FOF4: problem with printouts

[QuikSand]

I recently re-installed FOF4 onto my new CPU - a laptop running Windows NT and a newer version of MS Word.

I'm having troubles now getting FOF4 printouts to work properly. I set up a "generic/text" printer, and am able to print to files okay. However, when I open up these files in MS Word, I have a weird problem. The first character of each line of text is missing.

Does this sound familiar? Has anyone found a solution?

(To my knowledge, I have not done anything differently than I did with my old computer running FOF4... so I'm assuming this is somehow connected to the new upgrades)

Thanks in advance for any help...

[3ric]

How do the files look when opening them with Notepad? If it's the same then it's probably something with the printer driver.

[QuikSand]

Thanks for the sleuthing, 3ric... the same problem shows up in NotePad, so it seems to be an FOF4 or printer problem, not a MS Word problem.

[QuikSand]

just a bump... anyone have any idea?

[3ric]

No, I would guess that replacing the printer driver would be the way to go, but Windows don't give you that option.

There's a hardcore way to go about it, though.

I'll attach my Windows 2000 driver file (Generic/text) and you can try with replacing your file with this one.

I found my file in the "C:\WINNT\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3" directory, try search for "UNIDRV.DLL" in your c:\winnt directory. Rename it to "UNIDRV.DLL.BAK" or whatever.

Copy this file into the same directory and try printing to a file.

I have no idea if this helps, but it's worth a try anyway.