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The Question is:
I am having a problem with TCPIP print queues and a blank page before the
document prints. I set up a library to send escape sequences to Laserjet
printers (2200d and 4100tn) to set the page length to 66 lines. Prior to
setting up the library, there was n
o blank page.
I have looked at the Wizard documents (including 1020) and have not been able
to get rid of the blank page. Following are the commands and settings of the
queue and library.$ SET DEVICE/SPOOL=(LABREAR,SPOOL_DISK1) LTA8049:
$ INIT/QUE/START/DEF=(NOFEED,NOFLAG,NOBURST,FORM=LASER)/FORM_MOUNTED=LASER
^ /LIBRARY=LISLASERJET/RETAIN=ERROR/RECORD_BLOCKING/PROCESS=UCX$TELNETSYM LABREA
^ R /ON="LABREAR:9100"
OHF2> SHOW QUEU/FORM/FULL LASER
Form name Number Description
--------- ------ -----------
LASER (stock=DEFAULT) 1 LASER
/LENGTH=66 /SETUP=(SETUP) /STOCK=DEFAULT /TRUNCATE /WIDTH=132
OHF2> SHOW QUE/FULL LABREAR
Printer queue LABREAR, idle, on OHF2::"LABREAR:9100", mounted form LASER
(stock=DEFAULT)
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FORM=LASER (stock=DEFAULT)) /LIBRARY=LISLASERJET
Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=UCX$TELNETSYM
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR
Setup module= <ESC>P<ESC>&l66f7C<ESC>\
When I use the <ESC>P in the SETUP, I do not have the blank page, but it prints
a small 2, a space and a checkmark before the text of the first page. If I
remove the <ESC>P, I get the leading blank page.
I have also tried setting the queue to no_initial_ff, which helps on the first
document after the queue starts, but no others. I have also set the UCX and
TCPIP sym_suppress_formfeed to 1, to no affect.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
The Answer is : The OpenVMS Wizard would use direct LAT access to the printer (based on the LTA8049: device name) or would use direct IP-based printing, rather than a served-access scheme -- and would particularly avoid schemes that route traffic through intervening hosts or similar conversion mechanisms. As described in topic (9134), (1020) and elsewhere, the OpenVMS Wizard would encourage simplification of printing configurations -- complex configurations can and will cause problems. (You are seeing ample evidence of this here, of course.) If you cannot access the printers via LAT from the other hosts involved and the printer does not have IP access, consider use of a JetDirect or similar mechanism to allow the OpenVMS and other hosts to access the printer directly. DCPS is the usual mechanism used for non-trivial printing operations. Your (unspecified) TCP/IP Services and your OpenVMS versions are both outdated, and both are in need of an upgrade and of current ECOs. (TCP/IP Services details based on the symbiont names shown.) The OpenVMS Wizard would encourage a move to more current versions. The OpenVMS Wizard is unfamiliar with the setup module shown -- that which the OpenVMS Wizard is familiar with is described in (1020).
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