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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HP Thinkjet brain-damaged?
Message-ID: <1640005@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Jul 89 15:53:02 GMT
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Organization: HP Lovecraft Division
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>Something strange is going on here, and I'm baffled. I can do the
>same things on a parallel ALPS or EPSON printer with no problems.
>                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This may be the source of your problems. Unless the Thinkjet has
an Epson emulation module, it is running in native mode and uses
a different command language. For straight ASCII printouts
the command language is not used but programs such as Sideways
do use the command language. If your software thinks you have
an Epson then they will use the wrong command sequences.
Reconfigure your software to indicate you have an HP Thinkjet 
rather than an Epson and see what happens.

				Danny Low
           "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	      dlow@hpspcoi.hp.com   ...!hpda!hpcuhc!hpspcoi!dlow