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W95 and Epson LG570 printer

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From: Roy Orrock
Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00
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I have posed this question on the "printer" newsgroup and have received
a deathly hush.  I hope that someone here can give me a lead.

I have recently switched to W95 (clean installation - new equipment) and
have connected my Epson LQ570 (ESCP2) printer.  Printing from W95
programs (Word, Excel,Wordpad etc.) and using the tractor drive results
in 4 blank lines being inserted the first time that a double line feed
is encountered and page breaks are then misplaced for the rest of the
document.  It doesn't happen with manual feed and DOS programs are ok.

I am using the ESCP2 driver that comes with W95.  Epson say that they
have not written any drivers for W95 and I can find no updated Epson
drivers on the Microsoft website.  As far as I can make out from the
manual the dip switches are set ok.

Oh! And when I run the W95 printer test it says "Congratulations
etc..etc..", but those 4 extra blank lines appear after the heading.

Any ideas anyone?  Grateful for all suggestions (other than replacing my
printer :-().

TIA
-- 
Roy Orrock
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