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Making Printer Not Advance Paper For Preprint
DocumentID: 641833
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:18:40 PM

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

Problem

Symptoms: A customer had preprinted forms and needed WordPerfect to print a line of text then stop and not feed the paper. Then the customer could adjust the paper to the next spot and have it print that line and stop. Solutions: The customer followed the steps below to obtain the desired results:
1.      Enter the PTR Program and retrieve the .PRS file
2.      Go to Initialize And Reset
3.      Delete all codes on the Printer Auto Page Advance line and add a Yes
4.      Delete all codes on the Reset Advance Of Page line
5.      Delete all codes on Eject Page line
6.      Exit out of PTR and save this file under a different .PRS filename (e.g., MANUAL.PRS)
7.      Go into WP and select the new MANUAL.PRS file
8.      Enter a ^C in the areas when text would begin
9.      Press Ctrl-Enter for a page break, insert another ^C
10.      Repeat steps 8 and 9 for each preprinted line
11.      Make a print macro that prints a page and then does a Page Down to be ready for the next page to print

When the user printed this file, it printed page one as line one, stopped and did not scroll the paper down. The customer readjusted the paper and printed the next page as line two etc.

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