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mogley98
First it is my own fault for not checking pre print, but I hate when I go to print something from a web site like a receipt of a coupon etc and it prints five pages of BS advertising and non essential pages along with my document. What a waste of ink and paper, companies could be wise and greener by not printing that garbage. Along the same lines is when I have to adjust the print size to get the right sized document and I forget to set it back and the next thing comes out garbage. Argh :) Rant over
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  • BobJudy
    Been there, done that. Why do we always get that extra page with nothing but the one line source of the email printed at the bottom? Bob
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  • kimi
    That irritates me, too!
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  • Rocky Raab
    Most irritating - and a waste of expensive ink. I use 3-to-page checks, and when I have one blank one, I have to tape it to a full sheet of something for it to feed. That's where I use up all those extra printed sheets.
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  • Bubba Jr.
    All you need to do is go to your printer "preferences" and click on "print preview", then deselect everything that you don't want, then print it.
    Joe
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  • charliemeyer007
    I agree they make printing hard, to waste both paper and ink.  What you see isn't always what you get.

    Same with sloppy coding - you need more and more memory to accomplish the same task.
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  • Brookwood
    This post really hits home!  Just this morning I had to find and print out a copy of a portion of my car insurance about personal protection paid out in the last year for my income taxes.

    Pay every 6 months, so I needed a page for each billing cycle.  Looking at the printer set up it read out 16 pages in order to get just the one I needed and I had to do this again for the next 6 month copy!!  Figured I'd watch closely and when the right page came out that I would cancel the rest of the printing.  Unfortunately,  it came up on the LAST page! :#      

    I decided to get smart on the second printing and just took 4 sheets of paper for the feeder.  I waded through all the junk and kept placing the same paper into the feeder, printing over the sheet several times until I got towards the end and started using new paper for my needed copy.    No...…..I did not feel very smart after doing this!   I just felt violated!  I had just been run over by a printer! :(
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  • cbxjeff
    I agree Bubba.  Print preview is your friend.
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  • Brookwood
    My printer doesn't seem to have those options.  The cancel print takes several pages to stop and many times after I shut off the power, the printers memory comes back to haunt me again!   

    I know, I need to buy a new printer!
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  • charliemeyer007
    So I just printed out the updated 25-25 pic.  If I selected the pic and clicked print it would have been 2"x3" maybe.  I selected open in a new tab and it wasn't much better size wise.  So I selected copy the image, opened my Libre Office new document pasted in the pic, print came out 5x8 more less.  Yea no wasted paper.
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