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From: jn190068@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Jay Nestle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: MES review print option prob
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Date: 19 Apr 91 17:51:50 GMT
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	After you solve some equations using the MES there is
the option of viewing the last solution.  This is done by rt-sh
ALL.  (In the manual)  This screen gives the option to print.
When you do print, the calculated values along with the equations
used to get the values are printed.

	My problem is:  The equations printed don't include
characters such as the infinity sign or rho.  These along with
many very significant engineering symbols are not printed.
Is there any way to get these symbols to be printed, easily?
Currently the calc prints a superscript 2 for rho and a
superscript n for infinity.  This makes sense because these are
the character codes for those characters as recognized by the
printer.  This really screws up the way equations appear!!

	Basically Is there a better way to do this?  If one
manually selects the variables or equations (in eq writer
form) they print fine.  Of course this is because in eq writer
form they are graphic objects and are printed pixel by pixel.

	I have yet to use the many special characters that hp
substituted in place of these engineering/science symbols.
They include such things as the a with a dash over the top,
or like above a superscript 2 and n.  Maybe even a software
fix for this would be in order, maybe a library??  Mr. Wickes?

I have a hp48sx vers. E, 128k (hp memory :-)), and B vers printer.

				Thanks, Jay Nestle

jn190068@longs.lance.colostate.edu

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