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From: pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Found a bug in all Laserjets (??)
Message-ID: <3278@canisius.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 91 07:10:46 GMT
References: <1991Mar12.201750.28016@unixg.ubc.ca> <1991Mar12.154233@sdd.hp.com>
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208
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In article <1991Mar12.154233@sdd.hp.com>, tony@sdd.hp.com (Tony Parkhurst) writes:
> 
> Why do you assume that this is a bug?  The manual says that graphics are
> not supported while in Landscape mode.  How do you think it should behave?
> 
  Yes it does, I've seen it in every manual from the original LaserJet
  on, but it's not an "intuitive" limitation so probably not noticed
  by many people (hey, the LaserJet IIPs we brought a while ago would
  take a solid 100 hours to print all of the docs that came with them, no? )

> Why are you allowing users to alter the configuration of printers that hang
> off a network?  The spooler should be controlling all the settings as
> needed.  When a Lotus job is finished (or aborted), the spooler should
> reset the printer.
> 
  A lot of us DON'T hang our LaserJets off a network.  Some of us even
  resort to printer-sharing boxes/switches (gulp.  how primitive.  But 
  we DO have a network. really.).  So the "rule" I promulgated in my 
  shop was Draconian but simple:  "Thou shalt make no assumptions about
  settings before thee".  

  This generally works, except that 123 is so primitive.  I find it semi-
  incredible, actually, that Lotus hasn't been able to bring itself to
  spend a few bucks to put a decent printer interface in its cash cow..
  Unfortunately for my users, Berlitz doesn't teach LJspeak, which I find
  only a shade easier to learn than Russian.
> 
> PS:  Although I do work for HP, I do not work for the division responsible
> for LaserJets.
> 
  I don't work for HP at all, but I think that LJs are as good a class of
  computer product as there is.

   greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny
   pavlov@stewart.fstrf.org