Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

3786.0. "PRINTER TABLE KEYWORD" by KERNEL::VANRIXTELE (Emma van Rixtel) Thu Jan 20 1994 12:17

    This is a problem which I first highlighted in note 3773, but have
    decided to enter it separately as it is slightly different to the tray
    problem.
    
    A customer has set up a keyword to define some sort of font, and has
    noticed that when this control block appears at the top of the document
    before any text it is ignored. By placing some printable text directly
    before it, it seems to work!
    
    This does seem a bit strange that no one has noticed this before, so I
    thought that I would enter it again.
    
    They are using ALL-IN-1 V3.0-1 and I can reproduce the problem every
    time. He has noticed that this is happening on any DEClaser or
    HPlaserjet printer. I have reproduced it on a DEClaser without any
    trouble.
    
    The keyword I used in this test is as follows:-
    
    TEST_FONT <ESC>P1;10}RELITE0L02SK00GG<ESC>\<ESC>[10m<ESC>[?27l<ESC>[22;23m 
    
    And the control block used reads PRINTER TABLE TEST_FONT.
    
    Could someone please test this for me and let me know if it is a bug,
    or am I doing something wrong. I read somewhere that keywords used for
    fonts will not always work and shouldn't be used, but it does seem
    strange that having a printable character before the control block
    means that it will work. (?)
    
    thanks again,
    
    Emma.

    Emma,
    
    I trust you are cross-posting these in the WPS-PLUS notesfile?
    
    Regards,
    
    Andrew.D.wicks

     Oh, but of course Andrew!!
    
    Pity no-one ever answers them!!