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Date:      Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:59:15 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Clarence Griffin <Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help with HP LJ configuration
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811131257550.20228-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <002A414A.003144@ed.gov>

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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Clarence Griffin wrote:

>      
>      I just ran the "lptest > .dev.lpt0" command and the LazerJet II 
>      attached to the serial port is printing one line of text at the top of 
>      each page, and then cycling to a new page.

You've just experienced the famous HP 'stairstepping' problem. By default
HP printers are set up to require CR/LF as an end-of-line indication,
while UNIX just sends CR.  

There is either jumper settings or an escape code in your manual that will
change the EOL setting.  I don't know what it is for the LJII off the top
of my head.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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