Re: printer spacing out of whack

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,

Is it possible that in the new version some of your print lines are longer
than in the old version, causing a "wrap around"?.

Regards,
Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:32 PM, rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> We sent out our payroll system W2 changes to our customers last month
> and they are beginning to run them and some are having trouble with
> printing them on lasers.
>
> They test just fine on our printers but when some of the customers run
> them the printing starts down one line, making all the printing off by
> one line.
>
> This is true for printing on pre-printed sheets and using overlays.
>
> I've narrowed it down to the RPG program - if we run W2s using last
> year's version, all is fine.  If we run with the new one, it prints
> one line down.
>
> I can see the code for both of them via STRDBG.  These are internally
> described print files and each line has a Skip Before number and they
> are the same in both versions.
>
> I'm pulling my hair out here, why would these two nearly identical
> programs start printing pages on a different line?
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