open vms replace HP LJ 5si with LJ 4200

[Sandy Rosenberg_2]

Sending the same output to the 4200 that I sent to the 5Si doesn't seem to work. It seems to ignore the escape sequences. The processor that I am using is TCPIP$TELNETSYM. The documentation says that the 4200 should speak PCL.

[Karl Rohwedder]

I am not a HP Lasrjet guru and don't know this
special model, but:

you can print 'normal' text, but just the escape sequences are not recognized? May the printer has some settings to switch between PCL ,Postscript or automatic?

[labadie_1]

do you print an ascii or postscript file ?

can you post
$ sh lo tcpip$telnetsym*
$ sh que /fu hp_lj5si
$ sh que /fu lj45200

You should try with a Dcps symbiont instead of telnetsym, as this 4200 is fully supported with Dcps 2.3.
Dcps will interpret the escape sequences

[Sandy Rosenberg_2]

I am not familiar with Dcps - I don't find it in the system managers guide. What is it, and where do I go to learn more about it?

I am printing ASCII, not postscript.

$ sh lo tcpip$telnetsym
%SHOW-S-NOTRAN, no translation for logical name TCPIP$TELNETSYM

This is the 5si queue
$ sho que/full/all printer3
Printer queue PRINTER3, idle, on ALPHA::"192.168.1.11:9100", mounted form DEFAULT
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FORM=DEFAULT) /LIBRARY=HPLJ4 Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:M) /RETAIN=ERROR /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE) /SEPARATE=(RESET=(RESET))

This is the 4200 queue:

$ sho que/full/all finance
Printer queue FINANCE, idle, on ALPHA::"192.168.1.20:9100", mounted form DEFAULT
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FORM=DEFAULT) /LIBRARY=HPLJ4 Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE) /SEPARATE=(RESET=(RESET))

[Kris Clippeleyr]

Sandy,

Did you define the logical TCPIP$TELNETSYM_RAW_TCP to 1?
Like:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM TCPIP$TELNETSYM_RAW_TCP 1

Greetz,

Kris

[Sandy Rosenberg_2]

I just tried setting up TCPIP$TELNETSYM_RAW_TCP to 1, but it didn't change anything.

[Sandy Rosenberg_2]

I have misidentified the problem - all I needed to do was make the default settings the same on the new printer as they are on the old printer. Thanks for all your help!

[Kris Clippeleyr]

Sandy,

Forgot to tell that the queues must be stopped (STOP/QUEUE/RESET) and started again, after you defined the TCPIP$TELNETSYM_RAW_TCP logical.

Greetz,

Kris

[Ian Miller.]

for information on DCPS see
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/Print/index.html

It is a layered product but licenced with VMS.