Microsoft KB Archive/69008

Charts Print in Low Resolution on LaserJet III PSS ID Number: Q69008 Article last modified on 06-10-1993 PSS database name: W_eXceL

3.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

Charts printed using the Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet III driver from Microsoft Excel 3.00 print in low resolution. Lines are thick and jagged.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel for Windows version 3.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel for Windows version 4.0.

More Information:

To resolve the problem:

  From Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.   On the command line, type SYSEDIT and choose OK.   Select the WIN.INI window from the windows that appear.   Scroll through the file until you find the LaserJet driver definition section. Below is an example of how this section may look: [HPPCL,LPT1] FontSummary=C:1.PCL   Insert a line in this section that says: prtresfac=0 Note: There may be more than one such section in the WIN.INI. Insert this line under each instance.   Save the file and restart Windows. 

Your charts should all print in the correct resolution now.

For more information on similar problems, query on the following words:

prtresfac and deskjet and vector.

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