I would like to know how to stop PageMaker from printing an extra page. It doesn't add a physical page to my file, but it prints a blank page. It happens when I print to any printer (HP 4500N, IBM 3600 laser, or if I print to a file (PDF). I'm on Windows NT. If anyone has had this problem or knows of a fix, please help.
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PageMaker 6.5 is adding a blank page when printing 1
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Hello,
Try rebuilding your preferencs, go to the RSRC folder inside of Pagemaker. Open the RSRC folder, then the USenglsh folder, then look for the following.
pm65.cnf
pm65ppd.cnf
pm65filt.cnf
pstyles.cnf
Make sure that Pagemaker is closed when you delete these preferences. When you reopen Pagemaker they will be rebuilt.
And other thing to try is to reinstall the drivers and/or ppds.
Good luck.
Try rebuilding your preferencs, go to the RSRC folder inside of Pagemaker. Open the RSRC folder, then the USenglsh folder, then look for the following.
pm65.cnf
pm65ppd.cnf
pm65filt.cnf
pstyles.cnf
Make sure that Pagemaker is closed when you delete these preferences. When you reopen Pagemaker they will be rebuilt.
And other thing to try is to reinstall the drivers and/or ppds.
Good luck.
Does it happen with every file? Check your page setup. If the page is a hair too long, it will print the extra page even if there isn't anyhthing on it. *****************************************
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Kristina McCook
Senior Logistician
CACI - Automated Sciences Group, Inc.
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Red, White & Blue: Colors That Never Run!
Kristina McCook
Senior Logistician
CACI - Automated Sciences Group, Inc.
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I found this on the Adobe Forums:
Extra pages: This is a problem that several apps which generate their own PS seem to run into under NT4. They use the system's PS driver as a "pipe" to the printer but send their own PS, not the system's, down the pipe. Unfortunately, NT insists on adding its own two cents worth at the end of the job. It doesn't affect the printout, but makes the printer think that the job isn't over yet, that there's more data to come. So it waits. And eventually times out. And prints a timeout error page.
You may be able to set the jobtimeout to 999 (as I recall, that = infinite ... wait forever, so it never produces a timeout error). You'd have to do this at the printer's control panel or via PS sent to the printer.
You could probably also just set the printer NOT to produce error pages by default.
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Red, White & Blue: Colors That Never Run!
Kristina McCook
Senior Logistician
CACI - Automated Sciences Group, Inc.
*****************************************
Extra pages: This is a problem that several apps which generate their own PS seem to run into under NT4. They use the system's PS driver as a "pipe" to the printer but send their own PS, not the system's, down the pipe. Unfortunately, NT insists on adding its own two cents worth at the end of the job. It doesn't affect the printout, but makes the printer think that the job isn't over yet, that there's more data to come. So it waits. And eventually times out. And prints a timeout error page.
You may be able to set the jobtimeout to 999 (as I recall, that = infinite ... wait forever, so it never produces a timeout error). You'd have to do this at the printer's control panel or via PS sent to the printer.
You could probably also just set the printer NOT to produce error pages by default.
*****************************************
Red, White & Blue: Colors That Never Run!
Kristina McCook
Senior Logistician
CACI - Automated Sciences Group, Inc.
*****************************************
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