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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: ImageWriter LQ
Keywords: LQ, printer
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Date: 11 Nov 88 19:01:13 GMT
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In article <12445740876006@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> WHITELEY-J@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (J. Whiteley) writes:
#>Is anyone having problems with their ImageWriter LQ generating lines
#>of print with the letters "squashed", that is smaller than the normal
#>but without any gaps.  The main logic board was replaced as a warranty
#>repair but hasn't solved the problem.  The problem occurs more than
#>once on a typical page of text and is independent of the application
#>with generated the text.  
#>
#>Additionally, the proportional spaced fonts print out bold.  I seem to
#>remember someone else making this observation but never heard of a fix.
#>
#>Any suggestions on either topic would be greatly appreciated!  Please
#>send any replies to Whiteley-J@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu.
#>
#>Thanks,  Rob Whiteley

Since you don't mention anything about which fonts you are using,
the obvious first step is to make sure you have installed the
fonts which come with the LQ. If you read the manual, somewhere
it explains that the LQ uses (this is from memory, not rereading)
triple font sizes and scales them down. It also, if I recall
correctly, suggests that under some circumstances characters will
print too close together and you, the user, will have to insert
space to make up for it. Not a very good state of affairs, but
at least they warn you.

Steve Goldfield