Microsoft KB Archive/23732

Epson Printers and Underlining Tab Leader Characters

PSS ID Number: Q23732 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

3.x

MS-DOS

Problem:

I am trying to underline text that includes a tab formatted to include a leader underline. When I highlight the entire text, including the tab character, and format it for underline, my Epson prints a double underline for the leader character. However, it prints no underline for the text.

Response:

This is a limitation of the Epson hardware and no workaround exists.

The codes in the Epson used for leader and regular underline are different. Furthermore, the vertical spacing between the two is different; the regular underline is slightly lower than the leader character.

If only the text (not the leader tab character) is formatted for underline, there will be a single underline for both the leader character and the text. But because the leader underline and regular underline have different vertical spacing, the underline will be broken at the point where the leader tab ends and the text begins.

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