Printing a Brochure problem

Hello,
I am trying to make a brochure using Page's brochure templet. I managed to make a very nice one (first Time). However I am having a terrible time printing it. I Have an eMac with 10.4.6 installed, HP Business Inkjet 1200 and I am using Pages 06' version. The problem is I have no control over the margins and I have tried page set up with no luck. The printer is cutting off the right side of the brochure. I have tried to make it a PDF and print it that way but I am experiencing printing problems there also. The PDF will not print both pages or multiple pages of the Brochure and the margins are screwed up as well. I can print other PDF documents just fine.
I have tried printing out other templets with success in Pages, however both the Brochure templets tht Pages provide do not print correctly. This leads me to believe it is a page's templet problem. I need some help!
Thanks
Mat

eMac, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 24, 2006 5:42 AM

19 replies

Jun 5, 2006 2:50 PM in response to mattcvac

I disagree that it's not a Pages problem. Whoever wrote the program should have taken into account the margins required and incorported that into the layout. Not everyone has a borderless printer nor the money to go buy a new printer everytime new software comes out.

As a side note: I was able to borrow a Canon PIXMA iP6600D photo printer with the borderless printing option and was able to successfully print the brochure. Although the top margin was still cut off, this was more of a cosmetic annoyance and didn't cut off any of the necessary text, etc.

So, anyone who has a printer that supports borderless printing should be able to get a workable (though not perfect) classic brochure printed.

Jun 5, 2006 5:08 PM in response to Indigo Moon

You don't need a borderless printer, just a printer with a larger printable area. Technology changes so fast that a very high percentage of newer printers, even very inexpensive ones, can handle printing that close to the edge. The HPs were lagging in this area even when your printer and mine were new.

mattcvac Author

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Jun 7, 2006 5:23 AM in response to Indigo Moon

I am glad I am not the only one with this problem. If it is a printer problem like some sugests it still does not explain why it is cutting off the right side when we save it as a PDF. Thanks everyone for the replies!!

Jun 7, 2006 1:14 PM in response to DennisG

Thanks Denis,
Taking out the comments field fixed me. I have a MacBook 2.16GHZ, or something like that OSX 10.4.6, blah blah blah. Version 2.0.1 Trial of Pages. My printer is an HP3700dn.

Bryan

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