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1. PAGEORDER Options Portrait Orientation 0005 Effects of NUMBER UP on Stapling sss si miee mauc e ara n a a DECprint Supervisor Documentation assas FileFormiate aiene ar ert gae vad aem date a eae oh Print Ob Status cs ke ded ewan ed adda dod uod Eo aedis ANSI Print Qualifiers lisse ns Operators for Changing Input Trays 0 0c eee eee ANSI Sequences for Printing Simplex or Duplex PRINT Parameters that Emulate PCL Front Panel Settings PCL to PostScript Input Tray Command Mapping PRINT Parameters that Affect Proprinter Settings Proprinter Print Attributes leee ees PostScript Operators for Changing Input Trays Values for SIDES Parameter 0 0 000000 ee Sheet and Page Size Synonyms lle een Layup Definition File Options sslee ne ALTERNATE Option Values 0 0 0 0 00 eee PAGEORDER Option Values 0 0000 a DEFINE FORM Qualifiers for ANSI Files 000 Enabling and Disabling DECimage 00 cee eee DECimage Setup Modules Combined Parameters DECimage Setup Modules I ndividual Parameters Stapling Positions and Paper Feed Direction 000005 Output Trays Supported for Stapling llle DEClaser 5100 Printer Page Protection Setup Modules PRINT Command Qualifiers 0 00 0
2. Figure 1 1 shows pages printed in portrait orientation For advanced methods of printing documents see Chapter 10 Printing Files 1 3 Figure 1 2 shows a page printed in landscape orientation Figure 1 2 Landscape Orientation Abraham Lincoln s Gettysburg Address Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal Now we are engaged in a great Civil War testing whether that Nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure We are met on a great battlefield of that war We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who gave their lives that that Nation might live It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here It is for us the living rather to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that this Nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the People by the People an
3. Return xiv A sequence such as Ctrl x indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key or a pointing device button A sequence such as PF1 x indicates that you must first press and release the key labeled PF1 and then press and release another key or a pointing device button In examples a key name enclosed in a box indicates that you press a key on the keyboard In text a key name is not endosed in a box In the HTML version of this document this convention appears as brackets rather than a box bold type italic type Example UPPERCASE TYPE numbers A horizontal ellipsis in examples indicates one of the following possibilities e Additional optional arguments in a statement have been omitted e The preceding item or items can be repeated one or more times e Additional parameters values or other information can be entered A vertical ellipsis indicates the omission of items from a code example or command format the items are omitted because they are not important to the topic being discussed In command format descriptions parentheses indicate that you must endose choices in parentheses if you specify more than one In command format descriptions brackets indicate optional choices You can choose one or more items or no items Do not type the brackets on the command line However you must indude the brackets in the syntax for OpenVMS di
4. Even though this command provides eight page spots for each sheet the job prints with six pages on a sheet leaving the other two page spots blank 11 2 Creating Layup Definition Files You can create the layup definition files that you need include options to specify the margins page placement and borders and then ask your system manager to copy the file into a directory defined by the systemwide logical name DCPS LAY UP When you create a layup definition file with selected layup options follow these rules Name the layup definition file using the file type LUP The file name can contain letters numbers underscores and hyphens as long as the hyphen is not the first character e Include each option to be specified in the file layup fileL UP Start each layup option on a new line Blank lines and white space within lines are ignored e To include comments in the file begin the line with an exclamation point Comments are helpful for describing effects of the options in the layup definition file e Do not abbreviate layup options e You can use lowercase or uppercase letters for options since the layup function is not case sensitive For layup options that take values indicated by an equal sign following the option name you must include at least one value after the equal sign To specify multiple values use commas to separate the values e f you specify a layup option more than once in a layu
5. Expansion of tabs during PARAMETERSANOJTAB Control how tabs are processed see processing Section 5 3 Fonts available for printing PARAMETERS FONTS Spedify one or more SoftF ont modules that USED indude software fonts that emulate font cartridges see Section 5 4 Formatting of text by the default FORM Specify the form definition assumed for the form specified for the queue print job lWhen you include this qualifier the default form for the queue is applied to the print job See Chapter 12 for more information 5 3 Processing Tabs in ANSI Files The NOT TAB parameter allows you to emulate the ways in which the ANSI printer handles tab characters When you include the TAB parameter in your print job the action is equivalent to using the SET TERMINAL TAB command on the ANSI printer The NOJTAB parameter is useful when you are not printing 10 characters per inch or when ANSI tabs are defined in inches not by character position If you change the character size tab sizes do not change when you specify PARAMETERS TAB If you expect tabs to change size when characters change size specify PARAMETERS NOTAB When you specify NOJTAB the software invokes the default form DCPS DEFAULT for your job Refer to Chapter 12 for more information about the default form definition By default the DECprint Supervisor software processes tab characters so that tab stops are set at every eight character positions PARAMETERS
6. F ORM or queue defaults 7 2 Printing PCL Files Most printers supported by DCPS have a native PCL interpreter Refer to the DCPS Software Product Description SPD for a complete list of the printers that are supported in native PCL mode 7 2 1 PRINT Parameters that Prevent Native PCL Usage If you are printing a PCL file on a printer supported in native PCL mode your file is sent directly to the printer unless the print job requires special PostScript processing You cannot print PCL files directly to the printer in native PCL mode if your print job includes one or more of the following PRINT parameters PARAMETERS LAYUP DEFINITION PARAMETERS NUMBER UP PARAMETERS SHEET COUNT for values greater than 1 PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT if starting page greater than 1 or ending page specified 7 3 Processing Files with the PCL Translator You can emulate the front pane settings of the Hewlett Packard Laser et printer using the following methods e PRINT command parameters Section 7 3 1 e Escape sequences Section 7 3 2 7 3 1 Using Print Parameters to Modify PCL Print Jobs Table 7 1 shows the PRINT parameters you can use to modify PCL print jobs Table 7 1 PRINT Parameters that Emulate PCL Front Panel Settings LaserJet IID Front Panel Selection PRINT Parameter Reference Hcopies PARAMETERS SHEET_COUNT Section 1 5 duplex PARAMETERS SIDES Section 1 3 orientation PARAMETERS PAGE ORIENTATION Section 1 4 tray sele
7. If you are using a desktop printer you can create a setup module to suppress the failing PostScript operator The following example file is distributed with the DCPS software SYSSCOMMON SYSHLP EXAMPLES DCPS LPSSSTATUSDICT PS This file is an assortment of PostScript routines You can edit the file and copy routines that solve problems with specific PostScript operators The new file that you create can be specified as a setup module and printed with the file that failed See the DCPS System Manager s Guide for more information about setup modules 4 7 2 Suppressing PostScript Operators on PrintServer Printers The PS SUPPLEMENT file can be loaded into the PrintServer printer so that many unrecognized PostScript extension operators are ignored If you have PrintServer Software Version 4 2 or later this file is automatically downloaded to your printer Printing PostScript Files 4 3 5 Printing ANSI Files When you submit ANSI or ASCII text files for printing on PostScript printers they are translated to PostScript The DECprint Supervisor software recognizes the full range of ANSI escape sequences for all levels of the ANSI printing protocol Refer to the Digital ANSI Compliant Printing Protocol Levd 3 Programming Reference Manual for more information about the DIGITAL ANSI compliant printing protocol and the functions of the ANSI translator 5 1 Printing Multiple ANSI Files in a Print Job ANSI files are handled differe
