Print Preview Missing

I'm using an Epson R320 printer and recently converted from Windows
XP to Windows 7. Somewhere along the line, I appear to have lost the
setting for a print preview. It does not appear to be a driver problem
since it prints OK - I just don't see a "Print Preview" and there is
no option in the "Printing Preferences > Print Options window!
Suggestions, please!

Bill

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:25:23 -0700, Bill <>
wrote:

>I'm using an Epson R320 printer and recently converted from Windows
>XP to Windows 7. Somewhere along the line, I appear to have lost the
>setting for a print preview. It does not appear to be a driver problem
>since it prints OK - I just don't see a "Print Preview" and there is
>no option in the "Printing Preferences > Print Options window!
>Suggestions, please!

Are you using the Epson driver (if there is one) or the Microsoft
driver? The MS driver usually includes only the basic settings, while
the manufacturer-specific driver provides the bells and whistles that
you're looking for.

A few programs, such as MS Word, include a print preview function
within the program, but most programs don't have that.

--

Char Jackson

On 05/04/2011 05:25, Bill wrote:
> I'm using an Epson R320 printer and recently converted from Windows
> XP to Windows 7. Somewhere along the line, I appear to have lost the
> setting for a print preview. It does not appear to be a driver problem
> since it prints OK - I just don't see a "Print Preview" and there is
> no option in the "Printing Preferences> Print Options window!
> Suggestions, please!
>
> Bill

Print Preview is a function of whatever application you are using - not
usually of the printer itself.

Gordon wrote:
> On 05/04/2011 05:25, Bill wrote:
>> I'm using an Epson R320 printer and recently converted from Windows
>> XP to Windows 7. Somewhere along the line, I appear to have lost the
>> setting for a print preview. It does not appear to be a driver problem
>> since it prints OK - I just don't see a "Print Preview" and there is
>> no option in the "Printing Preferences> Print Options window!
>> Suggestions, please!
>>
>> Bill
>
> Print Preview is a function of whatever application you are using - not
> usually of the printer itself.

While I don't use it myself, my Canon MP560 printer has a configuration
option to "Preview before printing."
--
Crash

"The future ain't what it used to be."
~ Yogi Berra ~

On 4/4/2011 11:25 PM, Bill wrote:
> I'm using an Epson R320 printer and recently converted from Windows
> XP to Windows 7. Somewhere along the line, I appear to have lost the
> setting for a print preview. It does not appear to be a driver problem
> since it prints OK - I just don't see a "Print Preview" and there is
> no option in the "Printing Preferences> Print Options window!
> Suggestions, please!
>
> Bill
Bill, go to Devices and Printers in Control Panel. Does your printer
show as being installed? If not, you may have the same problem that I
have, in the thread "Where is print queue?"
Allen

Thanks to all - I just received a response from Epson saying that "As
the driver is part of Windows 7, features such as the print preview
and status monitor is not available." This is just one of the problems
I've encountered with the transition to Windows 7 - the lack of older
software not be compatible! I think they call it "planned
obsolescence"!!!!

Bill



On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:30:48 -0500, Allen <>
wrote:

>On 4/4/2011 11:25 PM, Bill wrote:
>> I'm using an Epson R320 printer and recently converted from Windows
>> XP to Windows 7. Somewhere along the line, I appear to have lost the
>> setting for a print preview. It does not appear to be a driver problem
>> since it prints OK - I just don't see a "Print Preview" and there is
>> no option in the "Printing Preferences> Print Options window!
>> Suggestions, please!
>>
>> Bill
>Bill, go to Devices and Printers in Control Panel. Does your printer
>show as being installed? If not, you may have the same problem that I
>have, in the thread "Where is print queue?"
>Allen

On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:15:20 -0700, Bill <>
wrote:

> Thanks to all - I just received a response from Epson saying that "As
> the driver is part of Windows 7, features such as the print preview
> and status monitor is not available." This is just one of the problems
> I've encountered with the transition to Windows 7 - the lack of older
> software not be compatible! I think they call it "planned
> obsolescence"!!!!

Bear in mind that it's the hardware manufacturer who has the
responsibility for providing drivers for their hardware. If the driver
you are using comes with Windows 7, it's *Epson* who hasn't provided
what you need, not Microsoft.

In news:,
Bill wrote:
> Thanks to all - I just received a response from Epson saying that "As
> the driver is part of Windows 7, features such as the print preview
> and status monitor is not available." This is just one of the problems
> I've encountered with the transition to Windows 7 - the lack of older
> software not be compatible! I think they call it "planned
> obsolescence"!!!!

