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From: rick@oresoft.UUCP (Rick Lahrson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WordPerfect printing defect?
Message-ID: <94@oresoft.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 23:22:47 EST
Article-I.D.: oresoft.94
Posted: Tue Dec  1 23:22:47 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 10:47:05 EST
References: <5160004@hplsla.HP.COM>
Reply-To: rick@oresoft.UUCP (Rick Lahrson)
Organization: Oregon Software, Portland OR
Lines: 35
Keywords: wordperfect
Summary: Printer dependent quirk?

In article <5160004@hplsla.HP.COM> tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) writes:
>When I print something like 
>
>     This is _a test.
>
>(where there is a single letter underlined, in case the underline
>doesn't show up on your monitor [its under the "a"]), the line
>prints, the print head backs up to the "a" and underlines it, and
>continues underlining -- and underlining -- and underlining -- and
>-- but you get the picture.  This is with a Centronics-port-driven
>Dynax DX-15, standard WP driver for it, using standard Font 1.
>Underlining two or more adjacent characters seems to work fine.
>
>Tom Bruhns
>uucp:  !hplabs!hplsla!tomb

The same sentence works fine with my Epson LQ-800.  On the other hand,
when I tell WP to use an underlining mode that should underline the
spaces between words, it doesn't.  According to my printer manual, it
has the capability, but WP apparently doesn't use it.  Hmmm.  It may be
because I'm using a proportional font with full justification, and WP
is doing microspacing between words.  Let's see.  Yup, that's it.  With
a non-proportional font, it works as expected.  The restriction is
understandable, though undocumented as far as I know.

For those who don't yet appreciate the power of multitasking, take a
look at what I just had to do to make that test in mid-sentence!
Then rush right out and buy an Amiga.


-- 

Rick Lahrson  ...tektronix!oresoft!rick

Disclaimer:  If I ever speak for anyone but me, I'll warn you in advance.