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IBM Proprinter X24 - Incorrect Spacing Betwee
DocumentID: 646648
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:16 PM

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

Problem

Symptoms: When printing with the IBM Proprinter X24, the printout has incorrect spacing between the letters. This happens mostly when the user mixes super and subscript fonts on the same line as regular text. The customer claims that previously they were able to mix the sub/superscript fonts with regular text without a problem. Solutions: It is true that the customer used to be able to mix the fonts. The current WordPerfect driver for the IBM Proprinter X24 now has the microspacing option with fixed pitch fonts disabled. This change was made because the IBM Proprinter X24 series printer may randomly drop characters. Random, in this instance, would mean that we can not predict where the characters will drop in the first place, but after the first instance, the characters will consistantly drop from the same place unless the document is cahnged.

This is a limitation of the printer using Microspacing, so this will only occur in PS fonts. This is a limitation of the printer and short of not using Microspacing with the horizontal motion, there is nothing that WP can do. Since Microspacing is necessary for PS fonts, this can not be corrected in the software.

This causes other limitations as far as horizontal spacing as mentioned in the problem.

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