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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: staircase effect
To: compland@ism.com.br (Helio Coelho Jr. - CompuLand Informatica)
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 16:01:41 -0700 (MST)
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>    Anybody can tell me a filter to use in my printcap to eliminate
> the "staircase effect" ? I own a epson stylus color. That only happens
> when I print using "pr ... |lp".

add ocrlf to the tty mode bits.  You aren't getting a CR when you get
an LF.

This is really a bogus thing to do, since it break binary I/O to the
printer (you'd have to have multipl filters setup.

Typically, I correct this with a dipswitch on the printer.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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