Microsoft KB Archive/62936

Word: Kodak Diconix 150 Plus Prints Self-Test

PSS ID Number: Q62936 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

When using Word for MS-DOS version 5.0 or 5.5 with the Kodak Diconix 150 Plus printer in Epson FX-80 emulation, a self-test is printed at the beginning of every print job with Word’s EPSONFX.PRD file. This is caused by the existence of “ t 1” in the initial escape codes sent to the printer. This can be corrected by using MAKEPRD to remove the “ t.” (In Works 2.0, this can be corrected by choosing the IBM Proprinter emulation and installing the IBM Proprinter printer driver, IBMPRO.PRD.)

To correct the EPSONFX.PRD file using MAKEPRD:

  Convert the file from a PRD file to a text file using MAKEPRD.   Load the text file into an editor (Word) and search for “byte:0”.   At byte 0 (zero), delete “[tA”. The file originally read as follows: [@A The file should now read as follows: ^[@   Save the document as a text file.   Convert the file from a text file to a PRD file using MAKEPRD. 

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