Patent Document ID: 4656602
Application ID: 06664178
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method to assist the operator of an interactive text processing system having a printer to control the placement by said system of a document image on a sheet of paper in said printer, said printer having a home print position which is offset a predetermined distance from at least the left edge or top edge of said paper after said paper is positioned to the initial print position of said printer, said document image comprising a text image including a first line that has a predetermined position relative to at least the left side or top side of said document image said method comprising the steps of, (a) interactively entering into said system the initial paper positioning parameters of said printer, including said predetermined distance and (b) adjusting the distance of the one side of said document image relative to a corresponding side of said text image to reflect said predetermined distance entered into said system in step (a) to cause said one side of said document image to coincide with the corresponding edge of said paper when said document image is printed.