Microsoft KB Archive/27508

Meaning of PrinterType Flag in PRD Header

PSS ID Number: Q27508 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

1.x 2.x 3.x 4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

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The PrinterType flag in the Header section of a printer driver tells Word what type of printer you have. This entry can make a difference in the messages Word displays and in the way Word interprets other areas of the PRD. For example, if PrinterType is 2 (daisywheel printer), Word knows that whenever there is a font change in a document, Word should pause and display a message asking you to change print wheels. If PrinterType is 5, (laser printer), Word interprets the dxaMin: entry to mean 1/dxaMin rather than dxaMin/1440.

The different options for PrinterType are as follows:

Entry Printer Type —– ————

0 MSPRINT-type PRD file 1 Dot-matrix printer 2 Daisywheel printer 3 Other types of printers 4 PLAIN.PRD 5 Laser printers

In Word versions 5.00 and 5.50, the PrinterType flag may also be set to the following:

6 Vector device, such as a plotter

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