Microsoft KB Archive/86447

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Printer Drivers Do Not Support Bidirectional Printing

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Q86447

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
Microsoft Windows does not support bidirectional printing on dot-matrix printers.

MORE INFORMATION
When you print graphics or TrueType fonts to a dot-matrix printer that uses bidirectional printing, you receive jagged lines and/or characters as output. TrueType fonts and graphics require a high degree of precision; current printer implementations of bidirectional printing are not capable of this precision.

If you are using an unsupported dot-matrix printer emulating a supported printer, you may need to disable the printer's hardware implementation of bidirectional printing in order to produce quality output.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 bi-di bi-directional epson citizen panasonic emulation true type nonsupported 3.11

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311