Microsoft KB Archive/20826

Printing Advances Paper Too Far PSS ID Number: Q20826 Article last modified on 07-24-1988 PSS database name: D_MPlan

3.00 3.01 3.02 3.04

MS-DOS

Problem: My printer seems to be advancing the paper too far for each page of the spreadsheet I want to print. I did not have this problem in the earlier version.

Response: Beginning with Version 3.00, Multiplan sends a form feed to get to the beginning of a new page, instead of the line feeds it used in earlier versions. Multiplan prints the number of lines specified under Print Options Top Margin by doing line feeds; it then prints the number of lines specified under Print Options Print Length. A form feed is sent if, at this point, the printer is not situated at the first line of a new page as specified under Print Options Page Length. Printers usually are configured for 66-line form length. When such a printer receives the form feed, it will advance the paper to the next 66-line page, regardless of what is specified inside of Multiplan under the Page Length field of Print Margins. To prevent the form feed from ejecting more paper than specified under Page Length, make sure the following condition is always true:

Top Margin + Print Length = Page Length.

A workaround is to send the control code through the Print Option Setup field to configure your printer for a Form Length that will match what is specified under Print Options Page Length inside of Multiplan.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1988.