Microsoft KB Archive/243063

= PUB2000: Characters Disappear When You Print to a PostScript Printer =

Article ID: 243063

Article Last Modified on 11/22/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q243063



SYMPTOMS
When you print to a PostScript printer, several characters may disappear from each line. This effect is most obvious at the ends of lines.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the following versions of the Adobe PostScript printer driver are installed on your computer:


 * 4.24.171
 * 4.26.102



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, download and install the Adobe PostScript printer driver version 4.3x or later from the following Adobe Web site:

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/printerdrivers/main.html

NOTE: You can also download updated PostScript Printer Definition files for various PostScript printers from this Adobe Web site. The 4.3 version of this Adobe PostScript driver does not support PostScript level 1 devices such as Panther Pro Imagesetter.



STATUS
This problem occurs when you use Publisher 2000 version 9.0 and the Adobe PostScript printer driver version 4.24.171 or 4.26.102.



MORE INFORMATION
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The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Additional query words: pub2k 2000 pub9 9.0 mspub ms_pub dropped missing lost drop font

Keywords: kbprepress kbpostscript kbprb KB243063

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