Footer in Word printed output
I want to prevent RoboHelp's topic footer from appearing in
the printed Word output, where it shows as part of the page text
(not in the Word document's footer).
I use a RH template to add the same footer to every topic in
the WebHelp output but I don't want this in the printed output.
Is there a setting to turn off the footer on conversion to
Word? I use RH v7.
Peter, sorry not to have replied earlier but I have been
trying to make some sense of it or at least find a pattern to the
results. So far I have the following observations:
1. In the current project there are some topics in the
printed output that do NOT have the RH footer printed in the
'body', but as i posted originally, most do. The topics that do not
show the footer are consequtive topics within two chapters.
2. I created a small new project based on the current project
and chopped out all but a handful of topics. Here I found only one
topic had the RH footer cropping up in the printed output.
3. I created a small new project from scratch (using the same
template I used in the original project) and found the expected
results, ie. the RH footer does not find its way into the Word
output...anywhere!
This is the story so far...pls let me have any questions.
mike
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Therefore, create that many (2) Swatches in Illustrator. Make sure they are defined as Spot Color Swatches. Use only those two Swatches in your entire design.
You can name those two Spot Color Swatches anyway you want. It doesn't matter. There is a common misconception that Spot Color Swatches must be named like (or even selected from) Swatches in the Pantone Swatch Library. Not so. Regardless of how you name them, each color separation is going to print to its own separation "plate" and the actual image on that "plate" (or film, or vellum) is going to be black. This is true in both process and spot color. In spot color work, each Spot Color Swatch--again, regardless of how you name it-- is going to be printed to its own "plate" and the image on that plate will be black. The name of the Spot Color Swatches, therefore, is nothing more than a convention by which to convey to the printing house what inks you intend to be used for each separation "plate." Obvously, it makes the most sense to name your Spot Color Swatches according to the names of the actual silkscreen inks that will be used (ex: "Nazdar Fire Red"), if you know them. If not, simply naming them "SpotRed" and "SpotBlack" will be fine.
Which brings me to a point of common confusion with which I think you are struggling: Exactly parallel to the matter of merely naming your Spot Color Swatches is the matter of merely coloring your Spot Color Swatches for on-screen display. There is a common misconception that Spot Color Swatches must be selected from some pre-existing Swatch Library (ex: Panone). Again, not so. So long as you define a Swatch as Spot Color, you can use any "color mixer" to specify any color you want for how it is displayed on-screen. You can color your Spot Color Swatch using either the RGB color sliders, or the CMYK sliders. Again, it does not matter one whit. Using the CMYK sliders to color your Spot Color Swatches does not make it "a CMYK color" (i.e.; a process color). So long as the Swatch is designated a Spot Color Swatch it's still defining a spot color (a single ink) and will print to only one separation "plate". Obviously, it makes the most sense to try to color your Spot Color Swatches to approximate how the actual corresponding ink will look in print. But the truth is, it doesn't matter. You could, for example, use CMYK sliders to color your Spot Color Swatch named "Nazdar Fire Red" so that it looks lime green on screen. If you did, the separation plate would still be labeled "Nazdar Fire Red", and it would still have a black image on it, and the color in the final printed result would simply be a matter of what physical ink the printer loaded his silkscreen with.
Again, to summarize that: Using CMYK sliders to color a Spot Color Swatch does not make it "a CMYK color" in terms of color separation. That is, it does not make it a process color. As long as the Swatch is defined as a Spot Color Swatch, it will print to only one color separation plate.
Finally, Layers: Don't worry at all about which Swatch is used on which Layer. You can have a thousand red fills and/or strokes, and a thousand black fills and/or strokes applied to a kazillion different objects, and those objects can be arranged in any stacking order on any number of Layers, or all on one Layer. It doesn't matter. If you've only defined two Spot Color Swatches, and you've only used those two Swatches in your design, then when you print the design to color separations, you will still only get two separations: one for SpotRed, one for SpotBlack (or whatever you named your Spot Color Swatches).
Printer is a Canon ix6500.
