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PPT: Rotated Text Prints Horizontally on Canon LBP 1260 Printer

Article ID: 133735

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

APPLIES TO

This article was previously published under Q133735

SYMPTOMS

If you print a slide that contains rotated text to a Canon LBP 1260 printer, the rotated text prints horizontally.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you use the Windows 3.x printer driver for this printer under Windows 95.

WORKAROUND

Use the Windows 95 "Add a Printer" Wizard to install the HP LaserJet IIISi printer driver. Print to the LBP 1260 using this driver.

For more information about installing printers in Windows 95, please see the following Windows Help topic:

To set up a new printer

For more information about installing printers in Windows NT 3.51, please see your Windows NT documentation.

MORE INFORMATION

This printer is PCL5 compliant so any PCL5 driver, such as the HP LaserJet IIISi, should work correctly.

You cannot print in color using the HP LaserJet IIISi driver. The IIISi supports only black and white printing.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

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