HP PaintJet Printing Tables and Graphic Chara

DocumentID: 647247
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:20 PM

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

Problem

Solutions: The driver for the Hewlett Packard PaintJet printer does not allow graphically created characters (from the .DRS file) to be printed. It also does not print tables correctly. There is a fix for both of these problems. The fix will slow down all graphics printing very dramatically. Because printing is slowed down for all graphics printing we have decided not to ship the fix. For those who are willing to sacrifice speed for these features, the steps to make the change are: 1. Enter the PTR program and retrieve the .ALL or .PRS file. Highlight the printer name and press Enter. 2. Cursor to the option for "Miscellaneous Questions and press Enter. 3. Mark the options for "Scan Look Ahead Region for Text While Printing Graphics" and "Print Super/Subscripts, Advances, Graphics in Top-to-Bottom Order" with an asterisk. Unmark "Don't Print Unmapped Characters Using Graphics (Print Space)." 4. Press Alt-F7 to exit the PTR program, saving the edited file as you do so. If these changes are made to the .ALL file, re-select or update the printer driver in WordPerfect. Time trials with a comprehensive graphics document were: Shipping driver 2 min. 20 sec. The fixed driver 19 min. 15 sec. A person may want to make the changes to a driver and call it HP PaintJet (Tables) so that they can use it for tables and graphically created characters and keep the shipping driver around for regular text and graphics printing.

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