Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

1662.0. "printscreen problems on LA75 print queue" by LEVERS::JLUNT () Thu Nov 02 1989 16:47

    I am running VMS 5.3 with version 2 DECwindows on  VAXSTATION 2000
    attached to a LA75 printer. The LA75 is set up as a terminal queue.
    The problem occurs using printscreen: print a portion of the screen
    In any given login period if I do a printscreen: print portion of
    the screen more than once DECwindows creates a tmp file and never
    prints the file. Below is a typical scenario:
    
    I. login
    
    II. run whatever applications
    
    III. Decide to print a portion of the screen to the LA75- no problem
    
    IV. Decide to print a portion of the screen on the LA75 a second
    time- I get no printout, I get a file called DECW$PRINTSCREEN.TMP0
    
    V. I try again to print out a portion of the screen on the LA75-
    I get no printout, I get a file called:
    
    	DECW$PRINTSCREEN.TMPECW$PRINTSCREEN;1
    
    VI. So, I try a third time to print out a portion of the screen
    to the LA75 and get the file:
    
    	DECW$PRINTSCREEN.TMPECW$PRINTSCREEN;2
    
    (no that's not a typo, there really is a file created called that!)
    
    
    I am wondering why the output is getting logged to this temp file
    and not queued to the printer. I can print other things on the 
    printer, so that isn't the problem. Has anyone else had this problem,
    or does anyone know if it is a problem with DECwindows in general
    or my print queue setup in particular?
    
    Thank you
    
    Julie Ann
        
                                             

    This may be of no help at all, but you might want to try something like
    what is suggested in note 1800.6.  Of course, I realize that you may
    already have this or a better solution.  But, this is what I wound up
    doing.
    
    Steve

	II have some what of the same problem on my Vaxstation 2000 with a La75
printer. I'm also running Vms 5.3. When I select print screen, then select the
stuff to print. I creates a file called DECW$PRINTSCREEN.TMP. But it never puts
it into the print queue. I had created a command procedure to put the file into
the print que and it prints fine. The one thing I noticed is a friend of mine 
has a Vaxstation 3100 and when he does a print screen, it prompts him for the
queue to print to. Mine never asks me that. Do I have something set up wrong or
is this a problem with VAxstation 2000's????

Thanks,

Johnny Mac

P.S.

My friend is running the same version of vms and I have my print settings set 
up the same a him.

  Copy your friend's DECW$SM_GENERAL.DAT file, re-login, and try it again.

  This isn't all the resources, but it will provide some insight to how
print-screen is done.


sm.printer.aspect_ratio:	1,1
sm.printer.color:	bw
sm.printer.filename:	sys$login:decw$capture.tmp
sm.printer.ribbon_saver:	positive
sm.printer.storage_format:	postscript
sm.printer.file_prompt:	1
sm.printer.rotate_prompt:	1


						-=> Jim <=-

Hi,

	Thanks for the quick reply...I copied my friends file over and logged 
and back in and it still didn't work. Any more sugestions?????

Thanks,

Johnny Mac