Convert LF to CR/LF

One of our more frequent RPM Remote Print Manager® requests is to solve the "stair-step" problem. This is often the result of spooling a UNIX print file to a DOS or Windows printer. Most Unix operating systems represent the end of each line with a line feed (LF) character. However, the Windows operating system represent the end of line with both a carriage return (CR) and a LF. RPM can assist you in eliminating the "stair-stepping" problem!

Because most printers are manufactured for use in Windows environments, both a CR and LF are required without this conversion, most DOS and Windows printers interpret a LF to represent moving the print head down one line. The CR is typically used to reprint a line providing bold, underline, strikethrough, and other font modifications.

Instead of seeing this...

  This is line one
  This is line two
  This is line three
   

...you might see something like the following:

  This is line one    
    This is line two  
      This is line three