System: Common Printers and Their Printable Areas

Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q80799
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

The tables in the "More Information" section of this article list printers commonly used with the Macintosh and their printable regions when printing from Microsoft Word for the Macintosh. In some cases these printable regions may vary from the regions specified by the printer manufacturer.

NOTE: With legal-sized paper, many printers will not print headers and footers in Word unless Larger Print Area is chosen in Page Setup. This is due to the standard Header/Footer settings in Word of .5 inches. Also, note that some color printers, such as the QMS ColorScript and the Hewlett- Packard (HP) PaintJet, have smaller printable areas and may not use the default Header/Footer setting in Word to print the header or footer.

MORE INFORMATION

Letter (8.5 by 11 Inches)

Printer              Top       Bottom       Left        Right

Apple LaserWriter      .5  in      .5  in      .5  in      .5  in
Apple LaserWriter LS   .2  in      .2  in      .2  in      .2  in
Apple StyleWriter      .25 in      .63 in      .19 in      .5  in
HP DeskWriter C        .26 in      .59 in      .25 in      .25 in
HP DeskWriter          .26 in      .59 in      .25 in      .25 in
HP LaserJet IIIsi      .38 in      .38 in      .38 in      .38 in
QMS 410, 815, & 825    .44 in      .44 in      .44 in      .44 in
QMS ColorScript 100    .7  in      1.3 in      .2  in      .2  in

Letter (Larger Print Area Selected)

Printer              Top       Bottom       Left        Right

Apple LaserWriter      .25 in      .25 in      .25 in      .25 in
Apple LaserWriter LS*  .25 in      .25 in      .25 in      .25 in
Apple StyleWriter      (Does not support Larger Print Area)
HP DeskWriter C        (Does not support Larger Print Area)
HP DeskWriter          (Does not support Larger Print Area)
HP LaserJet IIIsi      .25 in      .25 in      .25 in      .25 in
QMS 410, 815, & 825    .25 in      .25 in      .25 in      .25 in
QMS ColorScript 100    .7  in      1.3 in      .2  in      .2  in

* Indicates that this feature is only available in version 7.2 and above of the StyleWriter driver.

Legal (8.5 by 14 inches)

Printer              Top       Bottom       Left        Right

Apple LaserWriter      .9  in      .9  in      .9  in      .9  in
Apple LaserWriter LS   .75 in      .75 in      .9  in      .9  in
Apple StyleWriter      .25 in      .8  in      .19 in      .5  in
HP DeskWriter C        .26 in      .59 in      .25 in      .25 in
HP DeskWriter          .26 in      .59 in      .25 in      .25 in
HP LaserJet IIIsi      .75 in      .75 in      .9  in      .9  in
QMS 410, 815, & 825    .44 in      .44 in      .44 in      .44 in
QMS ColorScript 100    .7  in      1.3 in      .2  in      .2  in

Legal (Larger Print Area Checked)

Printer              Top       Bottom       Left        Right

Apple LaserWriter      .5  in      .5  in      .5  in      .5  in
Apple LaserWriter LS*  .5  in      .5  in      .5  in      .5  in
Apple StyleWriter      (Does not support Larger Print Area)
HP DeskWriter C        (Does not support Larger Print Area)
HP DeskWriter          (Does not support Larger Print Area)
HP LaserJet IIIsi      .25 in      .25 in      .25 in      .25 in
QMS 410, 815, & 825    .44 in      .44 in      .44 in      .44 in
QMS ColorScript 100    .7  in      1.3 in      .2  in      .2  in

* Indicates that this feature is only available in version 7.2 and above of the StyleWriter driver.


Additional query words: cut-off truncated size printable region laser jet
desk writer style color script limit margin common unprintable
Keywords : macword macword5 word6 kbprint
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,5.0,5.1,5.1a,6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbinfo


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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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