Origin Version: 7.5 SR6
Operating System: WinXP SP2
When I place a worksheet or a part of it on a layout and print the layout, the printout differs from the layout window (in print view) and from the print preview as well.
Example: a worksheet with 14 columns (system font, column width 7) ist to be printed on A4 landscape. In the layout window, the worksheet covers about 80% of the page width. In the print preview, there are only 13 columns on the page (fitting the whole page width). On the printed paper only 12 columns. When I left-click the print preview to enlarge it, it shows 14 columns, click to enlarge again gives 12 columns on the page. This sounds like a joke, but it is real!
Changing the worksheet font to Arial does not really solve the problem. I can, of course, choose a smaller font size and change the column width to make the worksheet fit a sheet of paper - but only by try-and-error. The size of the worksheet in the layout window and the print preview is always much smaller than on the printout.
Is this a general error in Origin? It seems to depend on the printer, too. I tried 3 printers:
HP Laser Jet 5 Si Mopier postscript ==> 12 of 14 columns
HP Laser Jet 5 Si Mopier PCL5 ==> 12 of 14 columns
FreePDF XP (Apple Color LW 12/660 PS) ==> 13 of 14 columns
The HP printer produces the same results on an old Windows NT system.
By the way: When a worksheet is placed on a layout, "Keep Aspect Ratio" should be off by default. For graphs, "Keep Aspect Ratio" should be on. Is there any way to save this behaviour as origin default?
Mathias |
Problem with printing worksheets on a layout
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 04:47:49 AM
