posted on Dec 15, 2011 11:45 PM

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    Barry Barry Dec 15, 2011 11:45 PM in response to anthonyfromtc
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    Dec 15, 2011 11:45 PM in response to anthonyfromtc

    HP printers gained a reputation many years ago of not 'playing nice' with AppleWorks. I was about to suggest clicking the Preview button in the Print dialogue to open a 'print' copy of the document in Preview, then print from there. But then I noticed your OS is Windows 7, and that route may not be available.

     

    If you can produce a PDF document from AppleWorks, that may still be the best route to follow. The PDF copy would be printed from a different application, and might get by the HP-AppleWorks issues.

     

    Regards,

    Barry

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    anthonyfromtc anthonyfromtc Dec 19, 2011 8:29 PM in response to Barry
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    Dec 19, 2011 8:29 PM in response to Barry

    Thank you for your suggestion.  You are correct that Appleworks 5  for Windows does not have a preview command in the file menu.  However, using the idea of converting to a different type of file to print, in the

    "save as..." window I found I could change the file type and be able to print the newly designated file.  Some style drawbacks to that, but it works in a pinch.  For new files, they might as well be created in a different application to begin with.  But this could be a very handy technique to use to print old files so as to not have to recreate them to print.  Thanks, Barry

     

    Anthony

  • by Barry,Helpful

    Barry Barry Dec 19, 2011 10:25 PM in response to anthonyfromtc
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    Dec 19, 2011 10:25 PM in response to anthonyfromtc

    "Printing" to PDF (them printing the PDF file to the printer) does a pretty accurate job of maintaining the style of your file.

     

    There are several freeware utilities to do this with Windows. A google search of "freeware pdf creator" (without the quotes) will bring up a few pages of them.

     

    Regards,

    Barry

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    anthonyfromtc anthonyfromtc Dec 21, 2011 8:55 AM in response to Barry
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    Dec 21, 2011 8:55 AM in response to Barry

    Good suggestion.  Thank you, Barry.

     

    Anthony