The question regarding your desktop printer is always: Is it a PostScript printer? That is, does it contain a (firmware) PostScript interpreter, or does its driver contain a (software) PostScript interpreter? If not, it can't print color separations. If this is your problem, there is a workaround, and a particularly popular one in screen printing, sign making, and other industries: You can "print" to a PDF "virtual printer" (i.e.; software which pretends to be a printer). If you have Acrobat (that's Acrobat, not Reader) installed, and if you are on Windows, you probably have a virtual printer named Adobe PDF installed. If so, you can select that as your "printer" and "print" color separations to it. If you've built your design correctly the resulting PDF will have one page for each ink. (The image on each page will be black.) You can then print those PDF pages to your non-PostScript printer. (This workflow is quite common in small screen printing shops.)
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HP LaserJet P1102W - no print output in Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon Desktop
I've just done a default install of Linux Mint 17.1 - as feared, no print output.
I'm guessing I need to install a driver - but I couldn't find anything easily on HP site, only Windows/Mac OS stuff. Are HP printers generally linux friendly? Where can I download drivers if they are? More over, I'm a total linux newbie, so any drivers need to be easily installed! I'm not currently familiar with Terminal windows and line commands!
My printer does have wireless enabled, but I have it connected via direct USB also.
Linux Mint did offer to run a diagnostic tool/debugging tool which gave a great deal of what means nothing to me. Debug output is below if it is helpful, but hoping a simple driver install will cure all ...
Debug Output:
Page 1 (Scheduler not running?):
{'cups_connection_failure': False}
Page 2 (Is local server publishing?):
{'local_server_exporting_printers': False}
Page 3 (Choose printer):
{'cups_dest': <cups.Dest HP-LaserJet-Professional-P-1102w (default)>,
'cups_instance': None,
'cups_queue': u'HP-LaserJet-Professional-P-1102w',
'cups_queue_listed': True}
Page 4 (Check printer sanity):
{'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'hp',
'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?serial=000000000W4037X5PR1a',
'printer-info': u'Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w',
'printer-is-shared': True,
'printer-location': u'Leela',
'printer-make-and-model': u'HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w, hpcups 3.14.3, requires proprietary plugin',
'printer-state': 3,
'printer-state-message': u'',
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'printer-type': 167948,
'printer-uri-supported': u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/HP-LaserJet-Professional-P-1102w'},
'cups_printer_remote': False,
'hplip_output': (['',
'\x1b[01mHP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.14.3)\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[01mDevice Information Utility ver. 5.2\x1b[0m',
'Copyright (c) 2001-13 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP',
'This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.',
'This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it',
'under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.',
'\x1b[01mHP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.14.3)\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[01mSystem Tray Status Service ver. 2.0\x1b[0m',
'Copyright (c) 2001-13 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP',
'This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.',
'This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it',
'under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.',
'\x1b[01mhp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?serial=000000000W4037X5PR1a\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[01mDevice Parameters (dynamic data):\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[01m Parameter Value(s) \x1b[0m',
' agent1-ack False ',
' agent1-desc Black toner cartridge ',
' agent1-dvc 0 ',
' agent1-health 0 ',
' agent1-health-desc Good/OK ',
' agent1-hp-ink False ',
' agent1-id 0 ',
' agent1-kind 4 ',
' agent1-known False ',
' agent1-level 100 ',
' agent1-level-trigger 0 ',
' agent1-sku 85A ',
' agent1-type 1 ',
' agent1-virgin False ',
' back-end hp ',
" cups-printers ['HP-LaserJet-Professional-P-1102w'] ",
