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01-12-2012 11:01 AM
01-12-2012 11:01 AM
Truncating long print lines in landscape
I'm printing a text report with embedded PCL commands from a "super mini" computer (DEC VAX emulation) to a LJ 4050 printer. I've shrunk the text down to 16 cpi and it still won't fit on the line. Based on what I've read, I should be able to fit 160 characters on a line, and I'm trying to fit 137. It gets truncated at 132, no matter what I do.
I've included a small sample of the file with codes and a ruler.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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01-12-2012 11:25 AM
01-12-2012 11:25 AM
Re: Truncating long print lines in landscape
The first thing that strikes me is the top line is being printed and not being interpreted as PCL - could this be the issue?
The "box" with 001B I would suggest should be 1B (the ASCII escape character) without the preceding 00.
If you want to attach your PCL output here, I can analyse it for you - when attching a file on this form use a file extension of .txt
Ken
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01-12-2012 11:49 AM
01-12-2012 11:49 AM
Re: Truncating long print lines in landscape
Apolgies, I should have read your post more carefully - the first line is deliberately there to show your PCL.
Don't have time rigt now but I'll try and construct something simple tomorrow that prints 160 charcters - I have access to a 4050 so I'll be able to test it too.
Sorry,
Ken
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01-13-2012 07:02 AM
01-13-2012 07:02 AM
Re: Truncating long print lines in landscape
I checked your file example.txt on a LJ4050 connected to a linux system and it prints properly ie it does NOT truncate at 132.
I'm beginning to think that the problem may be connected to the VAX print manager/spooler - perhaps it has some line size limitation. I say this because many many years ago, we used to run VMS on a VAX and I recall that the DEC VT100 terminals had a normal screen size of 80 columns but could also run at 132 columns, could this be related?
Although your PCL code prints, I think you should add the escE sequence at the beginning and very end of the file.
I re-iterate, apart from adding escE in the appropriate places, your PCL code is OK.
Regards,
Ken
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01-16-2012 01:41 PM
01-16-2012 01:41 PM
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01-17-2012 04:03 AM
01-17-2012 04:03 AM
Re: Truncating long print lines in landscape
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01-18-2012 06:41 PM
01-18-2012 06:41 PM
Re: Truncating long print lines in landscape
It may be the form that is being used. If you're just using the standard form (default), it will have /truncate set and probably a /width=132. Set it to /notruncate.
You can use show queue/form/full to display the forms.
Also, show queue/full queue_name
where queue_name is the name of the print queue you're using
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01-19-2012 05:39 AM
01-19-2012 05:39 AM
Re: Truncating long print lines in landscape
Here is the information you requested.
ALTA::> sho que/fu crlaser
Terminal queue CRLASER, idle, on ALTA::LTA64:, mounted form DEFAULT
/AUTOSTART_ON=(ALTA::LTA64:,SNOOPY::LTA64:) /BASE_PRIORITY=4
/DEFAULT=(FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=LATSYM
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN
Terminal LTA64:, device type RZ59, is online, allocated, record-oriented device,
carriage control, device is spooled through an intermediate device.
Error count 0 Operations completed 37358
Owner process "SYMBIONT_10" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 20400422 Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:RWPL,W:RWPL
Reference count 1 Default buffer size 255
ALTA::> sho term lta64
Terminal: _LTA64: Device_Type: Unknown Owner: SYMBIONT_10
Username: SYSTEM
Input: 9600 LFfill: 0 Width: 255 Parity: None
Output: 9600 CRfill: 0 Page: 66
Terminal Characteristics:
Passall Echo Type_ahead No Escape
No Hostsync TTsync Lowercase No Tab
No Wrap Hardcopy No Remote Eightbit
No Broadcast No Readsync Form Fulldup
No Modem No Local_echo No Autobaud No Hangup
No Brdcstmbx No DMA No Altypeahd Set_speed
No Commsync No Line Editing Overstrike editing No Fallback
No Dialup No Secure server Disconnect Pasthru
No Syspassword No SIXEL Graphics No Soft Characters No Printer Port
Numeric Keypad No ANSI_CRT No Regis No Block_mode
No Advanced_video No Edit_mode No DEC_CRT No DEC_CRT2
No DEC_CRT3 No DEC_CRT4 No DEC_CRT5 No Ansi_Color
VMS Style Input
Device spooled to _ALTA$DUA7:
As you can see, buffer size is set to maximum, which far exceeds the line length that I'm sending.
Thank you again for spending the time and effort in trying to find a resolution to this perplexing problem.
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01-19-2012 06:28 AM
01-19-2012 06:28 AM
Re: Truncating long print lines in landscape
Check that form definition as advised by Mark!
On a typical system here:
$ sh que/form/fu default
Form name Number Description
--------- ------ -----------
DEFAULT 0 System-defined default
/LENGTH=66 /MARGIN=(BOTTOM=6) /STOCK=DEFAULT /TRUNCATE /WIDTH=132
Duncan