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From: amichiel@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU (Allen J Michielsen)
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Subject: Re: Found bug in all Laserjets (??)
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Date: 14 Mar 91 19:01:40 GMT
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In <9103132037.AA25656@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU> twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
>It would either come out with a blank sheet or a 21 ERROR.

>If someone sets a landscape font on the Laserjets panel, or sets
>orientation=L on Laserjet III, the graphics no work. And since Lotus

>a bug in the way Laserjet does things. I can't see why this won't
>work. And I can't understand why it hasn't been detected/fixed by
>Laserjet III.

This isn't a bug, it's a feature. And it's documented in the HP Technical &
programming manuals.  I'd recommend doing (basically) what HP recommends that
properly written programs should do...  Include the printer default string
in your lotus printer setup string.  This will reset the printer into the
state which lotus (and other poorly written LaserJet drivers {according to
HP}) assumes the printer is already in.

al



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