Epson LQ Series Printers Vertical Graphic Lin

DocumentID: 609069
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:33:57 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: All vertical graphics lines, whether created through Alt-F9 (Graphics) or in a table, print broken and jagged; horizontal lines print correctly. All lines look correct in View Document. The customer has the correct printer selected and is working with the San Serif 10cpi font. Solutions: This situation has been duplicated in-house both from a blank screen, and from the customer's files. The printer does not keep its horizontal position when printing bi-directionally. The workaround for this situation is to turn bi-directional printing off when printing graphics. The steps to do this are as follows: 1. Enter the PTR Program, retrieve the .ALL or .PRS file, and press Enter on the printer name 2. Move to Graphics and press Enter 3. Highlight Bitmap Graphics and press Enter 4. Highlight Monochrome Column Data Format and press Enter 5. Highlight Graphics Expression and press Enter 6. Move to Start Graphics Data Transfer and move to the Expression Box and add [27]"U"[0] in front of the codes that are already there. Move to the next line (End Graphics Data Transfer). This line will be blank. Enter the expression [27]"U"[1]. 7. Exit the PTR Program and save the modified printer file 8. If the changes were made to the .ALL file, update the .PRS in WP by pressing Shift-F7 (Print), S (Select Printer), 7 (Update) The steps above can be used for other Epson-compatible printers. This would include Panasonic, Star, Okidata, or other Epsons. Another option is to put a [27]"U"[1] code at the end of the Initialize at Start of Print Job string. This will turn off the bi-directional printing and cause the printer to print uni-directional. These steps would also apply to problems with Line Draw. This is given as a troubleshooting step. For one customer, it was necessary to place a [0][27]"U"[0] code at the start of the graphics print string, a [0][27]"U"[1] code at the end of the graphics print string, and then the user had to print in high quality. If the customer did not put the [0] code at the beginning of each string, the printer would print U's at the beginning and end of each line.

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