GENICOM Techical Note 38U-004
3800 Margin Problems
05-09-95 Ed Palmer

PROBLEM 1: One line is printed, then paper feeds to the next page, prints the next line, feeds to the next page....

CAUSE 1: The bottom margin is normally measured from the top of page. Attempting to set the bottom margin to 0 will result in a printable length of one line per page.

SOLUTION 1: Set the bottom margin in relation to the top of page.

PROBLEM 2: Only one character is printed on each line.

CAUSE 2: The right margin is normally measured from the left of page. Attempting to set the right margin to 0 will result in a printable length of one character per line.

SOLUTION 2: Set the right margin in relation to the left of page.

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