Are the forms "tractor feed" and used with the holes engaged in the
printer's feed mechanism or are you relying on friction feed? e.g. Epson
FX-890

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User


"Debbie" <Debbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0563D01-529D-42CF-91A7-9F0FBC826E29@microsoft.com...
:I recently purchased an OKI Microline 491 24 Pin Dot Matrix printer to
print
: continuous forms (1000s at a time) onto a pre printed form. The
information
: an research done on this purchase stated that the printer was compatible
with
: XP.
:
: The form is 7.50 (W) X 4.25 (L).
:
: I have gone into Start/Printer&Faxes set up custom size in server
properties
: and properties. Set this same information up in page set up etc.
:
: With each form printed the text moves higher up until finally it is
totally
: misaligned.
:
: The drivers are for XP. I am using XP Professional 2002 and the program
is
: in WORD. It is one page on the computer but will need to print XXXX
amount of
: copies (sometimes up to a 1000 of this document).
:
: Originally the program was on Windows 3.1 and did fine printing from the
: WORD in 3.1. Antoher office took this information and placed it on their
: computer..........they finally got it to work with some
tweaking...........I
: have called them and gotten their information as to margins
: etc..............but it still does not make mine print any
better..........it
: doesn't get any worse though when changing margins...........but it also
does
: not get any better.
:
: Are there any fixes for this or suggestions. I have scoured the
internet,
: microsoft help etc. and tried everything I find..........nothing has
helped.
: I also tried overriding the computer by programing the information into
the
: printer.........this did not help either since the paper size I need is
not
: in the printer setup.
:
: Any help will be appreciated.
:
: Debbie