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From: davis@rm1.UUCP (Gary A. Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Changing CR/LF to CR on printer output
Message-ID: <240@rm1.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 90 14:56:40 GMT
References: <1990Feb21.122448.22508@lilink.com>
Organization: Racal-Milgo, Sunrise, FL
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From article <1990Feb21.122448.22508@lilink.com>, by mikej@lilink.com (Michael R. Johnston):
> I have some printers here locally that I used to use with a TRS80 computer.
> These printers ASSUME a linefeed when they see a carraige return.

Yes, I have the same problem. I use an Epson MX80 and have to flip the
toggle dip switch that I can (with difficulty) reach thru the back
using a pen. In general, I leave it set up for the PC and have
modified some of my CoCo programs to ask how the printer is set up and
if in IBM mode, it sends the LF.

It is interesting that the printer supports either case but that
neither operating system (MS-DOS, RS-DOS) does. On the other hand,
when running OS9 on the CoCo, I can specify that the printer port is
in IBM mode (like stty on UNIX), so OS9 software does not have to
change.

I haven't been using MS-DOS for very long so maybe there is a way to
tell the printer driver to drop LFs when paired with CR.

Gary

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  Gary A. Davis
  Racal-Milgo, P.O. Box 407044, Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33340, (305) 476-4393

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