bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell) (02/26/89)
Bill Rankin was commenting on the problem he ran into on page-breaks, to which Lenny replied with helpful options. I also ran into the same problem, and basically solved it by writing a shell-script that allows a user to make on-the-fly changes in vertical & horizontal layout, font, character spacing, printer mode, etc. by making selections from a menu. It sets both the escape-sequences for the printer and (where needed) the values for the setprint command in UNIX - and it all appears to work fine.... .......except for the *left-margin* adjustment. It seems that no matter what value I insert into the escape-sequence for setting the left margin, the printer sets the left margin about *five* inches toward the RIGHT side of the page. Even if the value is zero! (The printer has a new mother-board, so it doesn't appear likely that it is a hardware problem on that end). If I can just get this element resolved, my shell-script will be fully working as advertised in its 'man' page, and I'd be glad to share it with anyone who wants to use it. (Should work on any lashup between a 3B1 and anything running in Epson mode, with few changes required even for non-Panasonic gear). But...... :-( Is there someone out there who knows about this condition and what to do about it? Bud Hovell :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : USENET: {attmail! | tektronix!percival! | pacbell!safari!} whizz!bbh : : TELEX: 152258436 (Whizz/Bud Hovell) VOICE: +1 503-636-3000 : : PAPER: Overture Systems Corp, PO Box 1812, Lake Oswego, Oregon USA 97035 : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "You may not be interested in strategy - but strategy is interested in you."