| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
When I capture a white portion of the screen under 5.3 with the patch in
color sixel format and print it to an lj250 I get spurious background.
My white background is red 100, green 98, blue 95, but I get the
stripes over the entire captured area regardless of color.
There are horizontal stripes about 1mm high made of vertical black bars
with about 3 dots in them alternating with the real background. There
are about 18 little vertical bars per cm and they appear to be only
one dot wide. The horizontal stripes alternate with valid background
color about 6 pairs per vertical cm.
If I capture a white area 3 cm high by 1 cm wide in black and white sixel
the printout has a black bar about 1 cm wide by 1mm high at the bottom
of the area.
Capturing B&W postscript and psprinting it works ok (nothing is
printed.)
The lj250 self tests print ok.
Is anyone seeing the same thing or successfully capturing color sixel
images that print without stripes.
I'm not aware of any image sharables being changed, but anal/image
on decw$session for sharables gives:
global section major id: %X'01', minor id: %X'000001'
global section name: "CDA$ACCESS_001"
global section major id: %X'04', minor id: %X'000003'
global section name: "VAXCRTL_001"
global section major id: %X'01', minor id: %X'00000E'
global section name: "LIBRTL_001"
global section major id: %X'81', minor id: %X'00800C'
global section name: "MTHRTL_001"
global section major id: %X'64', minor id: %X'000001'
global section name: "DECW$DWTLIBSHR_001"
global section major id: %X'0C', minor id: %X'00000C'
global section name: "DECW$TRANSPORT_COMMON_001"
global section major id: %X'02', minor id: %X'000009'
global section name: "LBRSHR_001"
global section major id: %X'01', minor id: %X'000000'
global section name: "DECW$PRINTWGTSHR_001"
global section major id: %X'01', minor id: %X'000001'
global section name: "IMG$SHRLIB_001"
global section major id: %X'64', minor id: %X'000001'
global section name: "DECW$XLIBSHR_001"
global section major id: %X'01', minor id: %X'000001'
global section name: "SECURESHR_001"
global section major id: %X'01', minor id: %X'000001'
global section name: "SECURESHRP_001"
Tooley $
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| 2283.1 | EVETPU::KROBINSON | Icon do windows | Mon Feb 19 1990 15:45 | 7 | |
Do the stripes appear only on the "white" regions? Does, for example, a pale green region print without black stripes? If the picture is rotated (a very wide, skinny area will be rotated by printscreen) do the stripe now run the other way (vertically?) kathy | |||||
| 2283.2 | Anyone have it working? | TOOLEY::B_WACKER | Mon Feb 19 1990 17:10 | 30 | |
>Do the stripes appear only on the "white" regions? Does, for example,
>a pale green region print without black stripes?
Everything has the stripes, regardless of color.
>If the picture is rotated (a very wide, skinny area will be rotated by
>printscreen) do the stripe now run the other way (vertically?)
No, they stay horizontal.
Show term gives:
Terminal: _TWA15: Device_Type: VT300_Series Owner: TOOLEY_1
Username: B_WACKER
Input: 9600 LFfill: 0 Width: 80 Parity: None
Output: 9600 CRfill: 0 Page: 24
Terminal Characteristics:
Interactive Echo Type_ahead No Escape
Hostsync TTsync Lowercase Tab
Wrap Scope No Remote Eightbit
Broadcast No Readsync No Form Fulldup
No Modem No Local_echo No Autobaud Hangup
No Brdcstmbx No DMA No Altypeahd Set_speed
Line Editing Overstrike editing No Fallback No Dialup
No Secure server No Disconnect No Pasthru No Syspassword
SIXEL Graphics No Soft Characters No Printer Port Numeric Keypad
ANSI_CRT Regis No Block_mode Advanced_video
Edit_mode DEC_CRT DEC_CRT2 DEC_CRT3
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| 2283.3 | Are there stripes when you type the file in a DECterm window? | HANNAH::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Mon Feb 19 1990 20:24 | 9 |
Re: .0 What happens if you display the sixel file in a DECterm window? If the stripes disappear, it sounds like a problem with the LJ250, or the connection to the LJ250. I've seen this in the past; I think it could be a communication problem of some kind. -- Bob | |||||
| 2283.4 | How to configure the lj250? | TOOLEY::B_WACKER | Tue Feb 20 1990 12:50 | 11 | |
>What happens if you display the sixel file in a DECterm window? I works fine. Thanks, that means the patch, etc. is ok! I've switched cables and messed with all the terminal characteristics I can think of an still have the stripes. Does anyone have a lj250 on tta3: of a 3100 that works and could you post a show term? Bruce | |||||
| 2283.5 | COMICS::FISCHER | UK Workstations Support | Tue May 01 1990 05:07 | 11 | |
I see the exact same problem, only when I $TYPE the sixel file in a DECterm, I get the same spurious data as when printing on the LJ250. Does this mean that there is a problem with the patch? I've installed both patches.ie. DECWPRINT$PATCH01_530 and DECWPRINT$PATCH02_530 Thanks in advance... Ian | |||||
| 2283.6 | Still broken | TOOLEY::B_WACKER | Tue May 01 1990 12:18 | 5 | |
The patches are broken and it doesn't work on lj250's. Feel free to spr as we have from here. Note: the spurious lines may be the result of transforming to half size, but there's no way around it. Bruce | |||||
| 2283.7 | /Any more info yet?/ | UTRTSC::CAHILL | BiG,FaT & UGLY | Tue Jun 26 1990 04:23 | 9 |
I have a customer with the same problem..ie. patch installed but
poor output on his LJ250.
Is there any way round this problem yet..he is using a high resolution
SPX terminal and needs to use this print option in a big way..
Any help,ideas ...... Thanks.
GC.
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| 2283.8 | Will be SPR'd... | PEACHS::MITCHAM | Andy in Alpharetta (near Atlanta) | Tue Oct 09 1990 11:54 | 6 |
FWIW, this problem still exists in VMS v5.4 though to a lesser degree.
-Andy
ps. As a workaround, if you have DECimage installed, you can capture to DDIF
format and $IMAGE RENDER to sixel.
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