Printer Prints Blank Page Then Prints The Text?
Filed in Deskjet Help Forums on ต.ค..23, 2009
Hi,
I have a 7200 hp photosmart series printer. When I print a text, there is a blank page that comes out and then the text is printed. I don’t really mind that but its really annoying sometimes. Because lets say u have 20 pages of text to print. But then it will be 40 pages because there will be 1 blank page that will come with the page of text.
I have Vista, microsoft office 2008.
ตุลาคม 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Although this answer is for Canon printers, I would think there is something similar happening with your HP printer.
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QUESTION: Why does my Canon printer spit out a blank page between each printed page?
ANSWER: Canon forces the printing to start either 1/4 or 1/2 inch from the top of the page, depending on the printer type. This causes the printable area on the page to be that much less (10 3/4 or 10 1/2 on an 11 inch page). The software thinks the paper is 11 inches long and keeps track, down to the micro inch, where it is on the paper. When it reaches the 10 1/2 inches, your printer calls the page done and ejects it. However, the software thinks there is still another 1/2 inch to print (usually the footer area). Now when you insert a new sheet of paper, the software finishes printing the rest of the page (normally a blank footer) and form feeds to the next sheet.
To correct what the software thinks the paper size is, you need to run the Preferences application and change the default settings. Select the Printer button. In the next window, select the ‘Change Defaults….’ button. Change both the Document size and the Paper size to a height of 10.875 and click OK. Try a new document to see if the paper size is correct. You may need to go back and change the height a few times until it is correct (the height changes in .125 increments). Usually either 10.875 (for 1/4 inch forced top margin printers) or 10.75 ( for 1/2 inch forced top margin printers) will work.
ตุลาคม 23rd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
This is called a “separator page”.
Check the printer properties and deselect “separator page” in the options.