Microsoft KB Archive/29956

Do Not Use LASRHARD.TXT with LaserWriter

PSS ID Number: Q29956 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

The file LASRHARD.TXT should not be used in conjunction with Microsoft Word. This file contains a PostScript program that uses an undocumented option to set the printer to use hardware handshaking (CTS/RTS) instead of XON/XOFF, which Word uses by default.

Although this file speeds up the printing of one-page to two-page documents by up to 500 percent, it also makes the LaserWriter unusable for any document longer than two pages.

The file LASRHARD.TXT is set into nonvolatile memory; powering on or off makes no difference in clearing it.

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