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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Buzzintx on October 20, 2008, 08:14:42 AM

Title: Printer text size?
Post by: Buzzintx on October 20, 2008, 08:14:42 AM

Hello all! Just recently my printers text size changed whenever I print something off the internet, it's much larger than it use to be. I have not installed any new programs, so I'm thinking maybe some program updated itself and caused this to happen. My question is how do I change the print text size to smaller?

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Service Pack 3
AMD Athlon XP, 3000+
1024 MB  (DDR SDRAM)
Printer: hp deskjet 5100 series

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Broni on October 20, 2008, 10:58:03 AM

Make sure, you have correct paper size selected in your printer properties.
What browser is it?

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Buzzintx on October 20, 2008, 12:35:12 PM

The correct paper size (8 1/2 X 11) has been selected in the printer properties. I use Firefox version 3.0.3 as my browser.

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Saviour on October 20, 2008, 12:42:38 PM

Is this just text, or images, as well?

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Buzzintx on October 20, 2008, 02:34:57 PM

Sorry should have said images as well....

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Buzzintx on October 22, 2008, 03:37:38 PM

Moving this back up top for an answer..  ;D

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Saviour on October 22, 2008, 04:04:58 PM

From the Firefox toolbar...click File/Page Setup and see if the scale is set to anything higher than 100%.

Check the box that says "Shrink to Fit Page Width"...

Save those settings and get back to us...

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Buzzintx on October 22, 2008, 05:35:00 PM

Quote from: Saviour on October 22, 2008, 04:04:58 PM

From the Firefox toolbar...click File/Page Setup and see if the scale is set to anything higher than 100%.

Check the box that says "Shrink to Fit Page Width"...

Save those settings and get back to us...

Yup that was the answer I was looking for. The scale was at 200%........how does something like that get changed?

Thanks for your help Saviour!  ;D

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Saviour on October 22, 2008, 05:42:42 PM

You're welcome...

It may have been done inadvertently by someone...or some other program...or the printer software, for that matter.

We may never know...glad it's working though...

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Broni on October 22, 2008, 05:53:16 PM

Nice job, Steve ;D

Title: Re: Printer text size?
Post by: Saviour on October 22, 2008, 05:53:47 PM

Thanks, Broni...