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Conference 7.286::postscript_printing

Title:Digital PostScript printers and their associated software
Moderator:REGENT::LASKOHER
Created:Wed Jan 24 1990
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:7230
Total number of notes:31971

7052.0. "LN17ps / UNIX / Text problems" by KILRB1::BACCARI () Thu Jan 23 1997 09:27

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7052.1lang.sense ?NECSC::BLOODFri Jan 24 1997 09:214
    go into the front panel select interface menu the ethernet then make
    sure lang.sense is on.
    
    Don Blood
7052.2other suggestionsKILRB1::BACCARIWed Jan 29 1997 12:5816
    
    
    
            I Tried the suggestion in .1,  the problem worsen.  The
            printer toggled between 'processing' and 'waiting'
            states and never printed,  so I put the lang.sense back
            to off.  
    
    	    I forgot to mention,  this printer is also connected to 
    	    VMS/LAT using DCPS.
    
            Are there any other suggestions?
    
            Thanks,
    
            Lou.
7052.3REGENT::POWERSThu Jan 30 1997 09:449
>    	    I forgot to mention,  this printer is also connected to 
>    	    VMS/LAT using DCPS.

DCPS really prefers that the printer be set to language sensing=off and
language=postscript.
Are you trying to print text, postscript, or both from the unix side?
You may need to insert PJL commands to install explicit settings, per job.

- tom]
7052.4example of PJL needed.KILRB1::BACCARIThu Jan 30 1997 15:537
    
    I'm tring to print both (text/postscript) from my unix.  Do
    you have an example of PJL?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Lou.
7052.5REGENT::POWERSFri Jan 31 1997 10:3520
PJL commands start with a UEL (Universal End of Language).
This is the escape sequence <ESC>%-12345X
where <ESC> is the escape character, ASCII code 27.
The PJL langauge switch commands are 
@PJL LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT
and 
@PJL LANGUAGE = PCL

PJL commands are terminated with line feeds, which should nnot be a problem
with a Unix system.

So what you want to send will be 

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT<LF>
and 
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL LANGUAGE = PCL<LF>

where <LF> is the line feed character.

- tom]