Question:
I am typing a letter and on the screen it looks fine but when it prints some of the lines are off center (Claris), but it still looks fine on the screen PLEASE HELP
Answer:
Could be a couple different things going on with your document. The most likely is that you are seeing your screen font in your word processing document, but are missing or substituting a printer font when you go to print. (most fonts come in two halves, a screen half and a half that tells the printer how to form the characters)
To figure this out, first look to see what font you are using. Then, go to your system folder and check that you have both halves of the font available. If you see a suitcase for your font, click on it and select "by icon" from the view menu to see what you have--you should see what looks like sheets of paper with the corner turned down, and should see both multiples A's and single A's on the sheets of paper. The single A's are the screen half, the multiples are the printer true type fonts. If you are missing one of those halves your document will not print properly.
If this is not the answer, next step is to make sure that you are not trying to print a postscript font to a non-postscript printer (check your printer docs to see if yours is postscript compatible). These fonts look like a block with many horizontal lines and a slanted letter A in the center. If you cannot print postscript you may find that investing in an application like Adobe's Type Manager will solve your problem.
A third possibility is that you are getting the screen half of one font and the printer half of another. This can occur if you have two fonts with the same name or ID number. To fix this, simply select a different font.
Finally, you may be printing from a bitmap font. If it is a bitmap font (the older ones with names of cities - looks like a piece of paper with a corner folded down and a single A in the center, like screen fonts) it may print with somewhat less than perfect spacing and "jaggies." If this is your situation, simply substitute a different, non-bitmap font. Hope this helps, if not, make a note of your results and write back.
Asked By: SRE1125@aol.com
Date: 2/22/98
