Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Bruce.Hoult
From: Bruce.Hoult@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Serial LaserWriter not printing smart quotes
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.054655.3095@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 29 Jan 91 05:46:55 GMT
References: <1991Jan25.180525.12614@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Sender: Bruce.Hoult@actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Hoult)
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand
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Comment-To: klefstad@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

Sue Klefstad writes:
>Ever since we started using our LaserWriter IINT in a serial mode
>with XON/XOFF handshaking, the smart quotes print out as R and S
>and the long dash prints out as a P.  (Font is Times 12.)

Is your serial port set to 8 bits?  Losing the top bit causes the symptoms
you describe.
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