Manually Fed Legal on a Postscript Printer (D

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:53 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: Problem: The customer was using a QMS PS 410 postscript printer and the last 3 inches of a legal page was cut off. Is this a printer problem? Troubleshooting steps: Create a DOS text file (Ctrl-F5, 1, 1, C:\TEST, Enter) after typing in the following lines: %PS-Adobe /Times-BoldItalic findfont 32 scalefont setfont legal usertime 5000 add {dup usertime lt {pop exit} if} loop statusdict /manualfeed true put usertime 5000 add {dup usertime lt {pop exit} if} loop 32 32 translate 0 0 moveto (Legal Length) show 0 200 moveto (standard length) show showpage ^D %This is a "ctrl-d" not a "^" then a "D". Then go to a DOS prompt and copy this file to the port. (copy c:\test lpt1). You should receive a manual prompt at the printer and when it prints the words "Legal Length" it should be at the bottom of the page and the words "standard length" should show up at about the 11 inch mark. This is a good test to see if dos can even make the printer print out a full legal length page. This also works on the HP Laserjet IIID with the HP Postscript Plus Cartridge and should work on most Postscript printers that support manual feed paper.

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