Word 2000 problem

[GregANDTCH]

I'm having problems printing pictures with Word.
For convenience I "copied" them directly from a graphic's editing program
where I had edited them as .jpg's & set their width at about 7.8 inches.
I wanted each image to fill a regular sheet of paper.
They show up fine in the word document & in print preview, but when I print them
they appear as 1 little thumbnail on each page.

I don't think it would be the printer driver because I've tried 2 different printers &
a .pdf maker & the results are the same.
Should they be set to a specific PPI setting?
Would a .gif work better?

The file is 17mb with only 8 pictures so I don't believe the pictures are inserted as thumbnails.
Now if I try to copy the pictures from the document, they paste as a "scrap" object with no extension.
I figure this has something to do with OLE controls.😕

I tried finding an answer on Microsoft but no luck so far.
Thanks

edit: If it makes any difference, I'm running WinXP SP1, & the Word2000 installation does not have the service packs installed yet.

 

[edro]

What's it look like on the print preview?

 

[GregANDTCH]

In the print preview it starts out showing them at 54% and I switch it to 100%
then the whole picture is shown on each page full size.

At 54%, the outline is full size, but only part of the picture shows in the outline.

 

[hairygit1]

Have you set the printer in the options to print out on A4?

It sounds like the printer may be set to print on business cards or avery labels

 

[GregANDTCH]

That's not the problem,
but your reply made me check the settings.
If I go under the printer settings & change the "printing preferences"
"resolution" it works better.
My images are bigger, but they're not centered over the captions & don't take up all the area.
Had to drop the resolution to 150dpi in the print settings.