8. PRINT PASSALL FARM DAT PRIORITY n Specifies a priority number to be assigned to the print job You can use this qualifier to ensure that print jobs are printed in a specific order The value of n is 0 255 To set this priority higher than the system value of MAXQUEPRI you must have operator OPER privileges B 8 PRINT Command Qualifiers For example to print FARM DAT with a lower priority than GROTON DAT and ensure that GROTON is printed first enter two PRINT commands as shown PRINT PRIORITY 1 FARM DAT PRINT PRIORITY 2 GROTON DAT QUEUE queue name Specifies a print queue for printing the job You supply the name of the execution queue or generic queue for queue name If you omit this qualifier the print job is placed in the SYS PRINT default queue defined by the system manager To list the print queues at your site use the SHOW QUEUE command as described in Section 2 2 For example to print FARM DAT on the printer for queue PS DUPLEX use the following command PRINT QUEUE PSS DUPLEX FARM DAT REMOTE Initiates a remote print request on another system When you indude this qualifier the file to be printed must exist on the remote node You must include the host node name in the file specification portion of your print request The file is queued on the default print queue SYS PRINT of the other system and takes the printer characteristics defined for that system The QUEUE and PARAMETERS qualifiers a
9. settoptray statusdict begin 3 setpapertray end def setbottomtray statusdict begin 1 setpapertray end def 8 8 Printing Proprinter Files Input tray values are specific to the printer Refer to the PostScript documentation for your printer to determine the numbers for the available trays The input tray selection commands and the PostScript operators to which the Proprinter translator converts them are listed in Table 8 3 The default setpapertray value is the value that the translator uses if no other value has been defined A setup module with a different value would override the default value Table 8 3 PostScript Operators for Changing Input Trays PostScript Extension Default setpapertray Bin Meaning Operator Value 0 No change 1 Upper tray settoptray 1 2 Lower tray setbottomtray 2 3 Envelope feeder setenvelopefeedertray 3 8 6 Including Soft Fonts in Proprinter Print Jobs If your Proprinter file requires soft fonts to be loaded in the printer you can download the font using Proprinter setup modules The system manager must create a device control library designated for Proprinter setup modules and include that library in the search list in DCPS STARTUP COM as described in the DCPS System Manager s Guide Proprinter setup modules from the Proprinter device control library are handled differently from ANSI and PostScript setup modules Records from a Proprinter module are not appended with carriage control charact
10. 16 5 PostScript Data Output Format PostScript data is easily identifiable usually in the way the data appears in a PostScript source file The error handler represents PostScript data as follows Arrays are displayed recursively so that each element in an array is fully expanded even if it is another array Objects in an array are expanded only to a depth of three to prevent indefinite recursion when displaying an array that contains itself Arrays are executable and nonexecutable Executable arrays are procedures displayed in braces 1 and nonexecutable arrays are displayed as several objects in brackets If the array has no read access or if the recursion depth has been exceeded the array is represented by one of the following array for normal arrays proc for executable arrays packedarray for packed arrays packedproc for packed executable arrays A Boolean object is represented by TRUE or FALSE depending on its value A dictionary object is represented by dictionary A file object is represented by filestream A font object is represented by fontid An integer is represented by a decimal number A mark object is represented by mark A name object is represented by the literal name of the object preceded by a slash for literal names A null object for example the initial value of each element of an uninitialized array is represented by null An operator is represented by the operator name p
11. Network Interface Card A hardware device for connecting a printer to a network It may be built into a printer or added later as an option The NIC contains firmware that implements various network protocols such as raw TCP IP AppleTalk and LAT The protocols offered by the NIC depend on its particular features and how it is configured number up Printing multiple pages on one side of a sheet of paper OpenVMS Alpha The OpenVMS operating system that runs on HP s Alpha systems OpenVMS 164 The OpenVMS operating system that runs on HP s Integrity servers OpenVMS VAX The OpenVMS operating system that runs on HP s VAX systems page A page of data See also logical page page spot The area on a sheet where a page can be printed PARAMETERS NUMBER_UP and PARAMETERS ZLAYUP DEFINITION GRID are used to define the number of page spots on a sheet PATHWORKS A collection of software products that provide communication shared resources and centralized management of PCs from a host system such as OpenVMS PATHWORKS for OpenVMS V5 Family The PATHWORKS software product that runs on the OpenVMS Alpha or VAX server node to provide central management of network wide resources and communications for Windows systems This product has been replaced by Advanced Server for OpenVM S and PATHWORKS Advanced Server PATHWORKS for OpenVMS Macintosh The PATHWORKS software product that provides OpenVMS server software for PATHWORKS for
12. PRINT TRAILER ALL GROTON USER user name Allows you to print a job for another user You must have the CMKRNL privilege and R read access to the file to print a job for another user When you omit this qualifier the default action is to print files with your user name For example to print the file named FARM DAT for user J ONES enter the following command PRINT USER JONES FARM DAT PRINT Command Qualifiers B 11 C PRINT Command Parameters The PRINT command accepts the PARAMETERS qualifier to specify functions unique to the DECprint Supervisor software Refer to Appendix B for more information about the PRINT command This appendix lists the PRINT command parameters that are used for specifying functions of the DECprint Supervisor software See Table C 1 for a list of the parameters C 1 PRINT Parameters Parameters consist of keywords and associated values Use the PRINT PARAMETERS command to indude these parameters in your print job The PARAMETERS qualifier is a command qualifier so all the files in the print job are subject to the parameters used in the PARAMETERS qualifier Default PRINT parameters can also be associated with a queue by the system manager See the DCPS System Manager s Guide for information about associating parameters with specific print queues The PRINT command parameters for the DECprint Supervisor are listed in Table C 1 and are described in more detail in the sections listed in the ta
13. The printer changed input trays This message is displayed when you specify INPUT TRAY MANUAL FEED or INPUT TRAY ZENVELOPE FEEDER The job separation pages have been printed from the printer s default input tray and the file data is to be printed on paper from the manual feed or envelope feed tray User Action This message is informational prompting you to begin feeding the media into the requested input tray REQMODNOTFOUND Required device control module module name not found Explanation A required device control module LPS modulename located in the standard device control library DCPS DEVCTL TLB was not found User Action Check to see that the standard device control library DCPS DEVCTL TLB is listed in your library search list in the DCPS STARTUP COM file Check the following e Make sure the SYS LIBRARY directory contains the DCPS DEVCTL TLB file e Make sure no previous versions of the DCPS DEVCTL TLB file are stored in the SYS SPECIFIC directory tree e UsetheLIBRARY LIST SYS LIBRARY DCPS DEVCTL TLB command to ensure that the indicated modulename is among those listed If the above conditions are not met reinstall the DECprint Supervisor software If this problem persists call HP Customer Services SETUPFILE running setup file created date Explanation The creation date of the setup file being used by the DCPS startup procedure is displayed User Action None This message is informational SETUPMODE st