Every time Microsoft comes out with a new OS, it is buggy, mostly
unsupported, etc. for years after its release. And the people who jump
on the newest early, has to deal with all of these frustrations.

I have both Windows 7 and XP. And I still use XP far more than Windows
7. And that is because Windows 7 isn't ready yet for my tastes.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

Hi, Bill.

As Ken said, drivers are the responsibility of the hardware makers.
Microsoft has gathered up a tremendous number of drivers and including them
on the Win7 DVD - but those are not actually a "part of Windows 7". So
Epson might be a little less than honest with you here. (Many vendors
bundle WLM with their Windows computers, so some buyers think that WLM is a
part of Windows.)

I have only a single printer, which recently replaced a 10-year-old printer,
both from HP. I use Print Preview often. I've noticed that the Preview
screen looks different in different applications. Print Preview is not even
offered here in WLM. It is available in IE9, but it looks much different
from the one for printing PDF files in Adobe Reader. Since I'm not a
developer or other techie, I don't know just where the dividing line is
between features in applications versus those in drivers. I would guess
that hardware manufacturers include "hooks" in their drivers that software
developers can use to provide features such as print preview.

When I search Win7's Help and Support for "print preview", I see how to use
the feature in IE9 and in WordPad, but not in other apps. Both IE and
WordPad ARE integral parts of Win7.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3508.1109) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"Bill" wrote in message news:...

Thanks to all - I just received a response from Epson saying that "As
the driver is part of Windows 7, features such as the print preview
and status monitor is not available." This is just one of the problems
I've encountered with the transition to Windows 7 - the lack of older
software not be compatible! I think they call it "planned
obsolescence"!!!!

Bill


On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:30:48 -0500, Allen <>
wrote:

>On 4/4/2011 11:25 PM, Bill wrote:
>> I'm using an Epson R320 printer and recently converted from Windows
>> XP to Windows 7. Somewhere along the line, I appear to have lost the
>> setting for a print preview. It does not appear to be a driver problem
>> since it prints OK - I just don't see a "Print Preview" and there is
>> no option in the "Printing Preferences> Print Options window!
>> Suggestions, please!
>>
>> Bill
>Bill, go to Devices and Printers in Control Panel. Does your printer
>show as being installed? If not, you may have the same problem that I
>have, in the thread "Where is print queue?"
>Allen

In news:4d9b3839$,
Alias wrote:
> On 04/05/2011 05:12 PM, BillW50 wrote:
>> In news:,
>> Bill wrote:
>>> Thanks to all - I just received a response from Epson saying that
>>> "As the driver is part of Windows 7, features such as the print
>>> preview and status monitor is not available." This is just one of
>>> the problems I've encountered with the transition to Windows 7 -
>>> the lack of older software not be compatible! I think they call it
>>> "planned obsolescence"!!!!
>>
>> Every time Microsoft comes out with a new OS, it is buggy, mostly
>> unsupported, etc. for years after its release.
>
> Usually, yes, with Windows 7, no. MS had to make Win 7 right after the
> fiasco with Vista.

It is still far from being ready for me to make heavy use of.

>> And the people who jump
>> on the newest early, has to deal with all of these frustrations.
>
> I haven't encountered a single one. Care to site one of these
> "frustrations"?

You don't listen too well. You even quoted it. Poor Bill doesn't have
print preview under Windows 7, but did under XP.

>> I have both Windows 7 and XP. And I still use XP far more than
>> Windows 7. And that is because Windows 7 isn't ready yet for my
>> tastes.
>
> I find Windows 7 to be much better and more pleasant to work with than
> XP . I only use XP nowadays for gaming. For that matter, I use Linux
> Mint more than either of them and find XP looking like last century's
> OS in comparison. Out of curiosity what does XP have that 7 doesn't
> have that satisfies your "tastes" beside being able to run games?

I don't care what an OS looks like. I don't care about eye candy, as I
leave that for the Star Trek movies. Funny when Scotty traveled back to
our time and was talking to a computer and it wasn't responding. Bones
picked up the mouse and said try this. Scotty grabs the mouse and starts
talking to it. lol

1) Windows XP runs 100% of what I want to run

2) Windows 7 runs 95% of what I want to run

3) Linux runs 5% of what I want to run

Now guess why I use XP more than the other two?

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3