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No one wants on-screen lines and boxes replaced with rows of
accented letters when they print screen dumps to an HP
LaserJet. I found a more permanent way to fix the problem
than the one proposed by J. L. Richards ["Accidental
Accents," Star-Dot-Star, January 1991].
Here's the source of the problem: LaserJets are shipped from
the factory defaulted to the Roman-8 symbol set, and Roman-8
doesn't include the line-drawing characters needed to
reproduce screens with lines and boxes.
To change the LaserJet's default symbol set to one that
includes the line-drawing characters without sacrificing
accented characters, do the following:
1. Press the printer's ONLINE key to take the device off
line.
2. Hold down the MENU key for 5 or 10 seconds until
`SYM SET=ROMAN-8*' appears in the display window.
3. Press the + and/or -- key to scroll through the symbol
set options. When you see `SYM SET = IBM-US', press the
ENTER RESET MENU key to mark the selection with an
asterisk.
4. Press the MENU key repeatedly until `00 READY' appears in
the display window.
5. Hold down the CONTINUE RESET key until `07 RESET' appears
in the display window. This step saves your selections as
the new default.
To verify your work, go to a screen with lines and boxes on
it--just about any program with a character-based menu
interface will do--and press <Shift>-<Print Screen>. Take
your printer off line, press the FORM FEED key, and put it
on line again. The resulting printout will show your lines
where they should be.
Debra J. Gips
Baltimore, Maryland
Title: IBM-Compatible LaserJet Fonts
Category: MSC
Issue date: Jul 1991
Editor: Brett Glass
Supplementary files: NONE