Tim
This has always mystified me, we have two 2563s on HP-IB and one serial, the
alignment ruler prints only on the serial! I never really thought of it as
an interface oddity.
Tony

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> Sent: Friday, 13 November 1998 11:03
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> Subject: Forms Alignment Ruler?
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>
> Hello everyone!
>
> I just installed a some serial cards in our 256xB printers (they
> were HP-IB), and they work fine, but whenever we send a spoolfile
> with a forms message, an alignment ruler prints at the beginning!
>
> (like this:  ....:....1....:....2....:....3....:....4.... etc.)
>
> Has anybody seen this one?  I can't find any mention of it in
> either the printer operator's manual or in the interface manual.
>
> I don't suppose it's a big deal if we can't get rid of it - all
> our forms have at least two line-up fillers - it just surprised
> our operator when it first showed up!
>
> TIA!
>
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