14. There is no known workaround The LNCO2 has however an accounting feature that can be used to track printer utilization 18 10 HP 9085 MFP 18 10 1 Selecting Paper of Non Default Size This printer does not return all information requested by DCPS during a print job Specifically the size of paper in the requested tray is not then known to DCPS Therefore it is not possible to select paper by tray name alone if the paper in the tray is not the printer s default size If INPUT TRAY is specified and that tray contains paper that is not the printer s default size the printer will prompt you to load paper of the requested size To select a tray that contains paper that is not of the printer s default size use a combination of the parameters MEDIA TYPE PAGE SIZE and or SHEET SIZE instead of INPUT TRAY 18 11 HP LaserJet Printers Printer Specific Information 18 7 18 11 1 Incomplete Printing of ANSI Text The HP Laser et II ID Laser et Ill Si Laser et 4M Laser et 4ML Laser et 4M X and Laser et 4SiMX printers have a slightly smaller printable area than other printers As a result if you print an ANSI text file that utilizes 66 lines per page the bottom three points of the 66th line will not print You can work around this restriction by using layup options One solution is to create and use a layup definition file with the following options noborders margins 0 3 0 0 Or you can provide those options directly on th
15. file name Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 9 Figure 10 6 Landscape Orientation with NUMBER UP 2 Coop tentes Joc Opinio YO Sinbad aie tr Ordu anter 2 POIOR TE Therra decia tre bolond Pa Uk pir tup uieer tieu hdd Pe ibiq een ha phirg oparedone FiisenA dcbiomade Meiran Opaning adam ad rahna MA reto tor per Osian amore Daop panter Vent o 340 Priva Friida Arp rius Oo veda V3 VO ur The decriari veo praparid using Y 4 DOOUMENT Vardon it MLO 00964 5 10 5 3 Using NUMBER_UP with Multiple Files When you specify more than one file in a print job and use NUMBER UP to print more than one page on each side of a sheet all the files in the print job are printed using the NUMBER UP value If any files are not PostScript files they are printed starting on a new sheet If any files are PostScript files they are printed starting at the next page spot the next location defined for a page For example to print two ANSI files one with seven pages and one with one page printed at four pages per sheet enter the following command PRINT QUEUE PS40 A14 PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 4 7PAGES TXT 1PAGE TXT The first four pages of 7PAGES TXT are printed on the first sheet The last three pages of 7PAGES TXT are printed on the second sheet one page spot is left blank The file IPAGE TXT is printed on the third sheet with three page spots left blank To print two PostScript files one with seven pages and one with
16. lssseee eee Using Forms that Invoke Setup Modules SETUP Using Forms that Specify the Paper Stock STOCK Using the Default Form Definition lisse 10 1 10 3 10 6 10 6 10 7 10 7 10 8 10 10 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 12 10 12 10 13 10 13 11 1 11 1 11 3 11 4 11 6 11 9 11 9 11 11 11 13 11 13 11 14 11 15 121 12 2 12 2 12 2 12 2 12 3 13 14 15 16 17 18 vi Using Setup Modules in Print Jobs 13 1 13 2 13 2 1 13 2 2 13 3 13 4 13 5 Locating Custom Setup Modules sleleee een Displaying the Contents of a Setup Module 0 0c eee Creating a Setup Module isase acesas cuime nii es Modifying DECimage Parameters with Setup Modules Resolution Setup Modules isseee ens Controlling File Separation Pages 14 1 14 2 14 3 144 Controlling File Separation Pages for All Files llle Controlling File Separation Pages for Individual Files Displaying the Default Separation Pages for a Queue J ob Log and Trailer Pages Sent to Default Tray On Error Selecting Finishing Options 15 1 15 1 1 15 2 15 2 1 15 2 2 15 2 3 15 2 4 15 2 5 PUNCHING 259 desc eoru nee EE Rx WEG RARE RENE Le Ee EE PUNCH DCL Syntax char Roh Rc od n Stapling ee ce sede idcm Rua xke ch rd doe hd kd dea RR E ens STAPLE DCL Syntax wis ia ceeds eo kx om RR CR RR RR EI Rn
17. modifying 5 2 Specifying PAGE SIZE and SHEET SIZE parameters 10 13 STAPLE parameter 15 2 Stapling output 15 1 STOCK qualifier 12 2 SUMMARY qualifier 2 4 System messages See Messages T TAB keyword 5 2 Tables printing 9 1 Tabs modifying 5 2 suppressing 5 2 Text and PostScript files printing 4 1 Text files printing 9 1 Trailer pages B 11 TRAILER qualifier 14 1 B 11 Tumble printing specifying 10 1 Two sided printing specifying 1 2 10 1 TWO_SIDED_DUPLEX keyword 10 1 TWO_SIDED_SIMPLEX keyword 10 2 TWO_SIDED_TUMBLE keyword 10 1 U USER qualifier B 11 USER_NAME qualifier 2 2 V Vector encoding examples E 1 W WIDTH qualifier 12 2 Index 5
18. nocurrentpoint Path is empty offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error f the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report NODEVCTLLIB No device control library specified for the queue Explanation The printer queue does not have a device control library User Action Associate the standard device control library with the queue and resubmit your request NOFONTLIBR Font library string not found Explanation The required soft font kit has not been installed on the system or there is a system problem User Action Your print job completes without the requested fonts If the output is not acceptable resubmit the print job after the required soft font kit has been installed NOINPTRAY INPUT TRAY selection not supported for printer name Explanation The printer associated with the queued request does not support the INPUT TRAY parameter to the PRINT command User Action Re
19. old showpage showpage load def Copy the old showpage gsave my space setmatrix Pimes Roman findfont this is the overlay 14 scalefont settont 252 756 moveto confidential show 252 22 moveto confidential show t down to here grestore old showpage def 7 1 2 Creating a Device Control Library Before you can use a setup module you must create a device control library and put the module in the library Use a different library for setup modules of each data syntax Vou cannot mix ANSI and PostScript modules in the same library You can put PostScript modules in the standard device control library or create one or more new libraries for them An ANSI setup module and a PostScript setup module that perform the same function can have the same name as you put them in separate Libraries To create a library for setup modules use the following command LIBRARY CREATE TEXT SYSSLIBRARY libraryname TLB Using Setup Modules and Forms with the SoriptPrinter 73 Figure 11 1 NUMBER_UP 4 Without Borders Put your setup in the new library see Section 7 1 3 Add the new library to a library search list see Section 7 14 Stop and restart the queue to include your new library If you add a setup module to an existing library you do not need to stop and restart the queue Print using the PRINT SETUP command or use the DEFINE FORM SETUP command to inlude the setup module in a form To include your AN
20. the REQUEUE qualifier 2 4 Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues PRINT MSG AFTER 17 00 QUEUE PS40 A10 Job AUTO queue PS40 A10 entry 318 holding until 27 MAR 2009 17 00 SET ENTRY 318 REQUEUE LP40 A10 SHOW QUEUE LP40 A10 Printer queue LP40 A10 on MOON A10 mounted form DCPS DEFAULT stock DEFAULT Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 318 AUTO MSMITH 368 Holding until 27 MAR 2009 17 00 Use the SET ENTRY command to release a print job that is Holding Include the RELEASE qualifier in the SET ENTRY command to release the print job For example SET ENTRY 318 RELEASE DCPS I JOBSTART Job AUTO queue LP40 A10 entry 318 started on LP40 A10 You can change the qualifiers and print parameters for a print job using SET ENTRY Indude the job number and the new qualifier or parameter values in the SET ENTRY command If your PRINT command included more than one print parameter you must indude them all in the SET ENTRY command You cannot modify only one of the print parameters without affecting the others that you induded in the PRINT command If you modify only one parameter the others are reset to default values For example you could submit a print job with the following command PRINT PARAMETERS SIDES 2 PAGE ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE MYFILE RPT Job MYFILE queue PS40 A10 entry 329 started on LPS40 A10 To modify the page orientation setting for this print job you must in
