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From: boba@hpwarau.hp.com (Bob Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HP Thinkjet brain-damaged?
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Date: 14 Jul 89 12:40:40 GMT
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Reply-To: boba@hpwarau.UUCP (Bob Alexander)
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>I think the previous HP responders have confused the Thinkjet
>with the Quietjet.  I'm afraid the original Thinkjet only responds
>to the HP printer commands, and only prints the "Roman-8" character
>set.  There are no dip switches on my Thinkjet (except for the HPIB
>address switches).  Printer commands that work with Epson generally
>will NOT work with a Thinkjet.

No, they're not confused.  The RS232 and Centronics versions of Thinkjet
have "Alternate mode" (i.e. Epson emulation) that is enabled by putting
switch 5 up.  It also has the IBM character set that is enabled by
putting switches 6 and 7 up and switch 8 down.

I'm not surprised that your HP-IB Thinkjet doesn't have these features,
since it was primarily intended to connect to instruments and perhaps HP
150s, not IBM compatibles.

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