I agree, printing is still the weakest part of OS X. Which is weird considering Apple is obviously pitching at the creative production audiences.
But even in Microsoft Word, there's a known bug that if your text is too close to the bottom of the page, Word will simply cut it off when it prints -- in the middle of a line if necessary.
Apple needs to fix printing in 10.3.
I COMPLETELY agree. Like many things it sounds small, but is a fundamental usability problem in OS X.
"User Interface Design for Programmers" has a really wonderful anecdote about usability and how small things are important. Read the story about "dough" -- it's a little down the page when you first hit the site. [url=http://www.joelonsoftware.com/printerFriendly/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html]http://www.joelonsoftware.com/printerFriendly/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html[/url]
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