Thunderbird Printing problems

squareyes squareyes at internode.on.net
Wed Oct 12 00:09:35 UTC 2005


Jack Jackson wrote:

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>
> squareyes wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> am having problems printing out emails from Thunderbird.
>> Printer is HP Laserjet 1100, works fine from OpenOffice, gedit etc.
>> Will not print from the "print" in the file menu, and only sometimes 
>> will
>> it print from the "print" icon.When clicking on either it shows that 
>> it is printing,
>> but does not show any print dialog, only shuts down Thunderbird.
>> Does anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Take Care,
>> Winton
>>
> THis is going to sound weird but try this:
>
> When you open Thunderbird, select File -> Page Setup. WHen that dialog 
> opens, click OK. Then try printing.
>
> Let us know if it works
>
Hi Jack,
thanks a lot, that works. Hope I haven't broken anything to cause this. :-)
Take Care
Winton




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