Printing A3 in Visio 2003

Paul Trenter · External Since: Jan 21, 2005 Posts: 1

Hi there hope someone can help. I've got 50 users who have just upgraded
from Visio 2002 to 2003 but now when printing a chart in A3 size the print
comes out on A3 paper but the size of the chart is still A4. This is
happening on all of our printer. I've gone through the page setup and set
everything to A3 but still no joy

Any Ideas?

John Marshall, MVP · External Since: Jan 26, 2004 Posts: 1477

Under Page setup are two tabs that affect the printing. The first one, the
one you see when te dialog opens controls the printer attributes. The second
tab, controls the drawing page attributes. Check the settings on both tabbed
pages.

John... Visio MVP

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"Paul Trenter" wrote in message

> Hi there hope someone can help. I've got 50 users who have just upgraded
> from Visio 2002 to 2003 but now when printing a chart in A3 size the print
> comes out on A3 paper but the size of the chart is still A4. This is
> happening on all of our printer. I've gone through the page setup and set
> everything to A3 but still no joy
>
> Any Ideas?

Paul Trenter · External Since: Jan 21, 2005 Posts: 5

Thanks for the prompt reply John. I've checked all the settings within the
Page Setup tabs are set to A3 but still printing as A4 chart on A3 paper.
Print preview shows correct and works if I print same chart from Visio 2002.
Anything else you could suggest?

"John Marshall, MVP" wrote:

> Under Page setup are two tabs that affect the printing. The first one, the
> one you see when te dialog opens controls the printer attributes. The second
> tab, controls the drawing page attributes. Check the settings on both tabbed
> pages.
>
> John... Visio MVP
>
 > Need stencils or ideas? <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm</font</a>>
 > Need VBA examples? <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm</font</a>>
 > Common Visio Questions <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm</font</a>>

 > > Hi there hope someone can help. I've got 50 users who have just upgraded
 > > from Visio 2002 to 2003 but now when printing a chart in A3 size the print
 > > comes out on A3 paper but the size of the chart is still A4. This is
 > > happening on all of our printer. I've gone through the page setup and set
 > > everything to A3 but still no joy
 > >
 > > Any Ideas?
>
>
>

Lori Pearce (MSFT · External Since: Nov 20, 2003 Posts: 89

Would it be possible to post screen shots of both tabs in the page setup
dialog?

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PSDK and .NET and WinFX SDK
"Paul Trenter" wrote in message

> Thanks for the prompt reply John. I've checked all the settings within
> the
> Page Setup tabs are set to A3 but still printing as A4 chart on A3 paper.
> Print preview shows correct and works if I print same chart from Visio
> 2002.
> Anything else you could suggest?
>
> "John Marshall, MVP" wrote:
>
 >> Under Page setup are two tabs that affect the printing. The first one,
 >> the
 >> one you see when te dialog opens controls the printer attributes. The
 >> second
 >> tab, controls the drawing page attributes. Check the settings on both
 >> tabbed
 >> pages.
 >>
 >> John... Visio MVP
 >>
 >> Need stencils or ideas? <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm</font</a>>
 >> Need VBA examples? <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm</font</a>>
 >> Common Visio Questions <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm</font</a>>

 >> > Hi there hope someone can help. I've got 50 users who have just
 >> > upgraded
 >> > from Visio 2002 to 2003 but now when printing a chart in A3 size the
 >> > print
 >> > comes out on A3 paper but the size of the chart is still A4. This is
 >> > happening on all of our printer. I've gone through the page setup and
 >> > set
 >> > everything to A3 but still no joy
 >> >
 >> > Any Ideas?
 >>
 >>
 >>

Paul Trenter · External Since: Jan 21, 2005 Posts: 5

Hi Lori, I've sent you an email with the relevant screenshots. Cheers for
the help.

