Staircaseeffect with HP Deskjet Plus

Michael Hughes mdh at jcn.net
Thu Oct 13 05:11:49 PDT 2005


On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:03:08 +0200
Stevan Tiefert <stevan.tiefert at freenet.de> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> when I want to print an ASCII-text via lpr to my HP Deskjet Plus I got
> a  staircaseeffect on my printer. I asked HP for support but they
> answered: 
>   "... the support stopped nine years ago..." Ups :-(
> 
> I think that a solution with a2ps and gs is too crazy and too slow
> when  I print a biiig manual-page. I expect that I need a specific 
> input-filter for my printer. But which one?
> 
> With regars
> Stevan Tiefert
> 
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Stevan,
  You need to send the printer "ESC&k2G".  Where ESC=escape. This sets
NL=CR_NL.

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