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- Problem : I tried to COPY the QMODEM.DOC file to my printer, but it
- stops at the bottom of page 39. What's wrong?
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- Answer : The .DOC file contains two end-of-file characters (one on
- page 39, one on page 59) which display as left-pointing
- arrows in the IBM PC character set. These characters
- effectively stop a standard DOS COPY operation. A simple
- circumvention is to use the /B (binary copy) option of the
- DOS COPY command, as follows:
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- C>COPY QMODEM.DOC LPT1: /B
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- A permanent solution, which corrects the QMODEM.DOC file
- once and for all, is to run the QMFIXDOC program against the
- .DOC file. It will remove these two characters (and others
- which may be offensive to your printers). This program will
- take a while to run, however, since it reads the .DOC file
- one character at a time. The version of QMODEM SST 3.1
- posted now has a corrected .DOC file.
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- NOTE: The Qmodem.DOC file also contains extended graphic
- characters (ASCII>127) used to represent Qmodem screen
- displays. If your printer does not support the IBM Extended
- Character set, these characters will not print as intended
- (ie, they would print as italic letters on an EPSON FX/MX
- series).
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