' cups-uri hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?serial=000000000W',
' 4037X5PR1a ',
' dev-file ',
' device-state 1 ',
' device-uri hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?serial=000000000W',
' 4037X5PR1a ',
' deviceid MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL: LaserJet Professional P ',
' 1102w;CMD:ZJSJS,URF,PCLm,PJL,ACL,HTTCLSLSRINTER;DEHPHP ',
' LaserJet Presessional P 110;F;FWVER:20110826; ',
' duplexer 0 ',
' error-state 0 ',
' host ',
' in-tray1 1 ',
' in-tray2 1 ',
' is-hp True ',
' media-path 1 ',
' panel 0 ',
' panel-line1 ',
' panel-line2 ',
' photo-tray 0 ',
' port 1 ',
' r 0 ',
' revision 254 ',
' rg 000 ',
' rr 000000 ',
' rs 000000000 ',
' serial 000000000W4037X5PR1a ',
' status-code 1000 ',
' status-desc Idle ',
' supply-door 1 ',
' top-door 1 ',
'\x1b[01m',
'Model Parameters (static data):\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[01m Parameter Value(s) \x1b[0m',
' align-type 0 ',
' clean-type 0 ',
' color-cal-type 0 ',
' copy-type 0 ',
' embedded-server-type 0 ',
' fax-type 0 ',
' fw-download False ',
' icon HP_LaserJet_1012.png ',
' io-mfp-mode 6 ',
' io-mode 1 ',
' io-support 10 ',
' job-storage 0 ',
' linefeed-cal-type 0 ',
' model HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w ',
' model-ui HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w ',
' model1 HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w Printer ',
' monitor-type 0 ',
' panel-check-type 0 ',
' pcard-type 0 ',
' plugin 1 ',
' plugin-reason 1 ',
' power-settings 0 ',
' pq-diag-type 0 ',
' r-type 0 ',
' r0-agent1-kind 4 ',
' r0-agent1-sku 85A ',
' r0-agent1-type 1 ',
' scan-src 0 ',
' scan-type 0 ',
' status-battery-check 0 ',
' status-dynamic-counters 0 ',
' status-type 8 ',
' support-released True ',
' support-subtype 2202411 ',
' support-type 2 ',
' support-ver 3.12.6 ',
" tech-class ['LJZjsMono'] ",
" tech-subclass ['NoAutoDuplex'] ",
' tech-type 3 ',
' usb-pid 4138 ',
' usb-vid 1008 ',
' wifi-config 3 ',
'Done.',
['\x1b[35;01mwarning: No display found.\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[31;01merror: hp-info -u/--gui requires Qt4 GUI support. Entering interactive mode.\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[35;01mwarning: No display found.\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[31;01merror: hp-systray requires Qt4 GUI and DBus support. Exiting.\x1b[0m',
'\x1b[35;01mwarning: Unable to connect to dbus. Is hp-systray running?\x1b[0m',
0),
'is_cups_class': False,
'local_cups_queue_attributes': {'charset-configured': u'utf-8',
'charset-supported': [u'us-ascii', u'utf-8'],
'color-supported': True,
'compression-supported': [u'none', u'gzip'],
'copies-default': 1,
'copies-supported': (1, 9999),
'cups-version': u'1.7.2',
'device-uri': u'hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?serial=000000000W4037X5PR1a',
'document-format-default': u'application/octet-stream',
'document-format-supported': [u'application/octet-stream',
u'application/pdf',
u'application/postscript',
u'application/vnd.adobe-reader-postscript',
u'application/vnd.cups-pdf',
u'application/vnd.cups-pdf-banner',
u'application/vnd.cups-postscript',
u'application/vnd.cups-raster',
u'application/vnd.cups-raw',
u'application/x-cshell',
u'application/x-csource',
u'application/x-perl',
u'application/x-shell',
u'image/gif',
u'image/jpeg',
u'image/png',
u'image/tiff',
u'image/urf',
u'image/x-bitmap',
u'image/x-photocd',
u'image/x-portable-anymap',
u'image/x-portable-bitmap',
u'image/x-portable-graymap',
u'image/x-portable-pixmap',
u'image/x-sgi-rgb',
u'image/x-sun-raster',
u'image/x-xbitmap',
u'image/x-xpixmap',
u'image/x-xwindowdump',
u'text/css',
u'text/html',
u'text/plain'],
'finishings-default': 3,
'finishings-supported': [3],
'generated-natural-language-supported': [u'en-us'],
'ipp-versions-supported': [u'1.0',
u'1.1',
u'2.0',
u'2.1'],
'ippget-event-life': 15,
'job-creation-attributes-supported': [u'copies',
u'finishings',
u'ipp-attribute-fidelity',
u'job-hold-until',
u'job-name',
u'job-priority',
u'job-sheets',
u'media',
u'media-col',
u'multiple-document-handling',
u'number-up',
u'output-bin',
u'orientation-requested',
u'page-ranges',
u'print-color-mode',
u'print-quality',
u'printer-resolution',
u'sides'],
'job-hold-until-default': u'no-hold',
'job-hold-until-supported': [u'no-hold',
u'indefinite',
u'day-time',
u'evening',
u'night',
u'second-shift',
u'third-shift',
u'weekend'],
'job-ids-supported': True,
