Printing problem (vertical stripes) MS WORD 2003

calvin333 · 07-03-2008, 02:35 AM

Hello,

I have XP (SP2) and MS Word 2003 and when I try to print a WORD document (with no graphics) I get some vertical stripes on the right edge of the paper. These stripes correspond to the lines of words, meaning if there is a line of words then there's stripes but no stripes when it's a blank line.

My printer is HP 1020 LaserJet, and I tried resetting the column width, and the right boundary of this document, but no use.

The strange thing is when I print Powerpoint - no problem, and this problem didn't occur before (I've had the computer and printer for over 1 year and have been printing similar documents all along).

Is this a printer driver problem? I used the original disc to install my printer.

Thanks in advance for your help.

JiB410 · 07-03-2008, 03:26 AM

does the same proble occur in notepad?

if so, it's your printer.
if not, Word, I never had any problems with 2003 but i did have a similar problem with 2000, check;

>Options
>Print [tab]
make sure all but the following are unticked;

>Allow A4/Letter paper resizing
>Background printing
>Drawing objects

07-03-2008, 02:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
calvin333 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 27 OS: xp	Printing problem (vertical stripes) MS WORD 2003 Hello, I have XP (SP2) and MS Word 2003 and when I try to print a WORD document (with no graphics) I get some vertical stripes on the right edge of the paper. These stripes correspond to the lines of words, meaning if there is a line of words then there's stripes but no stripes when it's a blank line. My printer is HP 1020 LaserJet, and I tried resetting the column width, and the right boundary of this document, but no use. The strange thing is when I print Powerpoint - no problem, and this problem didn't occur before (I've had the computer and printer for over 1 year and have been printing similar documents all along). Is this a printer driver problem? I used the original disc to install my printer. Thanks in advance for your help.

07-03-2008, 03:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
JiB410 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London Posts: 76 OS: 2000,XP,XP64,Vista	Re: Printing problem (vertical stripes) MS WORD 2003 does the same proble occur in notepad? if so, it's your printer. if not, Word, I never had any problems with 2003 but i did have a similar problem with 2000, check; >Options >Print [tab] make sure all but the following are unticked; >Allow A4/Letter paper resizing >Background printing >Drawing objects