NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/applicat/7106

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From: [e-mail] (Francis Wai Gee Lui)
Subject: Re: Fix for PPage 3.0 Avery Label #4241 page genie
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Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 06:31:40 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Harv R Laser) writes:
>This is a fairly obscure bug fix but on the hopes that it may help
>someone else reading this someday, here it is:
>
>This has to do with the "page genie" in Gold Disk's Professional
>Page 3.0 used for printing on Avery dot matrix printer labels model #4241
>(3.5" floppy disk labels on continuous form perforated pinfeed stock,
>sold 250 to the package (I bought them at Comp U.S.A.)).
>
>The page genie creates the page template in the perfect size. It then
>puts one text box onto the page into which you can type text, import
>graphics, or both. However when printed, on SOME printers such as
>a DeskJet or Epson 9-pin printers (which I use), each label will
>print out 2 7/8ths inches high instead of 3 inches. What this means
>is that after a few labels, your artwork will run right off the
>top edge of the label and you'll have to stop printing and reset
>the position of the labels under the printhead.

The bug also appears in Professional Draw 3.0's Avery Label maker with model
#4145 labels (I bought them from Egghead).  I'll try drawing a box with no
line weight at the bottom of the label to see if that helps.

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