Printer "Creep"

Laser printers vary in the way they put print jobs on paper. This variance occasionally causes CMS print jobs to creep up or down the page, because the printer prints a different number of lines per page than what the software is set to print.

Two files are sent out with the DOS program that help us diagnose and remedy laser printer problems. The first is a test file named TEST.PRN. We use this file to determine how many lines per page the printer is actually printing. Copy the file to the printer port using the DOS COPY command. For example: C:\COPY\TEST.PRN LPT1. The printout will show exactly how many lines and columns the printer is printing.

The second file is named CMSPRN.CFG. CMSPRN.CFG is an alternate configuration file that has ten of the more common preset printer configurations. This file allows you to try up to ten different configurations and find the one that is closest to your printer. To run CMS with the alternate configuration file, change to the directory where your CMS data files reside (default is \CMS), and type the following command: CMS -CMSPRN.CFG.