WinWord 2.0: Printing Envelopes to HP LaserJet Plus Printers

• Microsoft Word for Windows versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SUMMARY

If you are running Word for Windows in the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 and you print an envelope to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet Plus printer using the CreateEnvelope command in Word 2.0 the envelope address will print too high on the envelope.

MORE INFORMATION

To print envelopes correctly on an HP LaserJet Plus in Windows 3.1, with Word 2.0, you must set a printer heuristic. To do this, add the following line to the [Microsoft Word 2.0] section of the WIN.INI file:

   HPPCL=+4

You can use the SetPrinterHeuristic macro, which is included in the NEWMACRO.DOC file that ships with version 2.0 of Word for Windows, to add this heuristic to the WIN.INI file. You can also add this heuristic by choosing Options from the Tools menu and selecting the WIN.INI category. Refer to page 810 of the "Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide" for more information on editing the WIN.INI file.

Note: You can set heuristic 768 (HPPCL=768) to print envelopes by feeding them through the center of the paper tray. However, there is no paper guide on this paper tray, so center-fed envelopes may be inconvenient. Heuristic 768 is a combination of heuristic 256 (Avoid Using DeviceCapabilities) and 512 (Force Landscape).

Windows version 3.0

If you print an envelope on an HP LaserJet Plus using the Create Envelope command in Windows 3.0, the envelope address will print correctly without a printer heuristic.

Reference(s):

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 118, 120-121, 732, 810