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Arun KumarMember for 18 years 6 months
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Dear All
I am facing a small problem in taking print on MS Project.

It gives following massege:

You cannot print or preview because the print area of the page is too small.
Try one of the following;
• Decrease the page margin
• Decrease the scaling percentage. On the file menu, click page setup, and then click the page tab. Under scaling, decrease the number in the % Normal Size box.


I know all this & tried everything.But not able to solve this.

Has anyone faced this problem ????

Can u give me the solution.

Arun
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    Trevor Rabey ·
    #1
    First, make sure you have selected the correct printer if you have various printers to choose from.
    Use File, Print then select the printer then click on preview.
    Try using File, Page Setup before you try to File, Print Preview. That’s where you can fix it.
    Check the View tab and make sure you have not told MSP to print too many columns.
    Reduce the margins to small but not too small (1 cm).
    Then Print Preview.
    etc etc I think you know the rest.
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    Arun Kumar ·
    #2
    Dear Trevor

    I tried but not working.

    Still the same story.

    Arun
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
    #3
    Arun,
    Can you install another printer driver on your PC and try it?
    Or try to print another project, try with a dummy 2 task projects
    Your problem could arise from some error in your project file
    Hope it helps
    Alexandre
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    Trevor Rabey ·
    #4
    Install a printer driver for a large format printer if you don’t already have one, say HP1050C.
    You don’t need the actual printer, just the driver.
    Or print to PDF.
    Then you can print to ISO A0 sheet which is big enough for anything.
    Then you will see how many columns you are trying to print.
    Also, in the Gantt Chart View zoom out.
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    Arun Kumar ·
    #5
    Thanks all

    Actually WMF image was inserted in Header..

    I deleted that now its working..

    Arun
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