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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

7225.0. "prints only single-sided" by NBOFS1::HAHN (Power to the Bauer) Wed Jun 04 1997 05:22

    Hi,
    
    the following doc seems to force the printer to print only single
    sided: 
           
           PEAKS::DOCS$PUBLIC:[V70]HSZ70_SERVICE_1APR97.PS;1
    
    Is there a way to override this setting in the file? 
    
    regards
    
    Gerhard Hahn
     
    
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7225.1REGENT::POWERSWed Jun 04 1997 15:1826
This is a common problem, caused because saved files are prepared by 
most drivers as if the file was only to be sent to a specific printer 
(model) with print characteristics identical to those specified
at file creation time, and without the acknowledgement of printer defaults.

If you are in a printing environment in which you can attach a prefix file
to your saved file in the same job (as by DCPS or another VMS PRINT command),
then affix this fragment ahead of your job.  Include your duplex command
in the /PARAMETERS switches (or wherever).  This should defeat the subsequent
setting of simplex mode.

- tom]

%------ cut here --------------
statusdict /lettertray        {}                  put
% statusdict /setjobtimeout     { pop }             put
% statusdict /waittimeout       { pop }             put
statusdict /setpaperputtray     { pop }             put
statusdict /setoutputtray     { pop }             put
% statusdict /setDECimageparams { pop pop pop pop } put
statusdict /setduplexmode     { pop }             put
statusdict /settumble         { pop }             put
statusdict /setoutputposition { pop }             put
% statusdict /setDECimage       { pop }             put
/setpagedevice { pop } def