Microsoft KB Archive/30835

Quietwriter Prints Double Spaced by Default

PSS ID Number: Q30835 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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IBM Quietwriters can be made to print double-spaced output from Word even though single-line spacing is specified under Word’s Format Paragraph menu.

The Quietwriters have a single bank of dip switches located under the front panel cover. Switch one, when set to ON (or active) causes the Quietwriter to attach its own linefeed to each carriage return received. Please note that with the IBM Quietwriter III, it is switch number six, not one.

Because Word sends its own linefeed at the end of each line, setting switch one to ON results in double line-spacing output from the printer. In addition, operations that require a carriage return without a linefeed are performed incorrectly.

An example of such an operation is the creation of bold text. When switch one is set to ON and bold text is requested, the text appears as follows:

The next word is bold TEXT TEXT

When Word sends a carriage return to reposition the print head for its second pass (to make the text bold), the Quietwriter attaches a linefeed to that carriage return. The resulting copy of the desired bold text appears directly under the first occurrence of bold text.

The status of switch one can be determined by visually checking the dip switches under the printer’s front panel cover. A more reliable check can be made by running the printer’s self-test.

To run the Quietwriter’s self-test, follow the instructions on Pages 2-21 of the “IBM Quietwriter Printers 5201-001, 5201-002, and 52001-003 Guide to Operations.”

At the top of the resulting printout there should be a capital H or L followed by six zeros. The six zeros indicate that all six switches are set to OFF. If any of these switches reports a 1, especially switch one, then the corresponding switch should be set to OFF and the self-test run again to ensure that the printer recognizes the new switch position.

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