"Lori Pearce (MSFT)" wrote:

> Would it be possible to post screen shots of both tabs in the page setup
> dialog?
>
> --
> Lori Pearce
> PSDK and .NET and WinFX SDK

 > > Thanks for the prompt reply John. I've checked all the settings within
 > > the
 > > Page Setup tabs are set to A3 but still printing as A4 chart on A3 paper.
 > > Print preview shows correct and works if I print same chart from Visio
 > > 2002.
 > > Anything else you could suggest?
 > >
 > > "John Marshall, MVP" wrote:
 > >
 > >> Under Page setup are two tabs that affect the printing. The first one,
 > >> the
 > >> one you see when te dialog opens controls the printer attributes. The
 > >> second
 > >> tab, controls the drawing page attributes. Check the settings on both
 > >> tabbed
 > >> pages.
 > >>
 > >> John... Visio MVP
 > >>
 > >> Need stencils or ideas? <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm</font</a>>
 > >> Need VBA examples? <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm</font</a>>
 > >> Common Visio Questions <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm</font</a>>

 > >> > Hi there hope someone can help. I've got 50 users who have just
 > >> > upgraded
 > >> > from Visio 2002 to 2003 but now when printing a chart in A3 size the
 > >> > print
 > >> > comes out on A3 paper but the size of the chart is still A4. This is
 > >> > happening on all of our printer. I've gone through the page setup and
 > >> > set
 > >> > everything to A3 but still no joy
 > >> >
 > >> > Any Ideas?
 > >>
 > >>
 > >>
>
>
>

Lori Pearce (MSFT · External Since: Nov 20, 2003 Posts: 89

make sure to take out the "."s along with the nospam and online. Loripe at
Microsoft dot Com

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"Paul Trenter" wrote in message

> Hi Lori, I've sent you an email with the relevant screenshots. Cheers for
> the help.
>
> "Lori Pearce (MSFT)" wrote:
>
 >> Would it be possible to post screen shots of both tabs in the page setup
 >> dialog?
 >>
 >> --
 >> Lori Pearce
 >> PSDK and .NET and WinFX SDK

 >> > Thanks for the prompt reply John. I've checked all the settings within
 >> > the
 >> > Page Setup tabs are set to A3 but still printing as A4 chart on A3
 >> > paper.
 >> > Print preview shows correct and works if I print same chart from Visio
 >> > 2002.
 >> > Anything else you could suggest?
 >> >
 >> > "John Marshall, MVP" wrote:
 >> >
 >> >> Under Page setup are two tabs that affect the printing. The first one,
 >> >> the
 >> >> one you see when te dialog opens controls the printer attributes. The
 >> >> second
 >> >> tab, controls the drawing page attributes. Check the settings on both
 >> >> tabbed
 >> >> pages.
 >> >>
 >> >> John... Visio MVP
 >> >>
 >> >> Need stencils or ideas? <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm</font</a>>
 >> >> Need VBA examples? <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm</font</a>>
 >> >> Common Visio Questions <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm</font</a>>

 >> >> message

 >> >> > Hi there hope someone can help. I've got 50 users who have just
 >> >> > upgraded
 >> >> > from Visio 2002 to 2003 but now when printing a chart in A3 size the
 >> >> > print
 >> >> > comes out on A3 paper but the size of the chart is still A4. This
 >> >> > is
 >> >> > happening on all of our printer. I've gone through the page setup
 >> >> > and
 >> >> > set
 >> >> > everything to A3 but still no joy
 >> >> >
 >> >> > Any Ideas?
 >> >>
 >> >>
 >> >>
 >>
 >>
 >>

blahblah09 · External Since: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 1

Paul Trenter Wrote:
> Hi there hope someone can help. I've got 50 users who have just
> upgraded
> from Visio 2002 to 2003 but now when printing a chart in A3 size the
> print
> comes out on A3 paper but the size of the chart is still A4. This is
> happening on all of our printer. I've gone through the page setup and
> set
> everything to A3 but still no joy
>
> Any Ideas?

Same problem here. Visio 2003 does not print correctly to HP printer.
Visio prints 8.5x11 on 11x17 page. All print setup tabs are setup
correctly. Print preview displays the correct image and size. Happens
for *all* Visio 11x17 docs; but 11x17 prints from other apps (e.g.
Word) with no problem. Worked fine with Visio 2000.

Any suggestions?

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normanB · Joined: Jan 21, 2009 Posts: 1

I had exactly this problem. It seems there's nothing to be done within VISIO to solve this within the "print" dialogs. The stupid software prints your A3 diagram across several A4 pages...
Here's how I got around it:
Open Ms-word and setup a page as A3 - portrait or landscape depending on the visio diagram.
Within visio, on the A-3 sized drawing, select all and copy (control-c).
Paste it into your word doc (control-v).
It is then possible to print the A3 word page containing the diagram!