Microsoft KB Archive/66747

Incorrect Extended Characters With HPLASER.PRD

PSS ID Number: Q66747 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

When using HPLASER.PRD in Word versions 5.00 and 5.50, extended characters formatted for Courier 12 may print from the PC-8 symbol set instead of from the Roman-8 symbol set. This will occur if any text above the Courier 12-formatted text is formatted for CourierPC 10 (PC-8 Symbol Set).

= MORE INFORMATION =

The font definition for CourierPC size 10 in the HPLASER.PRD file does not correctly reset the symbol set to the Roman-8 symbol set. Because Courier 12 is the default font for LaserJet printers, its font definition does not contain the escape sequence needed to initialize the font to the Roman-8 symbol set.

As a result, if CourierPC 10 text precedes Courier 12 text, the Courier 12 text will print using the PC-8 symbol set. This is only noticeable when using extended characters, because the extended characters for the two symbol sets differ substantially.

To work around this problem, use MAKEPRD.EXE to convert HPLASER.PRD into a text file (refer to Chapter 6 of the “Printer Information for Microsoft Word” manual for information on using the MAKEPRD program). Load the text file into Word and search for the text “{F1” (without quotation marks). The seventh line down from the line beginning with “{F1” incorrectly appears as follows:

endmod:0 “[(10U[(s3t12vsbp10H”

Inside the quotation marks, change (10U to (8U. The corrected line should read as follows:

endmod:0 “[(8U[(s3t12vsbp10H”

Six lines below the “endmod” line is a line that begins with “endItalBoldmod:0”. The same modification described above should also be made to this line, so that it reads as follows:

endItalBoldmod:0 “[(8U[(s3t12vsbp10H”

After making these modifications, save the file in text format and use the MAKEPRD.EXE to convert the corrected text file back into the PRD format.

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