Large font refuses to print. Why?

I had a very strange thing happen today. I was trying to print a "Wet paint" sign in Word. So I made it big with 120 pt default font. But then when I clicked Print, the page came out blank. Hmmm? I tried again ... the same. I then saved it as PDF and tried printing from Acrobat. Still nothing...

Eventually I made a screenshot of the page (with Prnt Scrn key), saved it as jpeg, inserted it back into Word as a picture and only then I was able to print it.

Any idea what's going on?

PS. Just to note, I can print just fine any small (default) font size text.

PS2. Our printer is HP LaserJet Pro 400 M401dne

From the "For what it's worth" department
(or perhaps the "Misery loves company" department):
I was able to replicate (but not solve) your problem...
...using MS WORD 2010,
wet paint,
120 pt font and
an HP LaserJet 400 M401 printer.

I did not test the PDF part.

The computer that MS WORD 2010 is installed on for my testing has 16GB of RAM. The printer is networked via LAN cable.

We will see what the OP has

Thanks guys. Sorry for the delay. I don't think it's ram. We have a fairly recent Dell desktop with 6GB RAM that doesn't have much installed on it. It is actually our office's main PC. We print receipts off of it many times a day.

I think the issue is with the HP driver or maybe the font. The one I was printing it with was Calibri. And yes, it was Word Home & Business 2010 & later Adobe Acrobat.

The printer is a network printer, but it is actually connected via a USB (or ethernet) to this particular PC.

@Indianatone: What printer did you try it on?

I'm that old and then some

The HP printer that I tested on has its own network adapter. The printer is tied directly to the network via a LAN cable without another computer being involved. Fortunately, I don't need to make/print signs.

Indianatone said:

You need more memory for bigger fonts.

You mean 6GB is not enough to print "Wet paint"? :)

This printer is relatively new. Maybe a couple of years at max and it's been working without any problems. This is the first issue that came up.

@UsernameIssues: Have you by any chance updated that printer's firmware recently?

dc2000 said:

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@UsernameIssues: Have you by any chance updated that printer's firmware recently?

I've never updated the firmware.

Via the printer's web interface:
Firmware Datecode: 20140521
Total Memory: 256 MBytes
Available Memory: 183.37 MBytes


It looks like new firmware is available from here: