Panasonic KX-P1624 - Printing Characters Inco

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:07 PM

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

Problem

Symptoms: The customer is using the Panasonic KX-P1624 printer. When printing with a font size attribute selected as large, the words run together. With the font size attribute selected as Extra Large, the word spacing is spread too far apart. The spacing of letters within words is fine. The customer had the Courier 10cpi font selected as the Initial font. Also, they have tried printing with the PGM (program) mode turned on and off, but there was no difference. When another customer, using a Panasonic KX-P1624 printer and a Courier 20cpi font, prints a document, the letters overprint each other. They seem to be printing in a larger font than 20cpi. Solutions: The Panasonic KX-P1624 printer has several emulation modes, such as Epson Graphic, Epson Italic, and IBM Proprinter. The printer must be in one of the Epson emulation modes to work correctly. Also, the printer must be in the PGM mode to receive the correct code strings from the WordPerfect software. If the PGM mode is not on, the printer will ignore all codes and only print the document text in the form that the printer is defined in. For example, if the customer prints a WordPerfect document with a 12cpi font selected, the document is formatted with a specific number of lines and characters. If the printer is defined with a 10cpi font selected and PGM mode off, the characters in the document must overprint each other to conform to the formatting. The end result of all this is that the printer must be set with PGM mode set to ON and one of the Epson emulation modes must also be selected. The following information explains the steps for changing the printer into PGM (program) mode. 1. Turn the printer on. 2. Press the Function key. The top row light and the first two column lights should be on. 3. Press the Row key. This will light the first two row lights. The first two column lights should still be lit. 4. If either of the first two column lights are not lit when performing steps 2-3, then press the Column key until they blink and then press Set. 5. After these are set, press the Row key until the bottom row light is the only one lit. 6. Press the Column key until the light is blinking above macro1. 7. Press the LF key and two beeps will sound. Press the Function key, and turn the printer off and back on. This will place the printer in PGM mode.

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