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PostScript Printers - Text Not Shaded Redlini
DocumentID: 610192
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:34:28 PM

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

Problem

Symptoms: When you bold and redline a Bold font on a PostScript printer, the spaces between the words print redlined (shaded), but the actual characters do not. Solutions: The following changes can be made to the printer driver to work around the problem:
1.      Enter the PTR Program
2.      Retrieve the printer .ALL file
3.      Highlight the printer name and press Enter
4.      Go to Printer Commands and press Enter
5.      Go to Initialize At Start Of Print Job and press Enter to move to the expression side
6.      Find the Prologue variable, press Alt-F8 to go to the Global String Variables and cursor to the Prologue variable (the one that matched what was on the last screen)
7.      Press Enter to move to the right and then press Ctrl-Enter to edit the variable
8.      Find the following section:
      /_B {/bflg true def
       sflg not {/_S /bshow load def /bon true def} if
       } bdef
      and change it to read:
      /_B {/bflg true def
       sflg not {/_S /bshow load def /bon true def} if
       ron{/_S /_rshow load def} if
       } bdef
9.      Find the following section:
      /_redshow {currentpoint
       /Ry exch def /Rx exch def
       dup stringwidth pop Rx Ry psz 4 div add _mt
       Rx psz 15 add setlinewidth .95 setgray 0 setlinecap
       add Ry psz 4 div add _lt stroke Rx Ry _mt 0 0 0 setrgbcolor
       ifelse currentpoint _mt
       }bdef
      and change it to read:
      /_redshow {currentpoint
       /Ry exch def /Rx exch def
       dup stringwidth pop Rx Ry psz 4 div add _mt
       Rx psz 15 add setlinewidth .95 setgray 0 setlinecap
       add Ry psz 4 div add _lt stroke Rx Ry _mt 0 0 0 setrgbcolor
       bflg{bshow}{show}
       show currentpoint _mt
       }bdef
10.      Exit the PTR Program and save the file
11.      Enter WP and update the printer driver

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