Re: [StrongED] Printing

[Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>]

In message <568650ae35cvjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Chris Newman <cvjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <4645378656.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>, Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > In message <5685cb373fcvjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Chris Newman
> >           <cvjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > In article <1533be8556.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>, Fred Graute
> > >    <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > In message <5685a97b75cvjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Chris Newman
> > > >           <cvjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > When I print from StrongED Base Mode, an extra blank line appears
> > > > > between each line of text.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Have I got a setting wrong somewhere?

There's a couple of settings to check that I've thought of now.

The first thing to check is if StrongED is using the Printer Manager.
Option is: Global Choices -> Misc -> Only print through Print Manager
(for StrongED 4.70a12 the option is in Global Choices -> Printing).

Another thing to check is the printer ignore character. Do *status at
the CLI and find Ignore (at about line 10). Here it's 10 (line feed), if
yours is different then that might be the cause.

> > > > More details would be helpful.
> > > 
> > > > What print mode is being used; text or graphics?
> > > Text
> 
> > Do you know if the printer supports text printing directly or if there is
> > some software that converts it to graphics mode in the background?
> 
> Don't know. I'll try to find the manual.

No need, you're using UniPrint which will convert the text to a bitmap.
That bitmap is then sent to the Windows machine for printing.

It might be possible to have a look at such a bitmap if UniPrint doesn't
delete it after printing. The bitmap file will probably be located in
!Boot:Resources.!Scrap.ScrapDirs.IDxxxxxxxxx.UniPrint.

The bitmap file is supposed to be a compressed spritefile, but I don't
know the compression type. You could try zip and squash.

If the file can be decompressed then you can see if it has extra blank
lines (problem at the RISC OS end) or not (problem at Windows end).

> > > > What is the newline type for the text?
> > > 
> > > Err! Which menu is that in, please?
> 
> > It's in the Infobar (bottom right), it will be LF, CR, LF+CR or CR+LF.
> 
> Some files show just LF. Some LF + CR. I will have to investigate if that
> gives different printer outputs. I have BaseMode Choices set Misc-> Defaults
> Line Ends LF+CR but how come some files show LF only?

As Jeremy has already pointed out the line end set in Misc-> Defaults
only applies to newly created texts. A text that is loaded, is scanned
for each possible line end. The one with the highest count will be used.

Cheers,
Fred.

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