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IBM Color JetPrinter - Text Doesn't Align On
DocumentID: 644996
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:02 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: When selecting the 5cpi font, left justification, and left and right margins of .5" each, the characters on the left don't justify. Some characters shift to the right approximately 1 character width or 1/20 of an inch. When the user sets a left margin to .25" the first character prints at .2". With the fixed pitch font of 5cpi it seems that the characters only position every even decimal point: .2, .4, .6, etc. He would like to set a .5" or .25" left margin and have the characters start at that position and be justified. Solutions: This is a printer that has no horizontal positioning commands. A 300 left print head bias is included in the printer driver to help align the text at 1". Since the driver is space filled, the text has coarse horizontal movements. Have the user delete the 300 bias:

1.      Enter the PTR program.
2.      Retrieve the printer driver or the ALL file.
3.      Press Enter on the printer name.
4.      Highlight Printer Commands and press Enter.
5.      Highlight Printhead Bias (Left) and press Enter.
6.      Delete expression.
7.      Exit, save and update.

The fonts will all align, but text will be a 1/4" off. Since the text will be 1/4" off, the driver writer feels that this should not be implemented in the printer driver unless we are getting enough calls to justify it.

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