IBM Quietwriter III: Minimum Right Margin Is 1.679 Inches (89814)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the IBM Quietwriter III printer driver version 1.0 with Microsoft Windows version 3.1, you cannot set the right margin below 1.679 inches when the paper source is US Standard Fanfold 14 7/8 x 11.

CAUSE

According to IBM printer support, the maximum printing region of IBM Quietwriter III is 13.2 inches. If you use the US Standard Fanfold 14 7/8 x 11 inch paper, the minimum right margin is 1.675 inches:

     14.875 in   Total width of paper
   - 13.200 in   Maximum writing line
   -----------
      1.675 in   Default Right Margin
   -----------   (approximately 1.67 - 1.68 inches)

NOTE: This is by design and is not a limitation of the IBM Quietwriter III. Thus, no matter where you set the left margin, the printer always stops printing at 13.2 inches or does not print below 1.68 inches.

MORE INFORMATION

Using IBM Quietwriter III with Microsoft Write

When you use the IBM Quietwriter III driver version 1.0 with Microsoft Windows Write version 3.1 and you try and set the right margin to below 1.68 inches, you will get an error message saying that Windows is unable to print outside the range you have specified.

Using the IBM Quietwriter III with Windows 3.0

When you use the IBM Quietwriter III driver version 2.04 with Microsoft Windows version 3.0 you can specify the right margin below 1.679 inches, but not below 0.55 inches. Even though you can set the right margin below 1.679 inches, the maximum writing line will still be 13.2 inches.