WinWord 2.0: Printing Envelopes to Brother Laser Printers

ID: Q86707

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

When you print an envelope to a Brother HL-8 or HL-8e laser printer using the Create Envelope command in Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0, the envelope address may print too high on the envelope.

MORE INFORMATION

Word for Windows 6.0 does not use printer heuristics to change the way an envelope feeds into the printer. To modify the way an envelope feeds into the printer, Choose Envelopes and Labels from the Tools menu. Choose the Envelopes dialog tab and press the Options button. Choose the Printing Options dialog tab. Choose the envelope feed method for your printer and press the OK button.

To print envelopes correctly on a Brother HL-8 or HL-8e with Word 2.0, you must set a printer heuristic. If you are using the HPPCL.DRV printer driver and the Brother printer is emulating an Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet Series II, the following line must be added to the [Microsoft Word 2.0] section of the WIN.INI file:

HPPCL=768

If you are using the PCL4X.DRV printer driver designed for Brother laser printers, the following line must be added to the [Microsoft Word 2.0] section of the WIN.INI file:

PCL4X=768

Heuristic 768 is a combination of heuristic 256 (Avoid Using DeviceCapabilities) and 512 (Force Landscape).

You can use the SetPrinterHeuristic macro, which is included in the NEWMACRO.DOC file that ships with 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.

If you are running Word for Windows 2.0 in Microsoft Windows version 3.0 and you print an envelope on a Brother HL-8 or HL-8e laser printer using the Create Envelope command, the envelope address prints correctly without a printer heuristic.

According to Brother, the Brother HL-8 and HL-8e laser printers can emulate the HP LaserJet Series II. The HP LaserJet Series II printer driver is available on the Windows 3.1 installation disks. Brother laser printer drivers are also available on the Microsoft Windows Driver Library (WDL).

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q82006 Windows Driver Library Information

REFERENCES

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

Additional query words: drivers

Keywords : kbprint kbenvelope
Version : WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c
Platform : WINDOWS
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