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Level 4
January 28, 2021
Question

actual forms, i.e. 1040, sch.C...not printing out

  • January 28, 2021
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after input of client info for their 1040....i printed the return, only to see just an "outline" of the forms and not the actual form!  the amounts and name etc are there only

is anyone else seeing this?

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26 replies

IRonMaN
Level 15
January 28, 2021

Do you get the same gibberish or the actual form if you print to a pdf?

Slava Ukraini!
Intuit Community Champion
January 28, 2021

I've had this before. I want to say its a printer setting......

@Orlando11 

Level 8
January 28, 2021

Sounds like an issue with the printer driver. A good way to tell is if you see the same behavior when printing to PDF.

IRonMaN
Level 15
January 28, 2021

@Orlando11  - Along a similar line, I can print federal and state individual returns just fine, and I can print federal business returns without any issue.  However when I print Minnesota business returns (MN "1120S" and MN "1065" returns) the taxpayer information prints fine, but the line descriptions come out printing "c", "e" and "h" splattered across the the page.  They have been printing without any issue to pdfs.

Slava Ukraini!
Level 5
February 11, 2021

@gennarostella, will you let us know if checking the box under menu File->Print Options->General Printing->Advanced Options->Print as Image solves your problem?

Level 4
February 25, 2021

sorry for my tardy reply....after all was said and done it turned out that my printer driver needed to be updated!  live and learn....

 

hope your day is going well......

Thank you!!

Level 5
February 11, 2021

@Fabian, Printing as image fixes my problem. I only tried it on a one-form return, so am not sure if it'll be slower than molasses and crashing like happened to @IRonMaN.

Level 5
February 11, 2021

@FabianOops. Talked too quick. Yes, with "Print as image" selected, ProSeries now crashes instead of printing. So I guess we could say it doesn't fix the problem.

IRonMaN
Level 15
February 11, 2021

And here I was feeling special.  Welcome to the club.  😀

Slava Ukraini!