Word – How to make a document print without borders in Microsoft Word 2010

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I've come across a really irritating problem in Microsoft Word related to printing with my Kodak Hero 5.1 printer. This printer is capable of printing single sided sheets fully borderless from within the printer properties menu:

Screenshot of printer properties showing borderless printing is selected

However, as soon as I click OK Word seems to immediately change it back, so that if I reopen the printer properties the check box is not ticked and the document does not print without borders.

This is definitely related to Word, as if I safe as a PDF then print it from Adobe Reader it retains the borderless check box once set and prints successfully to the very edge of the paper. This workaround is working for now but is extremely cumbersome and I'd ideally like to allow borderless printing directly from Word.

Here are my print settings from Word itself, I have tried putting the margins down to 0 however this is not the same effect as borderless printing and doesn't work at all.

Screnshot of print properties as shown in Word

Best Answer

Try removing the margins from your document. Currently it says 'Normal Margins' in your print settings. Try setting the value to custom and then set zero margins. If that doesn't work you can create a new paper type called 'Borderless' with custom size and margin, so that Word does not try to impose A4 specification to the printer driver.

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