Microsoft KB Archive/27522

IBM Proprinter XL Printing Slowly and Unevenly

PSS ID Number: Q27522 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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The IBM Proprinter XL print head jumps back and forth when it prints a line with justified text. The document prints properly, but it takes a long time. Many other printers also react this way when microspace justification is used.

Microspacing causes the printer to adjust the spacing between the words in justified text. When the printer head is moving only fractions of full space, it reacts by moving back and forth.

Set “draft:” to “yes” under Print Options to stop this behavior; however, the amount of space between each word will not be the same when justifying the text.

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