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Printing problems with Lotus 1-2-3 and macros

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jasonmorovich

IS-IT--Management
Aug 15, 2002
25
US
Hello all,
I currently having a problem with Lotus 1-2-3 (version 9.7) on XP. I'm currently moving some of our office to XP Pro from 98. Our billing department uses Lotus 1-2-3 for printing up bills.
In Win 98 they were using Macros to print out these billings. Here's an example of the macros:
Column B Column C
Row
97 \P /PPCRCBRA1:K57~
98 AGQ
102 \B /PPCR
RR1.AC51~
AGPQ

These worked like a charm on Win 98. They would hit Ctl P and the 1-2-3 file would print to the printer in 12 CPI (to fit the billing form sheet). Now however in XP when they run these exact same Macros the printer switches to 10 CPI and prints beyond the form. These files were saved and moved over from Win 98 to XP so the attributes are exactly the same.
I'm just wondering why the print goes from 12 CPI (as set on the printer and in the 1-2-3 file) to 10 CPI while printing.
Is this a Lotus problem or yet another issue with XP?
Any help with this matter would be greatly appreciated!!
 
Hi Jason,

By referring to "CPI", this suggests that the file had been set up with a "fixed" font - such as Courier.

During the switch to XP, is it possible that the font got changed to a "proportional" font ???

If so, try changing the font back to a fixed font like Courier.

Hope this helps. :)

Regards, ...Dale Watson dwatson@bsi.gov.mb.ca
 
Thanks for the response. I tried to change the font to Courier but recieved the same results. I'm beginning to think it has nothing to do with the lotus at all. When I run this print Macro on a system with a laser printer that has a hard fixed character size it prints fine. The only problem is that the forms are carbon copy so a laser is useless to me due to the fact that it doesn't strike the paper creating the copy. For whatever reason (still searching) this Espon LQ-2180 switches to 10 CPI during the print job and then back to 12 CPI after completion. I've sent a request into Epson, but will have to wait the usual 2 days for a response. I'm wondering if somewhere in the O/S it's dictating the size to be printed, thus overriding the size listed in the hardware settings.
Again, any help would be greatly appreciated...
 
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