21. 13 LOSTPATH The current path may have been lost Explanation You receive this message when layup interacts with a PostScript program that contains the results of the charpath operator in the current path during a showpage operation User Action Correct the PostScript program Refer to the PostScript Language Reference Manual LOX AM Please dear paper jam caused by lower transport station Explanation A paper jam occurred in the lower portion of the printer User Action Clear the paper jam The print job will be continued automatically LPDTERMINATED LPD Connection abnormally terminated Explanation An LPD connection was made but LPD on the printer or remote host has terminated the connection User Action For a printer make sure you specify the correct internal queue name if required when creating the queue For a remote host make sure you specify the correct queue name for the remote print queue LPSPCLERR J ob aborted due to PrintServer protocol error Explanation The client or the PrintServer printer violated the LAPS protocol causing the job to be aborted User Action Try submitting the print job again If necessary reboot the printer If the job continues to fail report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center with a description of your PrintServer configuration and the circumstances under which the error occurs LRJ ACCESSDENIED Access denied Explanation This LAT message indicates that your grou
22. 3500 as a FAX sender For Microsoft Windows 3 1 and Macintosh systems drivers are available for sending a FAX and should be used instead of these files Send these header files ahead of the actual PostScript or text file that is to be faxed from the DEClaser 3500 printer and modify the header files for each application Each of the files is heavily commented and contains additional information on how to edit and use the files In addition the file SY SHLP EXAMPLES DCPS FAX 3500 PRINTME PS explains how to use the header files e DL3500 SEND FAX PS PS Used for sending a PostScript file as a standard CCITT FAX transmission which can received by any FAX receiver e DL3500 SEND FAX PS SENDPS PS Used to send a PostScript file as PostScript data suitable for other DE Claser 3500 printers or other PostScript FAX receiver If the receiver cannot accept the PostScript data the call is terminated and the printer re computes the data into CCITT data format and re dials e DL3500 SEND FAX TEXT PS Used for sending a text file as a standard CCITT FAX transmission which can be received by any FAX receiver Printer Specific Information 18 3 e DL3500 SEND FAX TEXT SENDPS PS Used to send a text file as PostScript data suitable for a DEClaser 3500 printer or other PostScript FAX receiver If the receiver cannot accept the PostScript data the call is terminated and the printer re computes the data into CCITT data format and re dials Y
23. DEFAULT 124 6 6 Characters per Inch PITCH8 stock DEFAULT 123 8 25 Characters per Inch PORTRAIT stock DEFAULT 20 80 by 60 portrait PS stock LASER 2001 Postscript Form You can display the attributes of a form using the SHOW QUEUE FORM FULL command For example this command displays the attributes of DCPS DEFAULT SHOW QUEUE FORM FULL DCPSSDEFAULT Form name Number Description DCPSSDEFAULT stock DEFAULT 1115 DCPS default LENGTH 66 STOCK DEFAULT TRUNCATE WIDTH 80 This form sets the page length and width truncates long lines and uses a default paper stock Using Forms in Your PRINT Command 12 1 12 2 Using Forms with ANSI Files Most of the time you use form definitions with ANSI files because many of the qualifiers for form definitions apply only to ANSI files The qualifiers allow you to specify the page length and margins and allow long lines to either truncate or wrap to the next line Files with data types besides ANSI such as PostScript have internal controls that set up your pages attributes Table 12 1 shows the qualifiers that affect only ANSI files Table 12 1 DEFINE FORM Qualifiers for ANSI Files This Qualifier Does the Following LENGTH n Sets the length of each page in lines MARGIN keyword n Sets the page margins PAGE_SETUP module Applies a page setup module to each page in the job INOITRUNCATE Truncates long lines that do not fit in the page width WIDTH n Se
24. Explanation This LAT message indicates that you requested a port unknown to the service User Action Specify the correct port name in the LAT SYSTARTUP COM procedure and the DCPS STARTUP COM procedure Restart the queue LRJ NOSERVICE No such service Explanation This LAT message indicates that the service name is invalid or does not match any authorized group for the port User Action Specify a valid service name or enable your group for the port connected to the serial printer Restart the queue LRJ NOSTART Session cannot be started Explanation This LAT message indicates that you cannot start another session on that port at the present time User Action None The printing system retries the operation later LRJ NOTOFFERED Service is not offered on the requested port Explanation This LAT message indicates that you have requested a service that is not offered on that particular port User Action Use SHOW SERVICES and SHOW NODES to check service names and node names Specify the name of a port that offers the required service connection to a printer in the LAT SYSTARTUP COM file and restart the queue LRJ NOTSUPPORT Requested function is not supported Explanation This LAT message indicates that an internal printer error has occurred User Action Report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center LRJ RESOURCE Insufficient resources at server Explanation This LAT message indicates that the LAT device c
25. HANGUP Data set hang up Explanation The printer was power cyded during a print job and therefore the job is aborted User Action Resubmit the lost print job Subsequent jobs will print normally HPGENERIC Product name product name not recognized assuming HP Generic Explanation The printer model mentioned is an HP printer but not one supported by DCPS A set of commands known to work on other HP models will be used It is possible that not all DCPS features will be supported User Action None This message states the mode in which the printer will be run ILLEGAL CHAR Illegal character character at line n in DCPS FILE_ EXTENSION DATA TYPE file Explanation The syntax of the file SYS LIBRARY DCPS FILE _ EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT was not expected There will be no attempt to match file extensions to data types User Action The system manager should correct the problem in the file The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new file to be read INTERNAL ERROR Internal error number detected cannot continue Explanation A fatal internal error identified by number has occurred User Action Report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center Include the number from the error message in your report INTERUPT Interrupt The job has been interrupted Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an external request to interrupt the PostScript program This message is displayed
26. MOD LINE TXT When you specify the PAGE SIZE and SHEET SIZE parameters with different values the DECprint Supervisor software automatically scales the pages to fit the sheet size including borders around pages as if you had specified the NUMBER UP parameter You can use the LAYUP DEFINITION parameter as described in Chapter 11 to disable borders 10 8 1 Automatic Scaling When Queue Has PAGE SIZE and SHEET SIZE Parameters DCPS assumes an implicit NUMBER UP I when all of the following conditions exist e Queue default parameters for both PAGE SIZE and SHEET SIZE have been set to different sizes e Your PRINT command does not specify these parameters PAGE SIZE SHEET SIZE NPUT TRAY NUMBER UP and LAYUP DEFINITION are not specified for the queue or in your print command NUMBER _UP 1 scales the logical page size to fit on the physical sheet size This results in the same behavior as specifying different values for PAGE SIZE and SHEET SIZE on the command line without specifying NUMBER UP or LAYUP DEFINITION Note Files that contain instructions to select a paper tray or media size may not print as expected when you use this method of scaling pages Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 13 11 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 1 Specifying Layup Options in Print Jobs Layup is a printing system feature that allows you to map logical pages to physical sheets The page layout adjustments you can make indude s
