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Re: 2.5.1 is WITHDRAWN

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From: Michael Salmon
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 08:14
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In article <9209140729.0.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com>, 
ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) writes:
|> I think there is a jinx on this release.
|> 
|> I have withdrawn the 2.5.1 that was distributed on September 11.
|> Despite repeated testing, and re-reading of the H-P manuals by four
|> different people, it STILL has an error in the H-P printer drivers
|> that results in garbage output.
|> 
|> Since I have now received conflicting and incorrect advice about
|> these printers from so many people, and since I only have
|> intermittent access to them for testing, I must now ask the net:
|> 
|> 	Does anybody *really* know whether the DeskJet
|> 	(NOT the DeskJet 500 or 500 C) supports the <esc>*b<#>y
|> 	command for Y repositioning in graphics mode?
|> 
|> Please e-mail the answer to me directly.
|> 
|> A new edition of 2.5.1 will be released as soon as I get an answer to
|> this question.

If the HP driver is the only problem I would rather keep 2.5.1 and have
the HP driver fixed in 2.5.2.

-- 

Michael Salmon

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Subject: Re: 2.5.1 is WITHDRAWN
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