Printing in IE6

message from Lorraine W on 30 May 2004

My problem is that IE6 (and OE6 as well) are using the wrong paper
size for printing, unless I manually reset it every time I print.
Both programs are using paper size A4 (a British size) which is longer
than 11" and therefore the footer (web address) does not print.

What I want to know is, how can I make the programs use letter size as
the default size?

I often print recipes or computer info from websites and it is a BIG
help to have the address on the sheet so that I can return to the site
for more info. if needed.

Thanks

Lorraine W replied to Lorraine W on 30 May 2004

I have done this and the printer properties show the page size as
letter. But when I try to print from either IE6 or OE6, my page
settings have changed back to A4, even though it shows "letter" when I
right click the printer icon in the taskbar and check the properties.

"Unknown" <Unknown@Somewhere.Kom> wrote in message
news:WTsuc.4445$Y01.1745@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
| Print driver dependant. Right click your printer and select
properties. Should
| be able to set paper size there somewhere.
| "Lorraine W" <ltw@?_telus.net> wrote in message
| news:%23UeODqoREHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| > My problem is that IE6 (and OE6 as well) are using the wrong paper
| > size for printing, unless I manually reset it every time I print.
| > Both programs are using paper size A4 (a British size) which is
longer
| > than 11" and therefore the footer (web address) does not print.
| >
| > What I want to know is, how can I make the programs use letter
size as
| > the default size?
| >
| > I often print recipes or computer info from websites and it is a
BIG
| > help to have the address on the sheet so that I can return to the
site
| > for more info. if needed.
| >
| > Thanks
| >
| >
| >
| >

roger replied to Lorraine W on 30 May 2004

Hi Lorraine,

Have you checked in Control Panel > Regional and language settings >
Regional Options tab that the entries are set to U.S.?

Good luck

On Sun, 30 May 2004 23:02:50 GMT, "Lorraine W" <ltw@?_telus.net>
wrote:

Lorraine W replied to roger on 31 May 2004

Yes, I have. This was one of the first things that I thought of,
because when I reinstalled, I set it to Canadian. I had both Cdn & Us
settings, so I deleted the Cdn setting.

roger replied to Lorraine W on 30 May 2004

Hi,

You might try going to Control Panel > Printers and faxes > File >
Server properties
and select the size there.

Hope this helps

On Mon, 31 May 2004 00:06:10 GMT, "Lorraine W" <ltw@?_telus.net>
wrote:

Lorraine W replied to roger on 30 May 2004

Thanks Roger,

I tried that (I was setting the page size from the taskbar icon's
properties) and it seems to have worked for now. I'll see what
happens when I reboot in the morning.

Thanks again

roger replied to Lorraine W on 30 May 2004

You're welcome, Lorraine :-)
Hope it keeps working after you reboot.

On Sun, 30 May 2004 17:33:39 -0700, "Lorraine W" <ltw@?_telus.net>
wrote:

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