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Q255065: Printing with Zero Margins Overlaps First and Last Lines of Page

Article: Q255065
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are printing with the Generic Text-Only driver and you are using the
Continuous-No Page Break paper source, using 0 (zero) for the top and bottom
margins causes the first line on a page to be printed on top of the last line of
the previous page.

CAUSE
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Because each page of a print job uses a form feed (FF) control to advance to the
next page, the printer driver does not send a line feed (LF) at the end of the
last line of text on the page. When you are using the Continuous-No Page Break
paper source for the Generic Text-Only driver, the FF to advance to the next
page is not used. If the bottom and top margins are 0 (zero), the lack of a FF
or LF means that the first line of text on the next page starts printing on the
same line as the last line of text printed on the previous page.

RESOLUTION
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Set a top margin size that is equivalent to the space that a line of text
occupies. This causes the first line of text on a page to be printed directly
under the last line printed from the previous page.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbprint 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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