Microsoft KB Archive/66463

Word: Incorrect Pagination with Double-High Fonts

PSS ID Number: Q66463 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

When using double-high fonts on some dot-matrix printers, incorrect pagination, blank pages, or overrun pages may occur when printing.

Some dot-matrix printers change the line spacing by a small fraction when switching to and from double-high formatting. Microsoft Word is not able to adjust for this line spacing change, and therefore, Word’s count of lines on a page may be incorrect.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This problem can be partially corrected by changing the printer driver (PRD file) as follows:

  Convert the PRD file to a text file using the MAKEPRD utility. (See chapter 6 of the “Printer Information for Microsoft Word” manual.)   Search for the line that begins as follows: byte:8 mod:0 …   Change mod:0 to mod:1 (do not alter the rest of the line).   Save the text file and convert it back to a PRD file using the MAKEPRD utility. 

Note: This change may cause problems when printing nonstandard length documents, such as continuous feed labels or cards.

Some printers that are known to have this problem include the following:

ALPS P2000 Brother M-1809/M1909 Brother M-1824L/M-1924L C.Itoh C-715A Okidata Microline 320/321 Star NX-1000/NX-1500

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word version 5.00. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

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