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Date:      Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:48:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Stranger Bone <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
To:        Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: elimating the staircase problem on an HP DeskJet 400
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970201224728.2383A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <32F42B84.167EB0E7@nconnect.net>

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On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Randy DuCharme wrote:

> Stranger Bone wrote:
> 
> < snip >
> 
> I've had no experience with the 400 directly, but this one has worked
> on all printers that have stairstepped.....
> 

This is an el cheapo deskjet, it doesn't speak PCL.  I tried hpif anyway, 
it had no noticeable effect.  Thanks anyway.

> #!/bin/sh
>               #
>               # hpif - Simple text input filter for lpd for HP-PCL based
> printers
>               # Installed in /usr/local/libexec/hpif
>               #
>               # Simply copies stdin to stdout.  Ignores all filter
> arguments.
>               # Tells printer to treat LF as CR+LF. Writes a form feed
> character
>               # after printing job.
> 
>               printf "\033&k2G" && cat && printf "\f" && exit 0
>               exit 2
> 
> 
> -- 
> Randall D. DuCharme                  email: randyd@nconnect.net
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> 



 Ben

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