images in Word won't print

External Since: Dec 07, 2007 Posts: 126

I have a document which will not print on an HP Laserjet 3800. I get
an error message printout of:
ERROR: limitcheck
OFFENDING COMMAND: image.

It will print on a Ricoh MP C2500.

The images are jpgs, about 1 to 1.5MB, and were brought in using
Insert/Picture/File.

Any ideas why?

thanks.

External Since: Dec 07, 2007 Posts: 126

On Mar 5, 10:59 pm, John McGhie <j....DeleteThis@mcghie.name> wrote:
> Hi John:
>
> AT LAST!!! We finally get an error message that tells us what's happening..
>
> Yeah: Some drivers for some printers don't like the new printing subsystem
> in OS 10.5.2. Or rather, they don't like it when Word makes them work hard.
>
> Sadly, we don't have a cure for this yet. It was suggested at one stage
> that if you reduce the resolution of the output to 600 dpi or below, it will
> work. But I don't think anyone got that to work, either.
>
> There's a Service Pack coming out next week for Office 2008. We're hoping
> this will fix it.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> On 6/3/08 6:56 AM, in article
> 62c8e875-9d86-411b-84bc-811af4291....DeleteThis@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com,
>
> "john.e.pal...@gmail.com" <john.e.pal....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a document which will not print on an HP Laserjet 3800. I get
> > an error message printout of:
> > ERROR: limitcheck
> > OFFENDING COMMAND: image.
>
> > It will print on a Ricoh MP C2500.
>
> > The images are jpgs, about 1 to 1.5MB, and were brought in using
> > Insert/Picture/File.
>
> > Any ideas why?
>
> > thanks.
>
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thanks.
Interestingly enough, if I import a jpg created by a program; i.e.
ArcView, the Word document prints properly. If I take a printout of
the jpg and scan it at 300 dpi as a jpg, and then import it, the image
will not print. The original jpg is 2.2MB and the scanned image is
491KB. It appears as if the problem is with scanned images (and
perhaps some code attched to it?).