'job-k-limit': 0,
'job-k-octets-supported': (0, 476568600),
'job-page-limit': 0,
'job-priority-default': 50,
'job-priority-supported': [100],
'job-quota-period': 0,
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u'finishings',
u'job-hold-until',
u'job-name',
u'job-priority',
u'media',
u'media-col',
u'multiple-document-handling',
u'number-up',
u'output-bin',
u'orientation-requested',
u'page-ranges',
u'print-color-mode',
u'print-quality',
u'printer-resolution',
u'sides'],
'job-sheets-default': (u'none', u'none'),
'job-sheets-supported': [u'none',
u'classified',
u'confidential',
u'form',
u'secret',
u'standard',
u'topsecret',
u'unclassified'],
'jpeg-k-octets-supported': (0, 476568600),
'jpeg-x-dimension-supported': (0, 65535),
'jpeg-y-dimension-supported': (1, 65535),
'marker-change-time': 0,
'media-bottom-margin-supported': [423, 547],
'media-col-default': u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
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u'media-left-margin',
u'media-right-margin',
u'media-size',
u'media-source',
u'media-top-margin',
u'media-type'],
'media-default': u'iso_a4_210x297mm',
'media-left-margin-supported': [423, 635],
'media-right-margin-supported': [423, 635],
'media-size-supported': [u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)',
u'(unknown IPP value tag 0x34)'],
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u'manual'],
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u'iso_a5_148x210mm',
u'jpn_hagaki_100x148mm',
u'om_double-postcard_148.17x200.03mm',
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u'na_legal_8.5x14in',
u'na_monarch_3.875x7.5in',
u'iso_dl_110x220mm',
u'na_number-10_4.125x9.5in',
u'iso_c5_162x229mm',
u'om_env-b5_176.04x250.12mm',
u'custom_min_3x5in',
u'custom_max_17x36in'],
'media-top-margin-supported': [423, 547],
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'multiple-document-handling-supported': [u'separate-documents-uncollated-copies',
u'separate-documents-collated-copies'],
'multiple-document-jobs-supported': True,
'multiple-operation-time-out': 300,
'natural-language-configured': u'en-us',
'notify-attributes-supported': [u'printer-state-change-time',
u'notify-lease-expiration-time',
u'notify-subscriber-user-name'],
'notify-events-default': [u'job-completed'],
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u'job-config-changed',
u'job-created',
u'job-progress',
u'job-state-changed',
u'job-stopped',
u'printer-added',
u'printer-changed',
u'printer-config-changed',
u'printer-deleted',
u'printer-finishings-changed',
u'printer-media-changed',
u'printer-modified',
u'printer-restarted',
u'printer-shutdown',
u'printer-state-changed',
u'printer-stopped',
u'server-audit',
u'server-restarted',
u'server-started',
u'server-stopped'],
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2147483647),
'notify-max-events-supported': [100],
'notify-pull-method-supported': [u'ippget'],
'notify-schemes-supported': [u'dbus',
u'mailto',
u'rss'],
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16387,
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16391,
16392,
16393,
16394,
16395,
16396,
16397,
16398,
16399,
16423,
14],
'orientation-requested-default': None,
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4,
5,
6],
'output-bin-default': u'face-down',
'output-bin-supported': [u'face-down'],
'page-ranges-supported': True,
'pages-per-minute': 1,
'pages-per-minute-color': 1,
'pdf-k-octets-supported': (0, 476568600),
'pdf-versions-supported': [u'adobe-1.2',
u'adobe-1.3',
u'adobe-1.4',
u'adobe-1.5',
u'adobe-1.6',
u'adobe-1.7',
u'iso-19005-1_2005',
u'iso-32000-1_2008',
u'pwg-5102.3'],
'pdl-override-supported': [u'attempted'],
'port-monitor': u'none',
'port-monitor-supported': [u'none'],
'ppd-timestamp': u'*',
'print-color-mode-default': u'color',
'print-color-mode-supported': [u'monochrome',
u'color'],
'print-quality-default': 4,
'print-quality-supported': [3, 4],
'printer-commands': u'none',
'printer-current-time': u'(IPP_TAG_DATE)',
'printer-dns-sd-name': u'Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w @ Leela',
'printer-error-policy': u'retry-job',
Hi @durandal,
I read your post and see that you need the drivers for the P1102w printer. I can provide the website for you.
Here is the link for the HP Linux Imaging and Printing website. HP Linux imaging and printing.
Here is the link for the P1102w drivers. HP LaserJet Professional p1102w Printer.
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