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Printer font problem - Win 95/98 network

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by jtp-aust

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When directing a print job from a Windows 98 machine to a MS networked Epson printer connected to a Windows 95 machine, the font(s) become condensed, and the job prints in the top LH corner of the page.

Rebooting the PC solves the problem.

Theprinter on the "98 machine (dot matrix, driven by a generic driver) gives no problems.

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by revlarry

Are you also using a generic drive on the 95 machine?

Also, you may want to copy the fonts from one PC to overwrite the fonts of the other. I had a font problem once where several users were passing around one document (legitimately) in particular via e-mail, and some started complaining that their PC or their printer didn't display the font in exactly the same way as a co-worker's, even though it was all the same document! While I didn't find it to be a huge problem because everything wasstill quite legible, they wanted their computer to make it 'pretty' too, I guess. So I identified the fonts in the document, copied those fonts (.ttf) from the computer where the document originated, and used them to overwrite the complainants' copies of the same fonts, and everyone was happy.

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