Comment 14 for bug 1071219

attached is a demo file that you could try, just to see if it works. This was produced as follows.

- Windows 7, Inkscape 0.48.3.1
- create text using font Hobo BT, size 64
- set fill to none
- set stroke to red
- set stroke width to 0.05px
- use Path->Object to Path to convert to Path
- select the group of paths and choose the menu option Object->UnGroup
- save

the last step, using Object->Ungroup is unfortunately necessary for text so that the individual letters will have the correct style, otherwise they would have the default style, which is not what you want.

Can you try printing this and see how it works?