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WD: Text Formatted for Bold and Italic Prints Only in Italic

Article ID: 147252

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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SYMPTOMS

When you use both bold and italic formatting for the text in your document, when you print your document, it is printed only with italic formatting.

CAUSE

This happens when the following conditions are true:
  • the text is formatted with Courier 10 or 12 point font

    -and-
  • you are using the Hppcl5ms.drv printer driver.

WORKAROUND

Method 1:

Use a different printer driver.

If you are running Windows 3.1, use the Hppcl5a.drv printer driver. Although it is older than the Hppcl5ms.drv printer driver, it does not exhibit this problem.

If you are running Windows 95, use the driver supplied with the operating system, rather than the Hppcl5ms.drv printer driver, which was designed for Windows 3.1.

Method 2:

Use a different font.

Format the text with the TrueType font Courier New, which is nearly identical in appearance to the printer font Courier.


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