Microsoft KB Archive/60755

Cannot Print Landscape, Then Portrait with DayStar

PSS ID Number: Q60755 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The DayStar Workstation Printing software provided with the DayStar Digital Localtalk interface board requires the following changes to the PostScript initialization file (POSTSCRP.INI) used by Word 5.00:


 * 1) Rename POSTSCRP.INI to LW.INI, which must be copied to the printer before each Word session by the use of the DOS COPY command.
 * 2) Create a blank POSTSCRP.INI file with the DOS COPY CON command. Word normally sends the POSTSCRP.INI file to the PostScript printer before each print job.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Because of these changes to the PostScript initialization process used by Word, it is not possible to print out a document that contains landscape, then portrait orientations. Changing the page orientation from landscape to portrait causes the remainder of the print job to not be printed.

A possible workaround to this limitation between Word 5.00 and the DayStar Workstation Printing software is to place all pages that have portrait orientation before any pages that have landscape orientation. Use the Format Division Page-numbers command to change page numbers so they reflect the correct page numbers.

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