topic Re: Printer format- Openvms in Operating System - OpenVMS

Printer format- Openvms

shiva27 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:35:10 GMT

Hi All,

The network printer is setup as double-side, but, the user would like to have the report with single-side.

Any setup can be done from OpenVMS server so that they can take in single side.
Openvms v8.3
queue : TCPIP$TELNETSYM

Re: Printer format- Openvms

Joseph Huber_1 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:48:00 GMT

Define a FORM with a setup module to select single sided, depending on the printer language.
For a postscript printer it would look like:

%!PS
statusdict begin
false setduplexmode
end

Re: Printer format- Openvms

Heinz W Genhart — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:31:42 GMT

Hi Shiva27

In your forums profile, we can see

I have assigned points to 1 of 150 responses to my questions.

I think you should read this
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28

Regards

Geni

Re: Printer format- Openvms

shiva27 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:34:42 GMT

Hi Joseph,

Currently we've define as below in queue,
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=PORT_132)

can you pl suggest how to setup this FORM

Thanks
Shiva

Re: Printer format- Openvms

Joseph Huber_1 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:00:07 GMT

Please read the VMS docu, or at least
HELP DEFINE /FORM
The /SETUP=module defines the library module containing the postscript text, the (text-)library is the one in
INIT/QUEUE/LIBRARY=textlibrary.

The text library, say e.g. PSDEVCTL.TLB is created with LIBRARY./CREATE/TEXT PSDEVCTL.TLB.
Then the module inserted e.g.
LIBRARY PSDEVCTL/text 1sided.ps

The form definition then is

DEFINE/FORM 1SIDED 100 -
/SETUP=("1SIDED") /DESCRIPTION="1 sided"

Re: Printer format- Openvms

Joseph Huber_1 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:04:36 GMT

With the above, since You use TCPIP$TELNETSYM,
I assume You are not using DCPS, and send the plain fgiles directly to the printer.

DCPS has its own forms and setup modules.

Re: Printer format- Openvms

Hoff — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:27:21 GMT

Here is "Landscape And Portrait Printing, Printer Device Control Libraries":

http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/622

Basically the same question, though you'll need to figure out the commands for single- and double-sided printing with the use of the technical manual of whichever printer (and whichever interpreter within the printer) is involved here.

Re: Printer format- Openvms

Jon Pinkley — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:45:30 GMT

I will request that my previous post be deleted. Last one had a missing double quote after QUEUE_NAME.

Do read the article that Hoff linked to. It is a good intro.

>>>"The network printer is setup as double-side, but, the user would like to have the report with single-side."

If this means that the setup has been done on the printer itself via a front panel or web interface to the printer, and not in a setup module being used by your print queue, then it is likely there is nothing you can do to force simplex mode. If your printer is like some we have, then setting duplex at the printer "hardwires" the duplex setting, and any commands you send to change the setting are ignored. There may be some printers that the setting is just the "default" condition that will be loaded when the printer is reset, but without reading the printer manual, you won't be able to tell.

If you want more help, do the following, and copy and paste the output to ITRC

Then use the following commands (verbatim: copy and paste them to a command file.)

$ ver='f$verify(1)'
$ show entry/full '$entry'
$ this_form=f$getqui("DISPLAY_ENTRY","FORM_NAME",$entry)
$ this_queue=f$getqui("DISPLAY_ENTRY","QUEUE_NAME",$entry)
$ show queue /full 'this_queue'
$ show queue /form /full 'this_form'
$ exit 1+0*f$verify(ver)

Paste these to a command file, for example: show_queue_and_form.com

Then use the print command that you are expecting to be single sided, and add /HOLD. This will place an entry in the queue, but it will not start printing. It also creates a local symbol $entry that has the entry number that was just created by the print command.

An example sequence would be:

$ print/queue=netprinter sys$login:login.com/HOLD
$ @show_queue_and_form.com
$ ! optionally delete the entry if you don't want it to really print.
$ delete/entry '$entry'