Microsoft KB Archive/47024

Word 5.0: Text Prints .5 Inch Down Paper on Epson LQ Printers

PSS ID Number: Q47024 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

On some Epson LQ series printers (that is, the LQ850, LQ1050, LQ2550, and any others that may have the automatic paper load feature), Microsoft Word version 5.0 prints documents with a downward vertical shift of 0.5 inches. This behavior occurs because the printer’s automatic paper load positions the baseline of the print head 0.5 inches down the page. Word correctly assumes that this position is on the perforation; therefore, the document prints shifted downward.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following change can be made to the printer driver to compensate for this behavior:


 * 1) For each model of printer used, in the model block, change the AutoSkipTop:0 to AutoSkipTop:1.
 * 2) Change the UnprintableTop:0 to UnprintableTop:720.

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