Quality Not As Good with IBM QuietWriter III Printer

ID: Q97039

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

When you print to an IBM QuietWriter III from Word for Windows, the quality of printer-resident fonts may be lower than when you print to this printer from another application. This reduced quality occurs because the Windows version 3.1 printer driver for the QuietWriter III does not support Enhanced printing quality, which produces the highest-quality output of printer-resident fonts. The Windows version 3.1 printer driver only supports the Draft and Quality output levels.

Workaround

To print from Word with the Enhanced printing quality level, send the following printer command code at the beginning of your print job

   ESC I 3

where "3" is the value 3, not ASCII 3.

To send this printer command code, use the following procedure to insert a PRINT field at the beginning of your Word document:

1. Press CTRL+HOME to position the insertion point at the beginning of

   your document.

2. Press CTRL+F9 to insert field brackets. Type "print" inside the

   brackets.

3. Press ALT+0027 on the numeric keypad. A vertical pipe character (|)

   appears in your document.

4. Press I (uppercase letter I).

5. Press ALT+0003 on the numeric keypad.

MORE INFORMATION

WordPerfect prints to the QuietWriter III using the Enhanced printing quality mode, which gives darker, crisper output for printer-resident fonts.

KBCategory: KBSubcategory: kbfont Additional query words: 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c word6 winword 6.0 winword2 built-in

Keywords          : kbprint kbFont 
Version           : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998