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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: NEC LC-890 in hp emulator mode
Message-ID: <6309@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 Aug 88 23:38:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: chinet.6309
References: <49764GL4@PSUVM>
Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
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In article <49764GL4@PSUVM> GL4@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>i have an NEC LC-890 hooked up to a unix machine (Celerity) running
>BSD 4.2 ... the NEC has a mode to emulate an HP laserjet+, but i can't
>get it to work ...

The print spooler has to send carriage returns (as it would to most
other printers) unless the application knows the laserjet positioning
codes.  Under sysV, that would be "stty onlcr", but I don't know
about BSD.  There have been several ascii->postscript filters posted
to the net that work nicely with the 890.  In postscript mode the
carriage returns are not needed.

Les Mikesell