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Printing is mangled in Quicken 2007 mapaul 11-05-2006
Posted by mapaul on November 5, 2006, 1:27 pm
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Hi all,

When I print any kind of report from Quicken 2007, I get a report that
appears totally garbled. The bottom layer of printing is the report as
it should be, but then Quicken decides to throw in a darker top layer
with what seems to be type of horizontally compressed font, and it
basically covers up the entire report rendering it unreadible. It
reminds me of some type of graphic design layout where different words
are just blasted onto the canvas in different sizes, fonts, and
thickness... it's really bizarre.

Anyone found a fix for this or know why this is happening? I've been
reading around and it sounds like Q2007 has major printing bugs (among
other types).

Thanks,

Mike


Posted by L on November 6, 2006, 9:51 am
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> Hi all,
>
> When I print any kind of report from Quicken 2007, I get a report that
> appears totally garbled. The bottom layer of printing is the report as
> it should be, but then Quicken decides to throw in a darker top layer
> with what seems to be type of horizontally compressed font, and it
> basically covers up the entire report rendering it unreadible. It
> reminds me of some type of graphic design layout where different words
> are just blasted onto the canvas in different sizes, fonts, and
> thickness... it's really bizarre.
>
> Anyone found a fix for this or know why this is happening?

What printer are you using? What OS? Have you updated the drivers? Are you
recieving any error messages? Have other printouts been garbled since the
installation of Quicken? Were you using a previous version of Quicken, and
then upgraded? Did you try a reinstall?

> I've been
> reading around and it sounds like Q2007 has major printing bugs (among
> other types).
>
I have not seen reports of printing 'bugs'. Usually, tho, where you find the
reports you usually find the answers.



Posted by mapaul on November 6, 2006, 12:52 pm
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Thanks for the reply.

Printer: HP OfficeJet G55
OS: Windows XP Home SP2
Updated drivers: yes
Error messages: no
Other printouts garbled: no, Quicken is the only program that cannot
print correctly.
Upgraded: yes, I was using Quicken 2006, which printed reports just
fine. Upon installing 2007, printing went kaput.
Reinstall: have not tried yet, but that might be the next step.

Re my bugs comment, I have seen a lot of people who have trouble
printing with Quicken. Usually, though, their problems are that it
prints out "microtext" so small that they can't read it.

L wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > When I print any kind of report from Quicken 2007, I get a report that
> > appears totally garbled. The bottom layer of printing is the report as
> > it should be, but then Quicken decides to throw in a darker top layer
> > with what seems to be type of horizontally compressed font, and it
> > basically covers up the entire report rendering it unreadible. It
> > reminds me of some type of graphic design layout where different words
> > are just blasted onto the canvas in different sizes, fonts, and
> > thickness... it's really bizarre.
> >
> > Anyone found a fix for this or know why this is happening?
>
> What printer are you using? What OS? Have you updated the drivers? Are you
> recieving any error messages? Have other printouts been garbled since the
> installation of Quicken? Were you using a previous version of Quicken, and
> then upgraded? Did you try a reinstall?
>
> > I've been
> > reading around and it sounds like Q2007 has major printing bugs (among
> > other types).
> >
> I have not seen reports of printing 'bugs'. Usually, tho, where you find the
> reports you usually find the answers.

Thanks for the reply.

Printer: HP OfficeJet G55
OS: Windows XP Home SP2
Updated drivers: yes
Error messages: no
Other printouts garbled: no, Quicken is the only program that cannot
print correctly.
Upgraded: yes, I was using Quicken 2006, which printed reports just
fine. Upon installing 2007, printing went kaput.
Reinstall: have not tried yet, but that might be the next step.

Re my bugs comment, I have seen a lot of people who have trouble
printing with Quicken. Usually, though, their problems are that it
prints out "microtext" so small that they can't read it.

L wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > When I print any kind of report from Quicken 2007, I get a report that
> > appears totally garbled. The bottom layer of printing is the report as
> > it should be, but then Quicken decides to throw in a darker top layer
> > with what seems to be type of horizontally compressed font, and it
> > basically covers up the entire report rendering it unreadible. It
> > reminds me of some type of graphic design layout where different words
> > are just blasted onto the canvas in different sizes, fonts, and
> > thickness... it's really bizarre.
> >
> > Anyone found a fix for this or know why this is happening?
>
> What printer are you using? What OS? Have you updated the drivers? Are you
> recieving any error messages? Have other printouts been garbled since the
> installation of Quicken? Were you using a previous version of Quicken, and
> then upgraded? Did you try a reinstall?
>
> > I've been
> > reading around and it sounds like Q2007 has major printing bugs (among
> > other types).
> >
> I have not seen reports of printing 'bugs'. Usually, tho, where you find the
> reports you usually find the answers.


Posted by L on November 6, 2006, 2:23 pm
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> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Printer: HP OfficeJet G55
> OS: Windows XP Home SP2
> Updated drivers: yes
> Error messages: no
> Other printouts garbled: no, Quicken is the only program that cannot
> print correctly.
> Upgraded: yes, I was using Quicken 2006, which printed reports just
> fine. Upon installing 2007, printing went kaput.
> Reinstall: have not tried yet, but that might be the next step.
>
> Re my bugs comment, I have seen a lot of people who have trouble
> printing with Quicken. Usually, though, their problems are that it
> prints out "microtext" so small that they can't read it.
>

I found this by searching Google Groups.
"Look for a file called WPR.DAT in a Quicken folder (it might be in a hidden
folder, so make sure your search includes hidden folders). If you find it,
delete it and restart Quicken and do the Printer setup again. See if that
helps. My WPR.DAT file is in the following folder: C:Documents and
SettingsMikeApplication DataIntuitQuickenConfig "
Now, I have no idea whether these instructions will work. Rather than
DELETING the WPR.DAT file, I would first rename it and move it to another
location.

Evidentially the hope is that Quicken creates a new WPR.DAT file after you
restart, and that the file contains the necessary changes to work with the
new program version.

Post back, please, and let us know if it works.



Posted by mapaul on November 6, 2006, 6:31 pm
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HOT DAMN, it works! Thank you so much for this fix. I renamed the file
to wpr.dat.old and moved it to my desktop (left the folder open). Then
I opened Quicken, ran a report, clicked print, and watched Quicken
re-create the new wpr.dat to the folder I removed the old one from, and
out prints a nice shiny report that I can read.

Outstanding! Thank you very much for finding that.

L wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > Printer: HP OfficeJet G55
> > OS: Windows XP Home SP2
> > Updated drivers: yes
> > Error messages: no
> > Other printouts garbled: no, Quicken is the only program that cannot
> > print correctly.
> > Upgraded: yes, I was using Quicken 2006, which printed reports just
> > fine. Upon installing 2007, printing went kaput.
> > Reinstall: have not tried yet, but that might be the next step.
> >
> > Re my bugs comment, I have seen a lot of people who have trouble
> > printing with Quicken. Usually, though, their problems are that it
> > prints out "microtext" so small that they can't read it.
> >
>
> I found this by searching Google Groups.
> "Look for a file called WPR.DAT in a Quicken folder (it might be in a hidden
> folder, so make sure your search includes hidden folders). If you find it,
> delete it and restart Quicken and do the Printer setup again. See if that
> helps. My WPR.DAT file is in the following folder: C:Documents and
> SettingsMikeApplication DataIntuitQuickenConfig "
> Now, I have no idea whether these instructions will work. Rather than
> DELETING the WPR.DAT file, I would first rename it and move it to another
> location.
>
> Evidentially the hope is that Quicken creates a new WPR.DAT file after you
> restart, and that the file contains the necessary changes to work with the
> new program version.
>
> Post back, please, and let us know if it works.


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