27. Macintosh configurations This software includes the AppleTalk network protocol so that an OpenVMS system can be part of an AppleTalk network This product has been retired and is no longer supported PC A personal computer that runs either the Windows or DOS operating system PCL file A file that contains data stored in the HP PCL Page Control Language data type The DECprint Supervisor includes translator software to translate PCL4 files generated for printing on HP s Laser et II D printer to PostScript for printing on PostScript printers Glossary 5 Glossary 6 point A unit of measurement in printing where 72 points equal 1 inch portrait orientation Paper orientation in which the text is read parallel to the short side of the paper positional qualifier A qualifier that affects a single part of a command line for example one file in a print job See also command qualifier PostScript file A file in PostScript language which is designed to convey a description of the desired page to the printer and may include a combination of text graphics and bitmap images PostScript printer A printer designed to print files in PostScript format print engine The internal engine in the printing device print job A print request of one or more files and associated print requirements print queue The queue in which a print job waits to be printed print server A hardware device for connecting a printer to a network
28. Output Tray 2 2 0 0 eee 3 2 1 Manually Selecting Output Trays 00 cee ee 4 Printing PostScript Files 4 1 4 2 Printing J obs with Multiple PostScript Files llli Printing Files that Contain Text and PostScript Printing Files Created on Other Operating Systems Creating Printer Specific PostScript Documents lsllslss Creating Portable PostScript Documents sssssss esses Resolving Unrecognized PostScript Operator Errors Using Example Files to Suppress PostScript Operators Suppressing PostScript Operators on Desktop Printers Suppressing PostScript Operators on PrintServer Printers xiii 4 1 4 1 41 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 5 Printing ANSI Files 5 1 Printing Multiple ANSI FilesinaPrintJob 0 0 00 cee 5 2 Emulating ANSI Printers 00 0000 cece ee 5 3 Processing Tabs in ANSI Files lese 5 4 Emulating Printer Font Cartridges lssele ee 5 5 Using PostScript Operators to Change Trays llle een 5 6 Using ANSI Sequences to Print Duplex or Simplex 5 7 The LIST Data Type and Translator llle 5 8 Printing the Euro Symbol 00000 ee fase as Ces te eles Vas eda ankWwWWN H 6 Printing DDIF Image Files Using the Image Interpreter 6 1 Improvements to Image Printing llle 6 1 6 2 Examples of Printing Image
29. PRINT Parameters 4 5 gue Steen Re RE 9 RR CR s Font Cartridge Equivalents 0 000 es SoftFont KitS iis RR ee eae Ee eee eee ones xiv 1 7 2 2 5 4 8 2 Preface Intended Audience The information in this guide is intended for users at all levels of experience It contains step by step procedures for most printing tasks Document Structure This manual contains the following chapters and appendices Chapter 1 explains how to print files Chapter 2 describes how to display the status of print jobs and print queues Chapter 3 explains how to specify input and output trays for your print job Chapter 4 describes printing PostScript files Chapter 5 describes printing ANSI files Chapter 6 describes printing DDIF image files Chapter 7 describes printing PCL files Chapter 8 describes printing Proprinter files Chapter 9 explains how to print with the LIST data type Chapter 10 describes using advanced page layouts Chapter 11 explains how to use layup Chapter 12 explains how to use forms Chapter 13 explains how to use setup modules Chapter 14 describes specifying file separation pages Chapter 15 describes how to select finishing options Chapter 16 explains using the error handler to debug problems Chapter 17 describes how to troubleshoot printing errors Chapter 18 provides information about using DCPS with specific printers Appendix A describes system messages issued by DCPS Appendix B lists PRINT c
30. Pages Sent to Default Tray On Error The job log and job trailer pages if any are normally directed to the output tray you specified with the OUTPUT TRAY parameter However if DCPS reports a NOOUTTRAY OUTTRAYNOTAVL or OUTTRAYMISMATCH error when initially attempting to select the specified output tray the job log and trailer pages are instead directed to the printer s default output tray so that you get an indication of the problem 14 2 Controlling File Separation Pages 15 Selecting Finishing Options Some printers have a finisher often sold as an option that can punch or staple your output This chapter describes how to select these printer features from DCPS 15 1 Punching DCPS can punch your job if the printer has a puncher installed Punching with DCPS is supported on the following printers GENICOM Intelliprint mL450 GENICOM LN45 HP 9085 MFP HP Laser et 9055 MFP HP Laser et 9065 MFP Lexmark W820 15 1 1 PUNCH DCL Syntax Punching is specified with the PRINT parameter PUNCH PUNCH NOPUNCH There are no values to the PUNCH parameter The position of the punched holes is determined by the orientation of the paper in the printer and the number and spacing of holes is determined by the printer When NOPUNCH is specified the job is printed without punching overriding the printer s default punch setting 15 2 Stapling DCPS can staple your job if the printer has a stapler installed Stapling with DCPS is s
31. PostScript printers using the OpenVMS PRINT command The PRINT command qualifiers are documented in this appendix and in the HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary Table B 1 lists the PRINT command qualifiers and describes the functions of the qualifiers Several qualifiers apply only to print jobs for ANSI files if you supply this type of qualifier on a PRINT command line for printing non ANSI files the qualifier is ignored and the file is printed Table B 1 PRINT Command Qualifiers Qualifier Description INOJAFTER INOJBACKUP INOJBEFORE INOJBURST INO BY OWNER CHARACTERISTICS NO JCONFIRM COPIES INOJCREATED NO DELETE INOJEXCLUDE INOJEXPIRED NO FEED NO FLAG FORM NO HEADER Indicates the print job will be held in the queue until the specified time Selects files for printing based on their last backup date and time Specifies a date and time for the file selection qualifiers BACKUP CREATED EXPIRED or MODIFIED and selects files with dates before the specified date and time Controls file burst pages Selects files to print based on the user identification code UIC Specifies printer characteristics for the print job Prompts you for each file in the print job Specifies the number of copies of the file to print Selects files for printing based on the file creation date and time Deletes the print files automatically after the print job has been processed Excludes a
32. STATUSDICT PS file 4 3 M Macintosh systems problems with files 17 3 Macros including in PCL print jobs 7 8 Manual feed selecting 3 3 MANUAL FEED keyword 3 3 MARGIN qualifier 12 2 Margins suppressing 5 2 Margins alternating 11 3 MARGINS layup option 11 9 Media selecting 10 6 specifying 3 1 MEDIA TYPE parameter 3 2 Messages descriptions A facility code A format A 2 interpreting 17 1 layup definition error A 32 to A 33 obtaining B 7 operator A 1 PRINT NOTIFY command A 1 2 to A 32 1 M essages cont d receiving 17 1 severity level of A 2 system A 1 MESSAGES parameter 17 1 MODIFIED qualifier B 7 Multiple copies B 4 B 7 printing 1 4 with PAGE LIMIT parameter 10 11 Multiple files printing 1 4 Multiple PostScript files with SIDES parameter 10 6 N NAME qualifier B 7 Native PCL restrictions to print parameters 7 4 Native PCL mode using 7 2 NOFEED qualifier 5 2 NOTE qualifier B 7 NOTIFY qualifier 17 1 B 7 NOJTRUNCATE qualifier 12 2 INOJWRAP qualifier 12 2 NUMBER UP parameter 1 5 10 7 with input tray selection operators 10 7 with multiple files 10 10 with page orientation 10 8 O ONE_SIDED_DUPLEX keyword 10 1 ONE_SIDED_SIMPLEX keyword 10 1 ONE_SIDED_TUMBLE keyword 10 2 Operator intervention B 8 OPERATOR qualifier B 8 Orientation specifying 1 3 Output tray manual selection 3 4 Output trays selecting 3 4 OUTPUT TRAY parame
33. See the DCPS System Manager s Guide and the comments in the SYS STARTUP DCPS STARTUP COM command procedure for more information If the definition of DCPS LIB is changed the DCPS queues that will be used for sending faxes must be stopped and restarted 4 The system manager then creates the fax settings module from the fax settings file LIBRARY INSERT TEXT SYS COMMON SYSLIB library name fax settings file where fax settings file specifies the file containing the fax information Now you can fax ANSI documents with the following command PRINT PARAMETERS DATA TYPE ANSI SETUP fax settings module fax file where fax settings module is the name of the setup module that your system manager created and fax fileis the ANSI document that you want to fax 18 5 DIGITAL DEClaser 5100 Printer 18 4 Printer Specific Information 18 5 1 Printer Specific Setup Modules The following page protection setup modules adjust the bitmap for the printed page Table 18 1 DEClaser 5100 Printer Page Protection Setup Modules Setup Module Description DL5100 PAGEPROT ON Full page bitmaps DL5100 PAGEPROT OFF Partial page bitmaps and banding Using the full page bitmap is referred to as page protection and allows complex pages to print However the requested resolution may not be possible if memory resources are low Page protection settings take priority over resolution settings If low memory resources cause a conflict the request
