Microsoft KB Archive/61317

Incorrect Alignment or Justification on IBM 4019 LaserPrinter

PSS ID Number: Q61317 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

When printing to an IBM 4019 LaserPrinter using the font Courier size 8, incorrect alignment or justification of text may occur.

Courier 8 is a 17.1 pitch (characters per inch) font size. Word calculates its measurements for printer spacing in 300ths of an inch for laser printers. At 17.1 pitch, the width of a single character in Courier 8 is just over 17.5 300ths.

Word uses 18 300ths, the closest 300th of an inch, as its measurement for a character. Therefore, the alignment of the text formatted for Courier 8 is off to the left by approximately .03 inches (3 100ths of an inch) per inch of text.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: Additional reference words:

=
================================================================ Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.