2/10/90 To HP Laser Jet users: ---------------------- The following letter was received regarding using both the HP Series II and IIP laser printers: I am currently using an HP Series IIP printer. I was not able to get the files by Craig Thurber to work properly on both a Series II and IIP printers. Perhaps he set the defaults on his printer differently. However, after playing around with printer codes, I found a set of codes that worked. In addition, I wrote a configuration for the Series II using a Pacific Data cartridge using its 3.6 point font. Using this font, I can easily fit 6 pages on one side of a sheet, with wide margins. Of course, reading it is another problem. Reading a sheet printed this way reminds you why legalese on contracts is always in fine print! Thanks for writing DOCSMASH. Sincerely, Gerry Ching Compuserve 74166,1267 Following are his page format settings and printer codes to print four 80- column, 55-line pages on one letter size page, using LaserJet internal line-printer font: Page Format Settings -------------------- Print Width Setting = 164 Number of Columns to Print = 2 Number of Pages per Column = 2 Lines per Page Printed = 55 Max Blank Lines to Print = 4 Reset Printer Codes ------------------- Reset Printer 27,69 Printer reset code Orientation 27,38,108,48,79 Portrait Mode Line Spacing 27,38,108,49,50,68 12 lines / inch Pitch 27,40,115,49,54,46,54,54,72 16.66 characters/inch Horiz Motion Index 27,38,107,53,46,55,49,72 5.71 for 21 pitch Left Margin 27,38,97,53,76 Column 5 (approx. 1/4 inch) These codes are untested by me, but appear reasonable. I have created a PRN file using the Printer Codes and included it in this group of files. Copy HPII.PRN to your root directory as DOCSMASH.PRN to use it. If you wish to comment about it, try its creator at his Compuserve number for the best advice. Or, contact me on Compuserve at 71131,3253 of at the address shown when you terminate DOCSMASH. Dave Rettger