34. Stapling POSITIONS 2 20 cheed ecc dee sede dee sage de rs Output Trays si airia vita Se dow hoe eae D an eek ei Paper SIZES aoe oes pd eng gigi sua ea oe BAe duos dur B aed ie dr M Stapling Detalls 2 222 2 2 2 te dez tene deta de eee Dare e teed Using the Error Handler to Debug 16 1 16 2 16 3 16 4 16 5 16 6 Including the Error Handler in aPrintJ ob llle How the Error Handler Affects the PostScript Environment Error Handler Example 0 62008 e 2b neca aeri eee wee eee eee ee Reading Error Handler Output 0 0 00 es PostScript Data Output Format 0 0 00 a Determining Where the Error Occurred 0 00 c eee eens Solving Printing Problems 17 1 17 2 17 2 1 17 2 2 17 2 3 17 2 4 17 3 Displaying and Saving Error Messages 0 00 cece eee eee Interpreting Messages 1 2c tees PostSarIpE EFFOFS cess RW ed a a hee DECprint Supervisor Messages 0 00 ccc cee ees Solving PrintServer Software Problems 0000c eee eeees Problems with Files Generated on a PC or Macintosh System Getting Help On Line 2 222 eei e 8 ere Ry gra Printer Specific Information 18 1 18 1 1 18 1 2 18 1 3 18 2 18 2 1 DIGITAL Colorwriter LSR 2000 Printer 2 0 02 c002 n0e hem Requests for Unloaded Sheet Sizes l l INPUT TRAY and PAGE SIZE or SHEET SIZE Parameters ANSI Translator Limits Output to 64 Lines DIGITAL DECcolorwriter 100
35. Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the program that generated the PostScript file is in error Refer to the PostScript Language Reference Manual for help in locating the error Resubmit the corrected file A 4 System Messages and Error Recovery CMEMERR Internal controller memory error Explanation The DECprint Supervisor has encountered a memory failure in the printer controller User Action Call HP Customer Services Refer to the LNO3R ScriptPrinter Operator s Guide CONAPPLICATION Connection request is not to a LAT applications port Explanation You requested a connection to a LAT applications port that the system does not recognize User Action Specify the correct applications port name in the SYS STARTUP LAT SYSTARTUP COM procedure and restart the queue CONTERMINATED Connection abnormally terminated Explanation Your network connection to the printer was terminated abnormally For PrintServer printers the printer was turned off or a cable was disconnected User Action Make sure that the network device has power and that characteristics of the terminal server port that serves the printer agree with the characteristics listed in the DCPS Software Installation Guide Restart the queue CONTIMEOUT Connection timed out server not available or incorrect server name specified Explanation The connection timed out You selected a server that was not avail
36. X X X X ENVELOPE FEEDER X 4 LCIT X X X X MIDDLE X X X 4 2 With PrintServer Supporting Host V5 0 Solving Printing Problems 17 3 18 Printer Specific Information This chapter provides general user information about using DCPS with specific printers Refer to the DCPS System Manager s Guide and DCPS Rdease Notes for additional printer specific information 18 1 DIGITAL Colorwriter LSR 2000 Printer The DIGITAL Colorwriter LSR 2000 printer is an upgrade to the DIGITAL Colorwriter LSR 2000 References in the DCPS documentation to the DIGITAL Colorwriter LSR 2000 also apply to the DIGITAL Colorwriter LSR 2000 18 1 1 Requests for Unloaded Sheet Sizes If you specify a sheet size that is supported by the printer but not currently loaded in any of its input trays the printer will request that you load the specified sheet size In other printers the request is rejected with a SIZNOTAVL error 18 1 2 INPUT TRAY and PAGE SIZE or SHEET SIZE Parameters DCPS does not allow you to specify both a paper size and an input tray when using the Colorwriter LSR 2000 due to a printer restriction If you attempt to do so you will get a NOSHEETANDTRAY error You can however specify one as long as you omit the other 18 1 3 ANSI Translator Limits Output to 64 Lines The Colorwri
37. as part of the Abort process User Action None This message confirms a requested action INTRAYNOTAVL No tray nameis installed on printer name Explanation The specified input tray is not currently installed on the printer User Action Install the required input tray and resubmit the print job or resubmit the print job specifying an input tray that is installed INTRAYNOTSUP No tray name on printer name Explanation The specified input tray is not supported by the printer User Action Resubmit the print job specifying an input tray that is supported on the printer or specifying a printer that supports the required input tray System Messages and Error Recovery A 9 INVACC invalidaccess Attempt to store into read only object offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report INVDDIFDATA Invalid DDIF data flushing to e
38. default text data type parameter using an illegal value for default text data type Legal values are ANSI PROPRINTER and PCL User Action If the error was in a PRINT command resubmit the print job with one of the legal values for the DATA TYPE AUTOMATIC parameter If the error is in the queue definition perform the following operations e To get the job printed quickly resubmit the print job with the DATA TYPE AUTOMATIC parameter This will override the queue default e To correct the default queue parameter 1 Edit the DCPS STARTUP COM file to modify the queue definition induding a valid default text data type 2 Stopthe queue 3 Execute the DCPSSSTARTUP COM file USERDATA string Explanation The PostScript program requested that the data represented by string be sent to the user with the operators print pstack and User Action None VMERROR vmerror PostScript virtual memory exhausted offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center System Messages and Error Recovery A 31 If your print job fails to print because of a virtual memory limitation you can take on
39. file or files from a print job Selects files for printing based on the file expiration date and time Controls whether form feed characters are inserted at the end of pages Controls file flag pages Specifies a form type whose characteristics will be applied to the print job Prints a header line at the top of each printed page PRINT Command Qualifiers B 1 Table B 1 Cont PRINT Command Qualifiers Qualifier Description INO IHOLD INO IDENTIFY J OB COUNT INOJLOWERCASE INO MODIFIED NAME NOTE INO NOTIFY OPERATOR PAGES PARAMETERS NO PASSALL PRIORITY QUEUE REMOTE INO RESTART RETAIN SETUP SINCE NO SPACE INOITRAILER USER Holds the print job until specifically released with SET ENTRY RELEASE Displays the print queue and print job number on your terminal when the print job is submitted Specifies the number of times to print the job Specifies printing on a printer with lowercase printing capability Selects files for printing based on the date and time the file was last modified Specifies a print job name Specifies a message to print on job separation pages Sends messages to your terminal when the print job starts and ends and when printer errors occur Sends the specified message to the operator when the print job is started Specifies a range of pages in the print job to print Specifies one or more PRINT parameters for controlling
40. files this way Vo 00 1 Oy Ur i amp C IN s 12 The DECprint Supervisor software prints PCL files on PostScript only 13 printers by translating the files to PostScript for printing on all 14 supported printers Translating PCL files for printing requires the 15 DCPS PLUS license 17 USING PCL MODE IN THE PRINTER 19 If you are printing a PCL file on one of these printer models your 20 file is sent directly to the printer unless your print job requires 21 Special PostScript processing That is you cannot print PCL files 22 directly to the printer in PCL mode if your print job includes one or 23 more of the following PRINT parameters 24 25 PARAMETERS LAYUP DEFINITION 26 PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 27 PARAMETERS SHEET COUNT 28 PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT 29 30 PCL FONTS AND MACROS 31 32 The DECprint Supervisor version 1 0 software provides printing of PCL 33 files However if you use a setup module to downline load fonts or 34 macros for printing the PCL file the escape sequences for loading 35 them must be declared permanent 37 With the DECprint Supervisor version 1 1 software it is not necessary 38 to declare the fonts and macros permanent You must declare fonts and 39 macros to be permanent only if the setup module or file contains a 40 reset escape sequence See the DECprint Supervisor User s guide for 41 more information about using setup modules to include macros and fonts 42 for PCL files MR 6405 Al 9 2 Using th
