diff --git a/examples/dynsub/print_sample.c b/examples/dynsub/print_sample.c
index 64b007c380..2507f756d8 100644
--- a/examples/dynsub/print_sample.c
+++ b/examples/dynsub/print_sample.c
@@ -81,12 +81,15 @@ static void print_sample1_ti (const unsigned char *sample, const DDS_XTypes_Type
   {
     case DDS_XTypes_TI_STRING8_SMALL:
     case DDS_XTypes_TI_STRING8_LARGE: {
-      const char **p = (const char **) align (sample, c, _Alignof (char *), sizeof (char *));
+      const char *p = align (sample, c, _Alignof (char *), sizeof (char *));
       if (c->key || c->valid_data)
       {
         printf ("%s", sep);
         if (label) printf ("\"%s\":", label);
-        printf ("\"%s\"", *p);
+        if ((typeid->_d == DDS_XTypes_TI_PLAIN_SEQUENCE_SMALL) ? typeid->_u.string_sdefn.bound : typeid->_u.string_ldefn.bound)
+          printf ("\"%s\"", p);
+        else
+          printf ("\"%s\"", *((const char **) p));
       }
       break;
     }
diff --git a/examples/dynsub/type_cache.c b/examples/dynsub/type_cache.c
index 76246b074a..da845709d0 100644
--- a/examples/dynsub/type_cache.c
+++ b/examples/dynsub/type_cache.c
@@ -195,8 +195,19 @@ static void build_typecache_ti (const DDS_XTypes_TypeIdentifier *typeid, size_t
   {
     case DDS_XTypes_TI_STRING8_SMALL:
     case DDS_XTypes_TI_STRING8_LARGE: {
-      *align = _Alignof (unsigned char *);
-      *size = sizeof (unsigned char *);
+      uint32_t bound;
+      if (typeid->_d == DDS_XTypes_TI_PLAIN_SEQUENCE_SMALL) {
+        bound = typeid->_u.string_sdefn.bound;
+      } else {
+        bound = typeid->_u.string_ldefn.bound;
+      }
+      if (bound == 0) {
+        *align = _Alignof (unsigned char *);
+        *size = sizeof (unsigned char *);
+      } else {
+        *align = 1;
+        *size = bound;
+      }
       break;
     }
     case DDS_XTypes_TI_PLAIN_SEQUENCE_SMALL: