Microsoft KB Archive/28294

Meaning of Bytes 78 and 82 in a Word Printer Driver

PSS ID Number: Q28294 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

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Beginning with Word version 4.00, there are two new fields in the PCSD section of the printer driver: bytes 78 and 82. These fields are for start and end reverse linefeed, respectively. They will be blank in most printer drivers.

For some printers that can print line draw characters from the IBM Extended Character Set, a linefeed will automatically be added after printing the line draw characters. To allow text to be printed after the line draw characters have been printed, the codes entered at byte 78 will do the following:


 * 1) Send a linefeed (ASCII Decimal 10).
 * 2) Select reverse linefeed.
 * 3) Send another linefeed to achieve the reverse linefeed.
 * 4) Reselect forward linefeed at byte 82.

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