I'm having trouble getting the fonts to align correctly on my report. I'm printing on a Dot-Matrix printer (Epson LX-300). I have three columns in the report to be printed on a pre-printed form. For instance, I have three rows to be printed; the second row is not aligned as the first one. Instead, the second row's column two starting position is pushed by one font space. The third row, is aligned properly, i.e., it follows the first row alignment. However, when I display the spool, all of the three rows are aligned correctly. This doesn't happen when I use the laser printer.

When you display a spooled file, it always displays it in fixed-font format. The font you are using is a positional-spacing font. Using a fixed font means that every character is the same width. When you use a positional-spacing font, the position on the form is determined by the characters that were used prior to the column you are currently trying to print. I would suggest you go to a fixed-font.

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