Microsoft KB Archive/29298

Strange Output When Printing Glossary Containing Macros

PSS ID Number: Q29298 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Printing a glossary containing macros can often produce unexpected and/or undesirable results. Many macros contain control characters (such as the left and right chevrons, < >) or printer escape sequences. This is particularly true of the macros in the supplied glossary, MACROS.GLY.

This glossary contains, among other things, macros that send escape sequences to an HP LaserJet for the printing of envelopes. When this glossary is printed, the escape sequences are sent to the printer just as they would be during normal execution of the macro. As the glossary prints, the printer receiving the escape sequences will attempt to perform the requested commands; this often can produce bizarre output.

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