topic Re: printing problem in Operating System - HP-UX

printing problem

Rgomes — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:54:44 GMT

Hi All,

I am using hp-ux 11i. I have some files generating from billing application with extention of .dat. When we give print command from DOS, it's printing ok. But, when print command is given from hp-ux 11i server, it's printing inaccurately. Any idea?

Printer : HP laserJet 4050N, network printer.

File : test01.dat

Thanks in advance.

Richard

Re: printing problem

Niraj Kumar Verma — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:50:18 GMT

Hi,

can you try using

# pr test01.dat |lp

it will print it to your default printer if set if not
export the LPDEST variable

=============================
==
# export LPDEST=
# pr test01.dat |lp

Regards
-Niraj

Re: printing problem

Bill Hassell — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:17:40 GMT

Unix and DOS are totally unrelated. If the test01.dat file is a PCL file that is fully formatted, you need to turn off the ASCII formatting with -oraw as in:

lp -oraw -dprinter test01.dat

Type extensions like .dat are meaningless to Unix so you have to explicitly handle specail cases.

Re: printing problem

RAC_1 — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:21:58 GMT

also check ux2dos and dos2ux commands.

Re: printing problem

Rgomes — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:17:44 GMT

Hi Niraj, Bill and Anil,

Thanks to you all, I will do as you said( just now I am out-off site), share with you with my results.

Thanks

Richard

Re: printing problem

Rgomes — Wed, 20 Nov 2002 07:55:22 GMT

Re: printing problem

Rgomes — Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:01:08 GMT

Hi All,

Now I can print the test01.dat file. Thanks All, specially Anil, ux2dos helped me.

But can you tell me, how can I change the ux format to dos( not in this format: ux2dos file1 file 2 file3 > file) of a large number of files, say at a time 40/50 thousand? you know it's a billing application.

Is there any thing to do in the printer(HP LJ 4050N) settings( PCL?)? or in the Model script file?

By changing any parameter of above 2,is it possible to bypass this format changing( ux2dos)of files?

Thanks again

Richard