41. for Toner Saver Mode The toner saver setup module DL3500 TSAVER renders all characters as outlines and outlines dark areas of any graphics as well This feature is useful for draft copies of documents and provides a medium level of resolution enhancement to the page 18 4 1 3 Setup Modules for DECimage Lite The DECimage Lite modules provide five different contrast punch settings DL3500 DI HC Increase contrast by 20 DL 3500 DI LC Decrease contrast by 2096 DL3500 DI BRIGHTER Increase brightness by 1096 DL3500 DI DARKER Increase darkness by 1096 DL3500 DI FLAT Apply the special halftone without gray level adjustment Notes e These modules are mutually exclusive The last one listed will be the one that takes effect e The DECimage Lite feature conflicts with the RET feature of the printer One or the other may be used but not both Since the printer s default setting for RET is on the DECimage Lite setup modules turn it off for the current job 18 4 1 4 Setup Module Example The following example increases darkness for the specified print job PRINT SETUP DL3500 RET DARK file name 18 4 2 Using the FAX Option You can use four example files in SYSHLP EXAMPLES DCPS to help you send FAX messages with the DEClaser 3500 printer and may freely distribute these files to driver developers and end users These files may be used on OpenVMS UNIX or DOS operating systems that do not have an application for using the DEClaser
42. for printer name printer Explanation The printer to which you are printing does not have a DCPS supported punch option installed User Action Print to a printer with a DCPS supported punch option or do not specify the PUNCH parameter on the command line PWRCYCL The printer power was cyded Explanation This is an informational message Power to the printer was turned off and then on User Action None PWRFAIL The printer power was cycled while a job was active Explanation Power to the printer was turned off and then on while a job was printing User Action Check your print job to see if you need to resubmit it for printing RANGECHK rangecheck Argument out of bounds offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed a range check error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error f the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report System Messages and Error Recovery A 21 REQMANFEED Request manual feed of media size Explanation
43. is bad and or toner empty Explanation The toner cartridge is empty or the OPC belt requires replacement or both User Action Replace both the toner cartridge and the OPC cartridge Follow the directions in the respective replacement kits or refer to the procedures described in the LNO3R ScriptPrinter Operator s Guide System Messages and Error Recovery A 3 BAD PUNCTUATION GETTOKEN Unexpected punctuation for a file type punctuation at line n in DCPSS FILE EXTENSION DATA TYPE file Explanation The syntax of the file SYS LIBRARY DCPS FILE _ EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT was not as expected A comma or colon is expected to follow a file extension There will be no attempt to match any file extension to a data type User Action The system manager should correct the problem punctuation in the file The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new file to be read BAD PUNCTUATION READDEF Unexpected punctuation following a data type punctuation at line n in DCPSS FILE EXTENSION DATA TYPE file Explanation The syntax of the file SYS LIBRARY DCPS FILE _ EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT was not as expected There will be no attempt to match any file extension to a data type User Action The system manager should correct the problem punctuation in the file A colon is expected to follow a data type The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new fil
44. is open Explanation The paper input tray is open User Action Close the paper input tray cover System Messages and Error Recovery A 11 J OBABORT J ob job number aborted Explanation The specified job was terminated for one of the following reasons Take the actions recommended for the appropriate problem e You deleted an active job on the local print queue e PostScript requested that the job be aborted due to a printer or internal error In this case another error message provides specific information about the required action e The print symbiont process stopped In this case report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center with a description of your DECprint Supervisor configuration and the circumstances under which this error occurred e An internal error occurred in the job controller J OBFINISH J ob job number finish Explanation The entire print job has been processed by the DECprint Supervisor software This does not necessarily mean the print job has finished printing User Action None J OB ID for job job name queue queue name entry job number on executi on queuename Explanation Informational message received when you include the NOTIFY qualifier with the PRINT command This message provides you with more information about the previously displayed message User Action None J OBSTART J ob job number start Explanation Connection to the printer has been established and the printer is now
45. job is terminated and the following error message is displayed OUTTRAYNOTAVL No tray name is installed on printer name 3 2 1 Manually Selecting Output Trays If you manually select the output trays on your printer you cannot change trays with the OUTPUT TRAY parameter You must select the output tray by using the controls on the printer Refer to the operator s guide to your printer for information about output tray selection If you specify the OUTPUT TRAY parameter for this type of printer be sure that the appropriate output tray is selected manually Otherwise the print job is terminated and the following message may be displayed OUTTRAYMISMATCH Printer printer name output tray setting does not match requested output tray on printer name 3 4 Specifying Input and Output Trays 4 Printing PostScript Files 4 1 Printing Jobs with Multiple PostScript Files The PostScript file created by your application modifies the state of the PostScript interpreter in the printer The DECprint Supervisor software resets the printer state for each new print job but not for each file in the print job Therefore files that are meant to be printed together such as a data file with an application prologue or a font will print successfully But in a print job with a set of unrelated files the state of the printer after completing printing of a file may adversely affect the printing of subsequent files This can cause PostScript errors and un
46. network and accessible using the AppleTalk protocols particularly the Printer Access Protocol PAP ASCII A file that contains ANSI text data with no escape sequences aspect ratio The ratio of page width to page length automatic data type detection The process by which the DECprint Supervisor software investigates print files to determine the data type of the file bitmap An image in digitized form that can be stored transmitted and reproduced burst page A page printed between print jobs or copies of print files if requested Useful for separating print jobs manually client system A network node that runs DECprint Supervisor software to access a PrintServer printer Glossary 1 Glossary 2 command qualifier A qualifier that affects the processing of the entire command See also positional qualifier CPAP Common Printer Access Protocol A printer protocol that layers upon the TCP IP and DECnet network protocols and is used by DECprint Supervisor to communicate with DIGITAL PrintServer printers data syntax See data type data type The data format of a file to be printed DDIF DIGITAL Document Interchange Format file A file that contains data stored in the DIGITAL data syntax for conveying image data DECimage Image enhancement technology available in some printers for example the DIGITAL PrinterServer printers and DEClaser 5100 printer This feature gives increased clarity smoothness and s
