Parts of print go missing

I have a peer network at home. Laptop and desktop machines both running XP
pro and office XP. The desktop machine has a Canon Pixma iP4000 printer
attached by USB, and offers out a share on the network. This has worked fine
for a while, but recently, some parts of documents printed on the laptop are
missing from the printed page. If I print these same documents from the
desktop system, they come out perfectly. I have reloaded windows and office
on the laptop, but no joy. Both machines have all the latest updates applied
for both windows and office. I have also deleted the printer from the laptop
and added it again, so the driver from the desktop machine is downloaded
afresh onto the laptop.

It's not always the same parts of the documents that go missing.

This problem is affecting spreadsheets as well as word documents.

Sounds like corrupted drivers... did you correctly uninstall and reinstall?
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"PatD" <PatD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news6ADF555-AC27-4A2E-B691-7409606C7C60@microsoft.com...
>I have a peer network at home. Laptop and desktop machines both running XP
> pro and office XP. The desktop machine has a Canon Pixma iP4000 printer
> attached by USB, and offers out a share on the network. This has worked
> fine
> for a while, but recently, some parts of documents printed on the laptop
> are
> missing from the printed page. If I print these same documents from the
> desktop system, they come out perfectly. I have reloaded windows and
> office
> on the laptop, but no joy. Both machines have all the latest updates
> applied
> for both windows and office. I have also deleted the printer from the
> laptop
> and added it again, so the driver from the desktop machine is downloaded
> afresh onto the laptop.
>
> It's not always the same parts of the documents that go missing.
>
> This problem is affecting spreadsheets as well as word documents.

Printer prints part of a page
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
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XP - WNP
Today is the first day of the
rest of your life.


"PatD" wrote:

> I have a peer network at home. Laptop and desktop machines both running XP
> pro and office XP. The desktop machine has a Canon Pixma iP4000 printer
> attached by USB, and offers out a share on the network. This has worked fine
> for a while, but recently, some parts of documents printed on the laptop are
> missing from the printed page. If I print these same documents from the
> desktop system, they come out perfectly. I have reloaded windows and office
> on the laptop, but no joy. Both machines have all the latest updates applied
> for both windows and office. I have also deleted the printer from the laptop
> and added it again, so the driver from the desktop machine is downloaded
> afresh onto the laptop.
>
> It's not always the same parts of the documents that go missing.
>
> This problem is affecting spreadsheets as well as word documents.

Hi,

Did that - more than once - but still a very unhappy printer. I followed the
instructions closely. Tried both loading latest drivers locally and
downloading from the other machine during adding printer. Different results
in each case, but didn't work properly in either case.

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

Any other ideas please?

"Byte" wrote:

> Printer prints part of a page
> http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
> --
> XP - WNP
> Today is the first day of the
> rest of your life.
>
>
> "PatD" wrote:
>
> > I have a peer network at home. Laptop and desktop machines both running XP
> > pro and office XP. The desktop machine has a Canon Pixma iP4000 printer
> > attached by USB, and offers out a share on the network. This has worked fine
> > for a while, but recently, some parts of documents printed on the laptop are
> > missing from the printed page. If I print these same documents from the
> > desktop system, they come out perfectly. I have reloaded windows and office
> > on the laptop, but no joy. Both machines have all the latest updates applied
> > for both windows and office. I have also deleted the printer from the laptop
> > and added it again, so the driver from the desktop machine is downloaded
> > afresh onto the laptop.
> >
> > It's not always the same parts of the documents that go missing.
> >
> > This problem is affecting spreadsheets as well as word documents.

I guess that's a "no" then.

"PatD" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Did that - more than once - but still a very unhappy printer. I followed the
> instructions closely. Tried both loading latest drivers locally and
> downloading from the other machine during adding printer. Different results
> in each case, but didn't work properly in either case.
>
> ARGH!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Any other ideas please?
>
> "Byte" wrote:
>
> > Printer prints part of a page
> > http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
> > --
> > XP - WNP
> > Today is the first day of the
> > rest of your life.
> >
> >
> > "PatD" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a peer network at home. Laptop and desktop machines both running XP
> > > pro and office XP. The desktop machine has a Canon Pixma iP4000 printer
> > > attached by USB, and offers out a share on the network. This has worked fine
> > > for a while, but recently, some parts of documents printed on the laptop are
> > > missing from the printed page. If I print these same documents from the
> > > desktop system, they come out perfectly. I have reloaded windows and office
> > > on the laptop, but no joy. Both machines have all the latest updates applied
> > > for both windows and office. I have also deleted the printer from the laptop
> > > and added it again, so the driver from the desktop machine is downloaded
> > > afresh onto the laptop.
> > >
> > > It's not always the same parts of the documents that go missing.
> > >
> > > This problem is affecting spreadsheets as well as word documents.

It appears to be the "smart" tags feature in Office XP (clearly a misnomer).
If I go and remove a date-related tag, half the text and all the graphics are
lost from the printed page. That's it - no other action - just remove that
single tag, and my print is even more wrecked than before.

What now? how can I get rid of these things? This is driving me mad. I have
probably destroyed half a forest printing pages with missing content.

There must be an MVP or someone out there who can get a workaround for this.

Help, PLEASE.

"PatD" wrote:

> I guess that's a "no" then.
>
> "PatD" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Did that - more than once - but still a very unhappy printer. I followed the
> > instructions closely. Tried both loading latest drivers locally and
> > downloading from the other machine during adding printer. Different results
> > in each case, but didn't work properly in either case.
> >
> > ARGH!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > Any other ideas please?
> >
> > "Byte" wrote:
> >
> > > Printer prints part of a page
> > > http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
> > > --
> > > XP - WNP
> > > Today is the first day of the
> > > rest of your life.
> > >
> > >
> > > "PatD" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a peer network at home. Laptop and desktop machines both running XP
> > > > pro and office XP. The desktop machine has a Canon Pixma iP4000 printer
> > > > attached by USB, and offers out a share on the network. This has worked fine
> > > > for a while, but recently, some parts of documents printed on the laptop are
> > > > missing from the printed page. If I print these same documents from the
> > > > desktop system, they come out perfectly. I have reloaded windows and office
> > > > on the laptop, but no joy. Both machines have all the latest updates applied
> > > > for both windows and office. I have also deleted the printer from the laptop
> > > > and added it again, so the driver from the desktop machine is downloaded
> > > > afresh onto the laptop.
> > > >
> > > > It's not always the same parts of the documents that go missing.
> > > >
> > > > This problem is affecting spreadsheets as well as word documents.