diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PromsPrinter.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PromsPrinter.cs
index 465b2584..5400bb1c 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PromsPrinter.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PromsPrinter.cs
@@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 			get { return _MyChangeBarDefinition; }
 			set { _MyChangeBarDefinition = value; }
 		}
-		public PromsPrinter(ItemInfo myItem, string rev, string revDate, string watermark, bool debugOutput, string backgroundFolder,bool openPDF, bool overWrite, ChangeBarDefinition cbd, String pdfFile)
+		private bool _OriginalPageBreak;		// use 16bit page breaks.
+		public bool OriginalPageBreak
+		{
+			get { return _OriginalPageBreak; }
+			set { _OriginalPageBreak = value; }
+		}
+		public PromsPrinter(ItemInfo myItem, string rev, string revDate, string watermark, bool debugOutput, bool origPgBrk, string backgroundFolder, bool openPDF, bool overWrite, ChangeBarDefinition cbd, String pdfFile)
 		{
 			_MyItem = myItem;
 			_Rev = rev;
@@ -155,6 +161,7 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 			_OverWrite = overWrite;
 			_MyChangeBarDefinition = cbd;
 			_PDFFile = pdfFile;
+			_OriginalPageBreak = origPgBrk;
 		}
 		public string Print(string pdfFolder)
 		{
@@ -369,6 +376,7 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 					_MyHelper.RevDate = _RevDate;
 					_MyHelper.Watermark = _Watermark;
 					_MyHelper.DoZoomOMatic = DebugOutput;
+					_MyHelper.OriginalPageBreak = OriginalPageBreak;
 					OnStatusChanged("After Set PageEvent", PromsPrinterStatusType.SetPageEvent);
 				}
 				else
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/VlnSvgPageHelper.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/VlnSvgPageHelper.cs
index 85c575c0..ab5c227e 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/VlnSvgPageHelper.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/VlnSvgPageHelper.cs
@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 			get { return _MyChangeBars; }
 			set { _MyChangeBars = value; }
 		}
+		private bool _OriginalPageBreak;		// use 16bit page breaks.
+		public bool OriginalPageBreak
+		{
+			get { return _OriginalPageBreak; }
+			set { _OriginalPageBreak = value; }
+		}
 		public void AddChangeBar(vlnChangeBar vcb, string cbmess)
 		{
 			if (vcb == null) return;
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
index ea6a8884..72ebf575 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 					// flag SectionPageBreak is set to true to flag that a pagebreak should not be done
 					// on that first step.
 					StepConfig sc = firstChild.MyItemInfo.MyConfig as StepConfig;
-					ManualPageBreak = sc == null? false: sc.Step_ManualPagebreak;
+					ManualPageBreak = MyPageHelper.OriginalPageBreak ?  (sc == null?false: sc.Step_ManualPagebreak):
+						sc == null? false: sc.Step_NewManualPagebreak;
 					if (ManualPageBreak)
 					{
 						SectionPageBreak = true;
@@ -608,7 +609,9 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 				return 0; // Don't Paginate (page break) on a Step Section if it's first thing on page
 			}
 			if (!MyItemInfo.IsHigh) return 0;		// Don't Paginate on a Substep level
-			ManualPageBreak = (MyItemInfo.MyConfig as StepConfig).Step_ManualPagebreak;
+			StepConfig sc1 = MyItemInfo.MyConfig as StepConfig;
+			ManualPageBreak = MyPageHelper.OriginalPageBreak ? (sc1 == null ? false : sc1.Step_ManualPagebreak) :
+				sc1 == null ? false : sc1.Step_NewManualPagebreak;
 			if (MyItemInfo.FirstSibling == MyItemInfo && ManualPageBreak)
 			{
 				// if parent/section used this pagebreak, skip it.