How do I print double sided? The short answer: flip your paper over. Now for a long answer... Load only one sheet of paper into your printer. Pay attention to how the paper feeds through (which side did it print to?) After the first page prints, you may get a message telling you that the … Continue reading Print Double Sided
Print Part of an AOL Email
Q: I use AOL and want to print out just part of an email. How can I do it? A: AOL won't let you do selective printing the normal way. When you go to print, "Selection" is grayed out. BUT you can at least Print Preview and determine which pages you want to print. Go … Continue reading Print Part of an AOL Email
Printing from Notepad
When I print a Notepad file, is it possible to change any settings, like the margins? Notepad does let you control some aspects of printing. You can set margins and change your header and footer. I know it ain't much, but what do you want for a plain text file creator? Keep in mind that … Continue reading Printing from Notepad
Printing Favorites
Is there a way to print my Internet Explorer Favorites? Yes and No. You don't have an option where you can right click your favorites and choose Print or anything like that, but there is a procedure whereby you can create a printable HTML document. First we need to create the HTML list. With Internet … Continue reading Printing Favorites
Cancelling Print Jobs
Why is it when I go to cancel a print job, the printer just keeps on printing? Is there a way to clear out all of the print jobs I have going? Ahh, the uncancelable printer job. I think we've all been there, desperately yanking paper out of the printer, frantically punching power switches, pounding … Continue reading Cancelling Print Jobs
Print the Whole Page
How can I print what appears on the screen completely? Many times it will cut off some of the right side of the material. Many web designers are conscious of the fact that some people will want hard copies of their web pages. For these sites, you can just print in regular Portrait mode. At … Continue reading Print the Whole Page
Quickie Printing
Quickie Printing Need to print a recently used document? Don't waste time opening up the application you created it in, I've got a faster way. Click the Start button , Documents . Right-click the document you want and select Print from the resulting menu. The document's application will run, open the document, then print it … Continue reading Quickie Printing
Save Color Ink: Print in Grayscale
Save Color Ink: Print in Grayscale Printing is expensive, especially when you're printing out web pages and such because there is so much color ink involved. Well, if you don't mind black & white, you should be able to set your printer to print in either a grayscale or B&W mode by default. You can … Continue reading Save Color Ink: Print in Grayscale
Web Page Printing: Date, Time, URL, etc.
Do you like to print out web pages? If so, do you become annoyed at all the header and footer information that gets printed on each and every page? You know, the web address, title, date, mother's maiden name, etc? Internet Explorer and Firefox let you do this. Well, with Internet Explorer, you can get … Continue reading Web Page Printing: Date, Time, URL, etc.
How to not print webpage backgrounds
It's a matter of ink consumption, or perhaps some people just don't want the distraction of a background when they're printing a web page. Whatever the case may be, a few folks have contacted me with questions on how to print a web page without the backgrounds. I'm glad to say that not only do … Continue reading How to not print webpage backgrounds