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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

1530.0. "Can't print to Genicom printer" by TLACS1::ORAPIN () Wed Sep 30 1992 06:24

Hello,

I have problem with printing in ALL-IN-1. I have new GENICOM 41170 printer and
I have already added this printer to ALL-IN-1 but when I print any mail or 
document from EM and WP, the header of print-out has some garbage and form-feed.
I can print from DCL by using "print/que=sys$per file_name" to this print que 
with no problem. 

The following are all set up for this printer :-

$ SHOW QUEUE SYS$PER/FULL

Terminal queue SYS$PER, on TXD3, mounted form OA$HLS_132 (stock=DEFAULT)
	/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FORM=OA$HLS_132 (stock=DEFAULT)) Lowercase
	/OWNER=[1,4] /PROTECTION=(S:E,O:D,G:R,W:RW)

From Manage Site Printers (MSP) in ALL-IN-1 menu

	Format Printer Type	: LA210
	Destination Printer Type: LA210
	Print queue		: SYS$PER

From Manage Printer Types

	Printer Type		: LA210
	Forground Function	: DO WPPSYSTEM
	Background Function	: DO WPPBGFORMAT
	Printer Device		: LA210
	Printer Form		: OA$HLS_132

Any suggestion ?

Thanks and best regards ... Orapin

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1530.1	What are you printing?	TRON::NEWLAND	Richard Newland, IOSG, REO1-D/4A	`Wed Sep 30 1992 12:52`	21
	When you are printing from DCL what type of file are you printing? For example, is it an ASCII file? When you are printing from ALL-IN-1 what type of document are you printing? printing? For example, is it a WPS-PLUS document? What happens when you print an ASCII document from ALL-IN-1 to this printer? The differences you are seeing may be caused by what you are printing, rather than from where you are printing. When you print documents from ALL-IN-1 they will be formatted by the approriate formatter, for example, WPS-PLUS documents will be formatted by the WPS-PLUS formatter. As the Printer Device is LA210 the WPS-PLUS formatter will insert control sequences into the listing file to reset an LA210. It may be these characters which you are seeing as garbage. Why have you configured the ALL-IN-1 Printer Destination for the GENICOM 41170 printer to have a Printer Device of LA210? Is this printer supposed to be compatable with a DEC LA210 printer? Richard
1530.2	Do you have non-digital printer type	TLACS1::ORAPIN		`Thu Oct 01 1992 10:07`	13
	From DCL, I print only text files. From ALL-IN-1, I print mail from EM and some documents which created by WPS-PLUS. All of these have some garbage in the head of print-out. The reason why I use LA210 for Genicom printer is I just want to try. I'm not sure whether it's compatible with LA210 or not. Anyway, do you have .prc and .pra for non-digital printers such as Genicom printer ? Thanks for your help Orapin
1530.3	WPS-PLUS conference is your best bet	IOSG::MARCHANT	Only parrots succeed	`Thu Oct 01 1992 18:31`	8
	> Anyway, do you have .prc and .pra for non-digital printers such as > Genicom printer ? The WPS-PLUS group supply & maintain the printer tables. I suggest you ask in the WPS-PLUS conference (MAGIC::WPS-PLUS). Cheers, Paul.
1530.4	Re: .2	IOSG::NEWLAND	Richard Newland, IOSG, REO1-D/4A	`Mon Oct 05 1992 12:12`	27
	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From ALL-IN-1, I print mail from EM and some documents which created by > WPS-PLUS. All of these have some garbage in the head of print-out. Are the mail messages WPS-PLUS or ASCII? Also, it's possible that your system has been configured so that ASCII messages and documents are formatted using the WPS-PLUS formatter instead of the ALL-IN-1 Ascii formatter. Look at the FORMAT master entry for 'ASCII EDT' and see if the 'Standard formatting' field is set to 'Y'. If this is the case then the formatted listing files created for ASCII and WPS-PLUS messages and edocuments will contain LA210 specific control characters which your Genicom printer may print as garbage. > The reason why I use LA210 for Genicom printer is I just want to try. > I'm not sure whether it's compatible with LA210 or not. If you used a Format style of 'LP11' the WPS-PLUS formatter will create a simpler listing file which the Genicom printer may be able to print. However, you lose some WPS-PLUS formatter features such as bolding. Richard