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From: ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au
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Subject: Re: Stretched text in Dataproducts LZR1260
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Date: 25 May 91 01:35:27 GMT
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In article <775@mlacus.oz>, ash@mlacus.oz (Ash Nallawalla) writes:
> We have a DataProducts LZR1260 PostScript printer that appears to
> print correctly from XyWrite Plus and from Quattro.  Anything printed
> from a Windows 3.0 application, e.g. Write, CorelDRAW, Paintbrush, WinWord
> etc is stretched vertically.
> 
> Has anyone else struck this problem?  Is the original Win 3.0 PSCRIPT.DRV
> driver faulty?

The only time this happens with ours is when PostScript uses the
Apple LaserWriter page size of Letter, which is not on most PS printers.
Perhaps the solution under Windows 3 (which we use with our Dataproducts
with no problem) is to select Dataproducts from the PS driver set.

Mark Kosten