Re: overprinting ASCII on Laserjet?

Lester5374 wrote:

> >Subject: overprinting ASCII on Laserjet?
> >From: Robert Wood <rob...@ionet.net>
> >Date: 4/20/99 6:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> >Message-id: <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?
>
>      I have a suggestion, but I'm not sure if it is possible with the file you
> have. Print part of it, then feed the same sheet through again with the second
> part of the file, and so on.

I had already given that some thought, but to do it, I would have to manually
break the original file into multiple files.  And since not every line os
overprinted and the overprint is not always the same number of times for each
finished line, I would have to break up the original file, then go back to each
separate file and manually add line feed to "line up" the lines.   WAY to much
manually editing for my liking.  I prefer the output of my Hewlett Packerd
Laserjet 5p to the dot matrixes I still have around here, so if I can not find a
way to use the laser, I'll just go back to the Dot printers (until they break for
good!).

    Robert

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