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From: lorenh@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Loren Heisey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: MES print option part II
Message-ID: <25590146@hpcvra.cv.hp.com.>
Date: 25 Apr 91 17:39:48 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>I can then only assume that the hardware for the MES print option is
>not sending the escape code for ISO printing.

Actually its the software, but this appears to be the case with the MES
print option. If something is printed using blueshift-print before using
the MES print option the characters should print OK. Using on-math will not
set the ISO mode since printing the screen is all graphics and no characters.

Incidentally, once the ISO mode is set the printer will stay in that mode
until either the printer is reset by cycling power or the calculator sends
the Roman 8 escape code. For those running on batteries, if the paper
advance button is used to wake the printer up after it times out the modes
in the printer are retained.

So after turning the printer on one just needs to print some characters
before using the MES print and after that the MES print should work fine as
long as the printer remains on.

Loren Heisey