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Q86447: Printer Drivers Do Not Support Bidirectional Printing

Article: Q86447
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 29-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft Windows does not support bidirectional printing on dot-matrix
printers.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you print graphics or TrueType fonts to a dot-matrix printer that uses
bidirectional printing, you receive jagged lines and/or characters as output.
TrueType fonts and graphics require a high degree of precision; current printer
implementations of bidirectional printing are not capable of this precision.

If you are using an unsupported dot-matrix printer emulating a supported printer,
you may need to disable the printer's hardware implementation of bidirectional
printing in order to produce quality output.


Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 bi-di bi-directional epson citizen panasonic emulation true type nonsupported 3.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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