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From: robertt@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Bob Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Scalable Font DJ Driver
Message-ID: <920005@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Mar 91 16:58:06 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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> By the way, does anybody know why the new scalable Deskjet driver
> refuses to print within 1.25 cm of the top of the page?
>
> The DeskJet driver which comes with Windows 3.0 only needs a 0.76 cm
> margin an the top.  I have to rework most of my document templates
> because of this unnecessary and undocumented new restriction.

This is due to some apps. (notably PowerPoint) which always center their
output on the imageable area of the page (rather than the physical area
of the page).  Since the DeskJet/Plus/500 can't print on the bottom .5"
of the page, if you let the imageable area go all the way to the top of
the page, output from these appls. will never be centered - and the user
can't do anything about it.  In the end it was a judgement call - centered
output or printing on the top 1/2 inch of the page.  Since most people
don't print at the top of the page (from marketing research), we decided
to center the printable area - hence losing the top 1/2 inch.

bob taylor
HP Vancouver