Print Margin problem in IE and OE

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Pascal Herczog - 30 Nov 2004 20:31 GMT

I have XP Sp2, with a HP Laserjet4 printer via LPT1. When I want to print a
page from IE, it always defaults the margins to zero for top/bottom &
left/right, which means that the edges of text get cut off unless I change
the margins manually each time. The new values don't stay permanent, so, if
I go to Page Setup, change them and OK, then go back to Page Setup, they're
all back to zero. I don't have the option to set the margins from the Print
menu itself.

Same problem applies to printing from Outlook Express, since I only have the
Print menu from which I cannot change the margins, and they seem to have
defaulted to zero.

I tried looking and changing this from my admin account, but it has the same
problem as my main user account.

How can I change the default margins permanently?

Thanks,
Pascal.

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Wesley Vogel - 30 Nov 2004 21:09 GMT

OE uses the IE print engine. Any settings made in IE are applied to OE.

Check the settings here >>>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup
margin_bottom
margin_left
margin_right
margin_top

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

> I have XP Sp2, with a HP Laserjet4 printer via LPT1. When I want to
> print a page from IE, it always defaults the margins to zero for
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> Thanks,
> Pascal.

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