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- From: chmood@photobooks.atdc.gatech.edu (Charlie Moody)
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- Subject: Re: FinalWriter: Margin Problem
- Date: 14 Apr 1996 04:48:00 GMT
- Organization: Photobooks Inc
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- On 13 Apr 1996 16:40:05 -0700, Gary Alan Peake wrote:
- (responding to my original post)
- : >Final Writer, on my machine, will not recognise the top and left margins
- : >when printing.
-
- : I had the same problem with a Panasonic 2123 printer and here is what
- : Softwood told me way back when ...
-
- Thank you for sharing your experience, Gary! The man I spoke w/ @ Softwood
- had never heard of the problem, and had no suggestions. (For the record,
- I'm *NOT* flogging SW, just reporting.)
-
-
- : First, make sure that the printer is set to the proper defaults (no skip
- : perf, Epson emualtion, 0 left margin, 85 right margin, etc).
-
- I assume you mean the DIP switches that configure the printer? I can
- only set margins in the driver prefs. 0 & 85, huh? *That*'s certainly
- one I'd never have guessed....
-
-
- : ...I thought I should be using 'skip perf' as a default
- : because I use continuous paper. Nope! Let FW set that for you by setting
- : 'continuos' in the printer prefs portion of FW.
-
- my primary is single-sheet, so no sweat.
-
- : Then, read the manual real good on edit size vs print size. I had this all
- : screwed up? Somehow I had them backwards or something, I think? Been a long
- : time ago now.
-
- Hmmm...I'll check into this.
-
-
- : Next make sure that you have the right printer driver. I am using the
- : PanaPrefs set-up printer prefs by Wolfe Faust. That works better for me
- : than the WorkBench EpsonQ driver does.
-
- Curious; does anyone know if Wolf's Canon driver will drive if the BJ is
- in Epson emulation?
-
-
- Thanks again for your input!
-