how do i change the Calc spreadsheet so that my local printer can print it?.t

The Libre spreadsheet has the ending ODS and the printer can not read it.
Thanks

By “local printer”, do you mean …

  • a physical print device connected to your computer?
  • a standalone device which must open your file (e.g. from USB stick) to print it?
  • a print business (“Ye Olde Printing Shopp” down on the corner)?
  • something else?

For the first one, you should have no trouble as long as the printer is properly installed (can print a “test page”, or works from other apps). The others may need you to “virtually print” or export your file to a PDF file or similar.

A common cause for print problems is that there is a print range defined in the file. If that print range is empty, nothing will print. Try menu item Format - Print ranges - Clear, and see whether you can print.

You are not by chance sending the file to the printer, are you?

You have to open it in LibreOffice and print from there.