Visio2000: Unable to Set Custom Paper Size for HP DesignJet 450c

If you use the Hewlett-Packard (HP) DesignJet 450c printer, you may not be able to print custom page sizes for your Microsoft Visio drawings. Visio reverts to using the page size of the drawing, which remains set to 8.5-by-11 inches.

To work around this problem, set the custom page size by using the Printers icon in Control Panel. If you set the custom page size for your system as a whole, Visio uses the correct paper size.

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
2. Right-click the HP DesignJet icon, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
   
   NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows NT, click Printing Preferences, otherwise continue to the next step.
3. Click the Paper Size tab.
4. Click More Sizes.
5. Select one of the custom paper sizes next to Name.
6. Enter the custom paper size that you want.
7. Click OK to close each dialog box.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

When you choose the custom paper size in Visio, Visio may not display the correct size in the Printer Setup dialog box, but it does display the correct size on the Print Setup tab of the Page Setup dialog box, and the actual paper size is correct.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.