Print Head Repeatedly Moves to Left Margin When You Print

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This article was previously published under Q271551

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SYMPTOMS

When you print to a dot matrix printer, the print head may travel to the left margin, and then back to the current print position before printing a character.

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CAUSE

The universal printer driver (Unidrv.dll) can erroneously issue extra carriage return characters.

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A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language. The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version  Size     File name
   --------------------------------------------------
   27-Sep-2000  17:32  0.3.0.0  156,432  Unidrv.dll
   22-Sep-2000  16:01  0.3.0.0  190,224  Unidrvui.dll
   11-Sep-2000  17:48  0.3.0.0  619,008  Unires.dll

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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