From: jng@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Date: 17-Mar-90 23:57 CST
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Can ThinkJet print .WRI from WRITE?
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  I have a HP ThinkJet printer, I used the control panel to set it up, and it
print fine for text files. But when it come to WRITE and using different fonts,
it won't work anymore, printing garbage. Is it that my HP ThinkJet can not
print graphics? Do I have to live with that? Or is there a driver around that
can solve my printing .WRI files problem. I try switching the printer from HP 
mode to Alt mode which should be compatible to Epson MX-80, MX-100, or IBM 
graphics, the lines are out, but the printer don't form feed, so everything
is on ONE line. If I switch the line feed "ON", I got 3 rows of character for 
each row.  I look at the printer manual and find out that the HP can only 
advance one row at a time, but the Epson can advance 1/3 of a row. Again,
is there a way to get around the problems.

   As a side issue, I also use PCTEX, and there is no driver for this stupid
HP ThinkJet, too. I have a PTI Jet Demo, I try and it too doesn't print right.

Thanks in advance!

--Joseph Ng--
U of Illinois Urbana Champaign