Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dalcs!armstrng
From: armstrng@dalcs.UUCP (Stan Armstrong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Imagewriter II -and- Programming
Keywords: Imagewriter programming compressed hex output
Message-ID: <3091@dalcs.UUCP>
Date: 27 Nov 88 13:24:58 GMT
References: <4484@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <11009@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <254@internal.Apple.COM> <1095@hydra.riacs.edu>
Reply-To: armstrng@dalcs.UUCP (Stan Armstrong)
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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In article <1095@hydra.riacs.edu> julian@hydra.riacs.edu.UUCP (Julian E Gomez) writes:
>" >In article <4484@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> zimerman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jacob Ben-david Zimmerman) writes:
>" >
>" >>1) My imagewriter II occasionally prints lines of text 'squashed', i.e.
>" >>   about 1 pin shorter than they should be.
>
>One thing i've found that helps is to start printing on the second page
>of paper, i.e. to eject a wasted page before printing.  Apparently the
>extra weight hanging out there makes the paper move better.
>
Yes, if you check carefully, I think you will find that the problem occurs
every other page. It seems to be caused by the folds on the fanfold paper.
When the folds at the start of the page are away from the platen, it 
squishes the line; when it is towards the platen, it doesn't.

Stan Armstrong.
Religious Studies Dept
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, N.S.,CANADA, B3H 3C3
(902)420-5866

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