NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/ti/912

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Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch![e-mail]
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Subject: Bug with Epson printers?  Help please
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Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:15:49 GMT
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I have a problem that consumed a few hours these last days.  Anybody willing
to help resolve it?

Using TI-Writer, I was trying to put the  '  sign above a letter like is
found in some names of Latin origin (e.g., e' or o' etc.).  it did that from
TI-Writer using transliteration, namely, I defined the character   }  to
stand for "print one backspace (to go back to the letter e or o or whatever),
then print the  '  ".
This worked fine with the usual roman character set, either draft or NLQ.
But when I tried to combine this with ITALICS, the  '  was misplaced at random
locations in the printout.  In this case, there is a transliteration command
earlier in the text (prior to the }  mentioned above) to turn on Italics.

Anybody who got an Epson printer (FX, LX, LQ series)-  could you please try this
and let me know whether I am dreaming or there is a bug in the Epson printers?

Anybody who got a non-Epson printer, could you try this and let me know what
are the results and which type of printer you are using?

Remember, the problem occurs when the  accented letter (e', o' etc.) is being
printed out in the Italics character set mode.  If possible, try it both with
draft and NLQ (or LQ if you have that).

Thanks.