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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ChipSoft TurboTax program - doesn't print 1040 form correctly
Keywords: TurboTax ChipSoft Tax
Message-ID: <768@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 88 04:02:40 GMT
References: <8038@condor.UUCP> <842@hsi.UUCP> <1177@hp-sdd.HP.COM>
Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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In article <1177@hp-sdd.HP.COM> hoff@hp-sdd.UUCP (Tom Hoff) writes:
<In article <842@hsi.UUCP> tankus@hsi.UUCP (Ed Tankus) writes:
<I'm using a HP Thinkjet printer and have noticed the same problems.  It appears
<that TTAX is mixing text and graphics in the same printout and the font
<spacing is not exactly right.

Sorry, but an HP Thinkjet is *not* capable of properly handling Epson
graphics, no matter WHAT HP may say. From experimenting with one at work,
it appears that in graphics mode it uses a horizontal "dot spacing" about
3/4ths that of an Epson. This makes it unsuitable for pure graphics
applications as the graphics are  "squashed". It is *totally* unusable for
any application which mixes text and graphics. 

If you need Epson compatibility buy an EPSON. Or write a program that will 
test *everything*. We almost bought an "epson compatible" laser printer. 
Luckily I had some test files. It turned out to be "IBM compatible" (it 
thought any graphics modes higher than 3 were 3, since we needed mode 6
it didn't get bought. And the vendor who insisted that it was 100% Epson
compatible is not trusted anymore...)
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