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echo: wperfect
to: DESMOND KLEIN
from: AUKE REITSMA
date: 1996-06-18 22:43:00
subject: wpwin60 margins?

Hi Desmond,
On 17 Jun 96, 23:47, Desmond Klein wrote to Wayne Popiluk
 -=>> Quoting Wayne Popiluk to All <=-
 WP>> I've been a wordperfect DOS user for a while and recently am
 WP>> trying to switch over to windows.  It's great but does
 WP>> strange stuff. Would anyone be able to tell me why I can't
 WP>> change the bottom margin to .5 inch or smaller.  It only
 WP>> lets me go to .667 inch.  Top and sides are fine, I can
 WP>> change them to anything.  Thanks
 DK>  It depends on your printer. HP Laser printers can't print on
 DK> that area of paper, which is why WP makes that the minimum margin
 DK> size.
WP's .PRS drivers -- at least for HP's --  _consistently_ make the minimum 
margin settings _WAY_ too small. Why they do it I don't know. I change 'em 
always to the margins enforced by the printer ...
A day of trial and error -- and observing/analyzing PCL output -- does it.
Greetings from
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