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In article <1989Sep5.232119.19260@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> edgar@csri.toronto.edu (Edgar LeBel) writes:
>Is it just me or does everyone with an Epson LQ variety printer have this
>problem:  the 1.3 printer driver changes <linefeed> into <linefeed, 
>carriage-return> when printing text, and inserts <CR, CR> after each line of 
>graphic data, resulting in double-spaced text and images chopped into 

There are 2 possible problems you are having:

a) your parallel cable is wired so that the Epson LF->CR/LF conversion
   is turned on
b) your dip switches are set so that the Epson LF->CR/LF conversion is
   turned on
c) both of the above

The printer.device assumes (and needs to assume) that when it sends a CR
the printer does a CR, and when it does a LF the printer does (only) a LF.
Epson printers have the capability to act this way, settable by both
cable and dip switch.  See your Epson manual for more detail.

>horizontal bands by extra linefeeds?  Sending text straight to PAR: with a 
>single linefeed separating lines works fine, as does WordPerfect, which uses 
>its own driver.  Changing the auto-linefeed DIP switch on the printer also has
>no effect on this problem either.

Then its probably your cable wiring, which is overridding the dip switch.
(on my old Epson it was PIN 14, called AUTO LINE FEED)

>
>On my previous, "Epson-compatible" printer I had the same problem under 1.2
>and 1.1 so I wrote my own driver.  Unfortunately, I don't have the necessary
>source code for a 1.3 driver, so I can't do the same.  

This is available from CATS, as part of the 1.3 Native Developers Update
Disk Set.  However, to solve your problem and let you use standard drivers
you probably won't need it.

			andy
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