I don't know if OpenOffice uses xprint, but this problem sure sounds like http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=251067 [also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=235592 and http://xprint.freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1112 ]
The following work-around is given in /usr/share/doc/xprt-xprintorg/README.printing-problems.gz : ------------- 1) Remove Xprint's own font directory. Xprint contains font information in the directory /usr/share/Xprint/xserver/C/print/models/PSdefault/fonts If this directory is removed, then firefox prints www.debian.org with correct spacing between words. The font used is sans-serif. Xprint obtains information about fonts from other parts of the system. Since this workaround has not been fully tested and its consequences are not fully understood (other locales and printer models in Xprint link to this directory), the fonts directory will be left intact for the official release of Xprint in Debian. A side-effect is that the date stamps for news entries on www.debian.org are rendered using sans-serif font, where they ought to be, I believe, rendered using a monospace font. ----------- Hope this helps! --scott PBFORTUNE Columbia interception FJDEFLECT Clinton Indonesia Echelon Register to vote! http://www.yourvotematters.org/VerifiedVoting ( http://cscott.net/ )