Print to HP Deskjet/1220c from Publisher 2002: Output not "centre"

[tcctech]

I have been having some issues printing a flyer that I have created in Publisher.

I have created the flyer so I can print it double sided. (ie I have two different documents, I print one, flip the sheet and print the other)

When I print to the HP 1220c, it prints off of centre. It is a few mm off both ends (ie holding it in my hands landscape, at the width ends one is closer to the edge, the other away further from the edge). So when I do my double sided print, it doens't line up, and subsequently I cannot cut it up right.

I don't think it's a driver issue. I have tried printing directly from Publisher from the .pub format. I have converted it to a .pdf and have experimented with a variety of settings, but to no avail.

HOWEVER, on the HP Laserjet 4000 N, it prints fine (black and white, I require colour). I looked into this and see that it could be a postscript/PCL type problem, but none of the remedies I have found fix the issue. I have tried creating postscript files and than pdf'ing them. I have tried "print to file" using the dos commands. No luck. Maybe I am not doing it right.

I would appreciate any help that could be offered.

BTW, it is connected directly to my computer via LPT1.
Running Windows 2000 Pro, Athlon +1800, 256 mb ram. I don't suspect it's a hardware issue though.

 

[kjv1611]

Hmm, here's one idea, though it sounds like maybe the printer itself, if it works on one and not another:

Have you checked to make sure the margins on each side of the page are set equal, and that both documents' entire page formats are set to "center"? That would be my first guess..

Stephen
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6 KJV

 

[tcctech]

Thanks kjv1611,

Been through all that. I really feel it's more to do with how the data is being transfered to printer.

And by the small response (the whole 1!) I take it this could be something quite technical.

Well here's hoping.