PUB98: Word Wrap Changes Printing to PostScript (178592)

SYMPTOMS

If you print your publication to a PostScript printer, a PostScript print file, or an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file, text may wrap in different places than if you print the same publication to a non-PostScript printer.

This effect is more noticeable if you have a large amount of small text, and the text font is Arial or Times New Roman.

CAUSE

This is not caused by a problem in Microsoft Publisher. It is caused by a printer setting in the Windows 95 and Windows NT PostScript printer drivers.

To speed up printing and to reduce printer memory usage, Windows substitutes some printer-resident fonts for some TrueType fonts. For example, when you print a document or publication that uses the Arial font, Windows substitutes Helvetica. Similarly, if your document or publication contains Times New Roman, that text actually prints in Times to a PostScript printer or PostScript file.

Arial and Times New Roman are very similar to Helvetica and Times, but are not exactly the same.

RESOLUTION

You can configure the Windows PostScript printer driver so that it does not substitute fonts.

Windows 95

Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
Right-click the PostScript driver. On the shortcut menu, click Properties.
Click the Fonts tab.
Click Always Use TrueType.
Click OK.

Windows NT Version 4.0

NOTE: To follow these procedures, you must have administrative rights to the printer driver.

Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
Right-click the PostScript driver. On the shortcut menu, click Properties.
Click the Device Settings tab.
Click the Font Substitution icon.
In the Change 'Font Substitution' Setting area, click Slow But More Accurate. Click OK.