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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 21 Apr 1999.
Re: overprinting ASCII on Laserjet?

Re: overprinting ASCII on Laserjet?

I think that Joe Fischer is right because in assembly the character 13(the
return key) brings the cursor to the begin of the line.

Michael Phillips


Robert Wood wrote in message <371...@ionet.net>...
>I have been trying to print out one of the OLD line printer type posters
>on my HP Laserjet.  I have tried a bunch of Escape code combination to
>make it treat a CR(Carriage return) as what it should be (reset to left
>margin, but do not advance the line).  But no matter how I set Line
>Termination, it always prints a line, hits the CR, and advances the
>line.  I know the printer is taking my Escape sequences, because I can
>set it to 8 lines an inch.
>
>So, is it even possible to "overprint" with a laser printer?
>
>    Robert
>
>

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Subject: Re: overprinting ASCII on Laserjet?
Date: 1999/04/21
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