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From: rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Subject: Epson printer driver problems with Excel
Message-ID: <1991May6.094459.5292@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Mon, 6 May 1991 09:44:59 GMT
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I had reported printing problems with Excel 2.2 under OS/2 1.3 a few
weeks ago. Thanks to a hint of a kind person to check paper formats etc.
to be the same as in the Print Manager setup menu I got it partially
working. A problem with the Epson printer driver remains:

In the Print Manager setup I can set up the paper format to be used, the
graphics resolution, page orientation and choose between tractor and cut
sheed feeder (which I have on my LQ-500). These settings were correct
and are saved in os2.ini. However, Excel provides a Printer Setup
command in the file menu and uses a different set of printer settings
than the system default ones. This means, one has again to set up paper
format, resolution, orientation and paper transport.

The problem was, that Excel does not print unless the paper format names
used by itself and the system defaults are the same (and probably the
other settings too). Of course I could set up the printer again in Excel
but the Paper Transport radio buttons in the printer drivers setup box
are disabled when called from within Excel and they show a default of
tractor and I cannot change this setting. So I have to switch the
systemwide setup to tractor and to play with a custom paper format and
still have problems with page breaks.

Did anyone else find a way around this annoying bug?
Is it in the printer driver or in Excel (I'm not shure)?

Thanks for any hint,

Kai Uwe Rommel

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