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Need Help! Printer Won't Print 'Selection'

country_bumpkin_al

14 years ago

I have a HP DeskJet 4180 All-in-One Printer. Something went wrong with it a couple of weeks ago (after I'd changed one of the cartridges) and it wouldn't print. It loaded,etc. but it failed to print. So my son messed with it and it started printing. I haven't had to use it until today and I was going to print out "The Awakening" (that I posted for AprilFlower). I highlighted it and hit Print, the chose "Selection". All that printed was the "Headers and Footers"...the rest was blank. I copied the highlighted part into Wordpad, hit "Print All" and the whole thing printed out! Weird!

Any ideas what might be wrong? Maybe a setting is off?

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alisande
14 years ago
Is the font color black on The Awakening?
country_bumpkin_al
Original Author
14 years ago
Yep..it's black.
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wanda_va
14 years ago
Maybe it's a problem with the website that keeps you from printing it. Or you may need to install new printer drivers (available at hp.com).

I just use the "Snipping Tool" to highlight what I want. That way, I can save the selection to my computer or paste it in Word to print it. The Snipping Tool on Vista is great, but if you have XP, you can download a free snipping tool.

I only discovered this wonderful tool recently, and I think it's one of the coolest features yet!
country_bumpkin_al
Original Author
14 years ago
OK..this IS strange! I went to another website, highlighted something and it printed out fine! I'm wondering if GW has done something to prevent the highlight/print...or is it even possible for them to do that?

Wanda... I have Windows XP. Where can I find and download the Snipping Tool and how do I use it. If it's complicated, I'm not sure if I even wanna go there! lol
alisande
14 years ago
Oh, you were highlighting from a post? Let me try printing it from here.......
alisande
14 years ago
Okay, if it was the piece you posted in AprilFlower's thread, beginning "There Comes a Time in Your Life".....?

I highlighted a paragraph of it, and it printed just fine. :-)
wanda_va
14 years ago
Here's a Snipping Tool for XP. It's very easy to use.

Here is a link that might be useful: Snippy
country_bumpkin_al
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks for the link,Wanda! I'll sure check it out.

In the meantime, while this issue? problem? is not earth-shattering, it's bugging the crap outta me! lol

I went back to AprilFlower's post and highlighted that area again, then chose Print Preview..and this is all that shows (headers/footers) and this is exactly how it prints out!

{{!gwi}}
jaybird
14 years ago
I can't print from Gardenweb either...I have to cut and paste into a document and THEN "file" "print" "selection".
phyllis__mn
14 years ago
I can print selection from Outlook Express, but not from any other source. I thought perhaps it was just forums, but my newspaper won't let me do the selection part, either. So I just c/p to word pad and print from there.
wanda_va
14 years ago
I would try downloading the printer drivers. You can also run a diagnostic utility from this link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Printer Drivers

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