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HP LaserJet III - Text On Envelope Smeared |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Solutions: The return address on an envelope printed smudged when printed with the HP LaserJet III. The customer found that by rotating the landscape printing 180 degrees, the text printed without smearing. In order to rotate the landscape text the customer made the following changes in the PTR Program: 1. Enter the PTR Program 2. Retrieve the WPHP1.ALL file 3. Cursor to the printer name 4. Press Alt-F8 to enter Global String Variables 5. Cursor to HP3orient (typing the word will move the cursor to it quickly) 6. Press Enter and Ctrl-Enter to edit the line 7. The line reads [27]"&a"ASCII(ORIENTATION*90)"P". Change the number 90 to 270. The line should then read [27]"&a"ASCII(ORIENTATION*270)"P". 8. Exit PTR, saving the changes 9. After making this change in the PTR Program, print as normal, but turn the envelope 180 degrees when inserting it into the printer. Note: WPCorp does not support these changes. Please enter an Enhancement Request for the customer so that WPCorp can keep track of how many people would like this change. The orientation number of 270 (found in step 4 above) was calculated as follows: 90 degrees (original orientation) + 180 degrees (recommended rotation) = 270 degrees (new orientation). Please note that customers will need to feed the envelopes, and any other landscape forms, rotated 180 degrees. These steps are not recommended for all users. Changing the value from 90 to 270 will result in values of 0, 270, 540, and 810 being sent to the printer for the various rotations possible for a text box. The printer may not accept the 540 and 810 values. Also, making this change may have unpredictable results if duplexing is used on the IIID and IIISi. Users might want to consider rotating a text box when wanting to print in reverse portrait and reverse landscape. Customers should understand that this method may cause problems if HP unsupported or odd-sized landscape forms are used. Also, the horizontal and vertical print positions may not print in the correct location on landscape forms because the starting position of the text will be changed. The starting position is based on the edge of the unprintable zone; this position changes when the page is rotated. This text smearing problem was corrected with the 07/12/91 release of printers. However, when using the 07/12/91 release, the text may not print as close to the left and top of the envelope as is desired. |
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