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Question posted by tranguyen225 on November 12th, 2012

Epson Can't Print A Text Or A Table As It's Showed On Monitor.

Dear sir or madam who concerns, I'm using the printer Epson LQ1170/P2 for WinXP. It has a  problem in printing and I don't know how solve it. - With a text: it sometimes print the letters in italic while it's in the normal way. - With a table: the  vertical lines is not match exactly. I would be grateful if you can help me with my problem. Thank you in advance. your sincerely, Hue   

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