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From: mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Printing Graphics files via LPT1:
Message-ID: <8281@emcard.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 91 18:16:35 GMT
References: <8280@emcard.UUCP> <1991Jan09.220846.15527@cavebbs.gen.nz>
Reply-To: mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites)
Organization: Emory Univ CDB
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In article <1991Jan09.220846.15527@cavebbs.gen.nz> frank@cavebbs.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst) writes:
>In article <8280@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes:
>>
>>I'm trying to print bitmaps files to a Laserjet via LPT1: and the image
>>gets all trashed. I'm wondering if LPT1: is only passing 7 bits, playing
>>with what it thinks are tabs, etc. I know the file is good because I can
>
>How are you doing it -- if you want to do it from DOS, try COPY/B FILE LPT1:
>-- the /B tells DOS it's binary, and not to stop at a ^Z.

Well, I have figured out the problem, and I mis-interpreted the symptoms.
My files will print fine to a LJII, but screw up on a LJIII. I thought that
the PCL stuff was compatible. BTW, I'm printing output from Gnuplot 2.0 pl 2
with the hpljii driver.

Does anyone know why the LJIII should have trouble?

Thanks,
Mat



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