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On 4/3/2013 12:24 PM, Joe Hill wrote:
On 4/3/2013 12:24 PM, Joe Hill wrote:
 > I attempted to print about 10 pages of documentation from the help files
 > using IDLE.  On all the pages the side of each page was missing about 1/4
 > inch of text.

You neglected to say what you actually did to have a problem. I tried 
the following with the font set to the default Courier.
 >>> help(tuple)
<a page and a half of help text>
<print to Canon inkjet or HP Laserjet 5>
Everything printed, with longest lines just fitting within the margins.

 > Am I missing a setting?  Is this a known problem?  Will it do the same
 > with lines of code?

Printing depends on font, font size, OS printer driver, and printer. I 
suspect Idle just sends print command to tk text widget. Its 'print 
dialog' is as primitive as possible: the only choice is to print to the 
default printer or not; no printer choice, no page setup. Tk, in turn, 
should just put the text in a temporary file and turn it over to the OS 
printer driver.

 > Using W7, 64 bit. PY 3.3.
 >
 > It worked just fine when I pasted the text in Word 2010.

I am sure it is has more knowledge about the vagaries of printing. You 
might try a single page (with max length lines) after Word prints to see 
if it left the printer in a better state.