Ricoh 1232c printing issues

[smackloaf]

hi
i know this printer has a bad rep: please help though if you know

i would have bought a different machine but i was naive

im using indesign cs3
and when i print out an this book im doing on an a3 piece of paper it is half off the page, iv tried EVERYTHING (obviously not everything because it would obviously be fixed) but to my knowledge anyway.

opened up other files etc.. does the same thing

it never used to do this but i cant think of what has happend to make the alignment go off centre ?!

any ideas

thankyou

[Jomama46]

Maybe the side guides in the cassette are broken and the paper is therefore off center. Try using the bypass to feed the paper. If it works OK in the bypass then the cassette is at fault. If it fails in the bypass, it is either a setting in the program or the firmware in the machine needs a touch.
When you make a copy, is the image off center too? If so, see above. If not, the problem is in the program, i.e. wrong selection.

[smackloaf]

hi , thanks for the reply

when i copy, it prints out fine all aligned properly

i have been fiddling around with the settings but i really really dont know what to do!

[Jomama46]

Its not a 1232 issue then. Maybe the program is set to print in landscape instead of portrait? or Visa-versa?

[smackloaf]

alas, believe me its not that simple

its defiantly something to do with the communication between the printer and the software il show you an image:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/heardis...24126/sizes/o/
if you look on my flickr page i have notes showing whats happening...

[Jomama46]

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But at anyrate, I dont have any other ideas

[copytechman]

This is gonna sound kinda dumb but does a windows test page print correctly? (proper orientation etc?)

Regards!
A.

[smackloaf]

hi

im on intel mac

i havent tried printing from a pdf yet im going to do that tomorrow

..any other suggestions meanwhile would be greatly appreciated


thanks!

[Shadow1]

PageMaker and InDesign are notorious for formatting problems like this, just as MS Publisher absolutely never gets the fonts right on a different computer.

Have you ever tried Scribus scribus.net | Scribus Open Source Desktop Publishing It's open source, so it's completely free. It's also completely cross platform (Windows, Mac, and Linux)

Try printing your doc through Scribus (you'll have to export your InDesign to a .PS file, then Import and check your document before you export it to a PDF and print.) If it doesn't print correctly from here it never will, and its a machine or driver problem

Scribus' only mission in life is to be a stellar Desktop Publishing application - it does not print directly, but outputs a very high quality .PDF file which can be printed locally or sent to any print shop without a problem (remember to embed the fonts) I've done several projects with it - it's easy to learn and use, has a great support community, and it absolutely free. I've also had absolutely no problems creating a document on my Linux home computer, editing it on the Windows XP box at the charity I work with, and tweaking it again on an OS 10.4 mac at the print shop running it for me.

[smackloaf]

thanks from pdf works fine!

its something todo with indesign most certainly..

now it says the paper trays

internal tray
standard tray

are both full.. when there is no paper inside the machine AT ALL?!

hmmm any ideas people im so sorry.. im happy zero experiences with ANY machines like these.. its crazy

only lazer and inkjet printers.. .. these machines seem to talk in riddles