topic Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print in Operating System - OpenVMS

Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Sk Noorul Hassan — Mon, 14 May 2007 09:38:42 GMT

Hi,

While printing the file 'abcd' as per the subject command, two blnak pages are comming before the actual file being printed.

Is there any way to get rid of the problem and at the same time I want the report to be printed in landscape format.

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Ian Miller. — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:01:41 GMT

what sort of printer is it? Can you post the result of

SHOW QUEUE/FULL xxxx

What is in the setup module 'report' ?

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Sk Noorul Hassan — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:12:50 GMT

Ian,

please find the full details of the queue attached.I have no idea of 'report' module.

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

atul sardana — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:24:21 GMT

Dear SK
give /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)

SYSTEM_$>>sh que star_lia1/full
Printer queue STAR_LIA1, idle, on LOTUS::"10.96.5.132:4016",mounted form DEFAULT /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /OWNER=[FIELD,SYSTEM]/PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)

and after see in printer setup.....

Atul Sardana..

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Heinz W Genhart — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:27:53 GMT

Hi

does the form DEFAULT in the device control Library MC_HP$DEVCTL contains escape sequences ? If so, try to print with a empty form. Does the problem still occure?

I had a similar problem on Printers connected via lat. My form sent more characters than the width of the LTA device was setup for. In this case it produces empty lines at the beginning.

Hope that helps

Regards

Geni

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Sk Noorul Hassan — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:41:29 GMT

Atul, I tried with schedule=nosize, but same result.

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

atul sardana — Mon, 14 May 2007 11:03:44 GMT

See in printer setup or set all settings to default in that if you not found any problem....

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Jess Goodman — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:05:07 GMT

Try defining one of these logicals (depends on what version of the VMS TCP/IP stack you are running:

$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC UCX$TELNETSYM_SUPPRESS_FORMFEEDS 1
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC TCPIP$TELNETSYM_SUPPRESS_FORMFEEDS 1

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Hoff — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:27:30 GMT

The collected TCP/IP Services Printing topic is available via:

http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/wizard

and specifically look for topic (1020) over there.

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Phil.Howell — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:03:36 GMT

and to print in landscape you will have to embed the relevant PCL codes in your report setup module - this should be in sysdevctl.tlb
Phil

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Robert Atkinson — Tue, 15 May 2007 03:23:47 GMT

I've attached the device control library modules that you need to insert into MC_HP$DEVCTL.

The queue should look something like this when it's finished :-

Printer queue ACC_HP1, idle, on BETA::"HPLJ4:9100", mounted form HP_LASERJET_LAND (stock=DEFAULT)
/AUTOSTART_ON=(BETA::"HPLJ4:9100") /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FORM=HP_LASERJET_LAND (stock=DEFAULT)) Lowercase
/OWNER=[SYSGRP,SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE) /LIBRARY=MC_HP$DEVCTL
ALPHA_ROB$

These should give you both portrait and landscape printing.

As pointed out, you will also need to define these logicals :-

(LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)

"TCPIP$TELNETSYM_IDLE_TIMEOUT" = "0 00:00:10.00"
"TCPIP$TELNETSYM_RETRY_INTERVAL" = "0 00:00:30.00"
"TCPIP$TELNETSYM_SUPPRESS_FORMFEEDS" = "34"

Robert.

Re: Print/que=xxxx/setup=report abcd.txt --- VMS print

Robert Atkinson — Tue, 15 May 2007 03:24:28 GMT

And the landscape module....