47. page The area around the edge of the page is specified by the top offset and the left offset see Table 8 2 The top offset specifies the position of the baseline of the first line of the page as well as the default margin at the bottom of the page The default top offset is 1 2 inch The left offset specifies the area at the left edge of the page as well as the default margin at the right edge of the page The default left offset is 1 4 inch If your application allows for a margin around the page you can decrease these offsets If you need a page size that is not supported by DECprint Supervisor you can explicitly specify the page size using the front panel mode escape sequences for form length and margins see Table 8 2 These escape sequences specify the length and width of the page measured from the offsets 8 5 Specifying the Input Tray for Proprinter Print Jobs A Proprinter file may contain instructions to select the printer input tray on a Proprinter printer When you print this file on a different type of printer the print job will fail if the specified input tray is not available You can modify the print job to redefine the input tray selection command using a PostScript setup module Your system manager can create a setup module to redefine the appropriate Postscript operators as in the following which shows the contents of a setup module that selects tray 3 for the upper input tray and tray 1 for the bottom input tray
48. point margin a half inch on all sides The following example creates a wide left margin PRINT PARAMETERS LAYUP DEFINITION MARGINS 10 10 60 10 _ QUEUE PS40 A10 MYFILE TXT 11 10 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents This example sets the margins as follows Top margin 10 points Bottom margin 10 points Left margin 60 points Right margin 10 points 11 1 7 Specifying the Order of Page Spots to Use The PAGEORDER option sets the order in which the pages appear on the sheet that is the reading order of the pages You must supply a value to PAGEORDER Table 11 3 describes the eight values that can be used The default page order is RightDown Table 11 3 PAGEORDER Option Values Value Description RightDown Pages are ordered left to right top row first then moving down LeftDown Pages are ordered right to left top row first then moving down RightUp Pages are ordered left to right bottom row first then moving up LeftUp Pages are ordered right to left bottom row first then moving up DownRight Pages are ordered top to bottom left column first then moving right DownL eft Pages are ordered top to bottom right column first then moving left UpRight Pages are ordered bottom to top left column first then moving right U pL eft Pages are ordered bottom to top right column first then moving left Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 11 Figure 11 6 shows how pages are printed with each PAGEORD
49. the print job and continue to the end of the print job You can specify printing of just the first part of a document by using the following command PRINT PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT 50 MYFILE PS This example instructs the DECprint Supervisor software to print the first 50 pages of the print job When you use the PAGE LIMIT parameter your print job completes when the upper limit value is reached Therefore if you specify the PAGE LIMIT parameter and do not print to the end of the file you do not get a file trailer page for the file that was cut off The rest of the data for that file and for any subsequent files for that print job is ignored 10 6 1 Using PAGE LIMIT with Multiple Copies Do not usethe PAGE LIMIT parameter when you make multiple copies with the COPIES or OB COUNT qualifiers The print job may be completed before the next copy begins printing If you want to print multiple copies of a job for which you specify PAGE LIMIT use the SHEET COUNT parameter see Section 1 5 10 6 2 Restarting Interrupted Print Jobs You can save paper when you restart interrupted print jobs by using the PAGE _ LIMIT parameter to start the print job near the point where the print job stopped For example SET ENTRY PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT 30 RELEASE 301 Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 11 In this example print job 301 was released and printing started on the 30th page of the print job Note Using the PAGE LIMIT paramete
50. the tray tray in printer name Explanation You requested both a specific tray and media type for your job The printer does not have the media type loaded in the tray you requested User Action Select another combination of tray and media type or choose by another combination of paper size tray and or media type NEGAREA Layup definition margins overlap one another Explanation You induded a layup definition file in your print job that sets the margins so that they overlap User Action Edit the layup definition file to change the margins and resubmit your job Refer to the MARGINS option in DCPS User s Guide for information NEWSETUPFILE creating new version of setup file Explanation The DCPS startup procedure is creating a new version of the setup file used when the procedure is later run in setup mode User Action None This message is informational A 16 System Messages and Error Recovery NEWSTARTUP newer version of DCPS STARTUP available Explanation A new version of DCPS STARTUP is available User Action Copy the new version from SYS STARTUP DCPS STARTUP TEMPLATE and incorporate your site spedific changes This is not required but recommended to keep up with new features incorporated into the DCPS startup procedure NOCOPY PG copypage is not supported by multipage layup Explanation The copypage operator is ignored when you use layup to print more than one page to a sheet User Action None NOCURPT
51. the wrong input tray with certain printers terminates the print job When you specify an input tray that is not supported by the printer the following error message is displayed INTRAYNOTSUP No tray name on printer name Some printers have optional input trays If you specify an optional input tray that is not currently available on the printer the job is terminated and the following error message is displayed INTRAYNOTAVL No tray name is installed on printer name 3 1 1 Specifying the Type of Media 3 1 1 1 Selecting by Page and Sheet Size You can specify a paper size with the PAGE SIZE or SHEET SIZE parameter PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE sheet size file name PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE sheet size INPUT TRAY input tray _ file name For example PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE LEGAL FILE PS PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE A4 INPUT TRAY TOP FILE PS Specifying Input and Output Trays 3 1 If you specify both the input tray and the paper size the specified input tray must contain the requested paper size for the job to print or the print job is terminated and the following error message is displayed SIZNOTRAY paper size size medium is not in the tray name tray in printer name For example SIZNOTRAY A4 size medium is not in the TOP tray in PrintServer 17 600 3 1 1 2 Selecting by Media Type Media type is set on the printer to indicate the type of paper loaded in a particular tray The default is usually PLAIN Ot
52. to portrait and landscape page orientation and LEF and SEF refer to long edge feed and short edge feed direction of paper in the printer 15 2 Selecting Finishing Options Table 15 1 Stapling Positions and Paper Feed Direction Staple Position and Image Orientation TOP LEFT TOP CENTER TOP RIGHT LEFT CENTER Printer Port Land Port Land Port Land Port Land Compaq LEF LEF SEF LEF SEF LEF LEF SEF GENICOM SEF SEF Lexmark Xerox HP Color LEF LEF LEF LEF SEF Laser et 9500 SEF SEF HP Laser et SEF SEF 4200 4250 4300 4350 HP Laser et LEF SEF LEF LEF LEF SEF 8000 8100 SEF 8150 9000 9050 HP 9085 MFP LEF SEF SEF LEF LEF LEF SEF Laser et 9055 SEF SEF MFP 9065 MFP If you specify an unsupported staple position DCPS issues the error message STPPOSNOSUP and does not print the job 15 2 3 Output Trays Stapled output can only be delivered to the output trays attached to the finisher Table 15 2 lists the supported output trays for each printer Table 15 2 Output Trays Supported for Stapling Printer Brand Output Trays Compaq GENICOM Xerox STACKER BIN_1 BIN 2 BIN_3 HP Lexmark STACKER BIN 2 If you specify a tray not supported for stapling or do not specify a tray but the printer s default output tray is not supported for stapling DCPS issues the error message STPOUTTRAY and does noct print the job 15 2 4 Paper Sizes Printers do not support stapling on every paper size and feed direc
53. usually attached to the printer s parallel port The protocols offered by the print server depend on its particular features and how it is configured but usually include raw TCP IP and AppleTalk and sometimes LAT PrintServer Software The software for managing DIGITAL PrintServer printers PrintServer software remote console The PrintServer software that allows the printer to be managed from the supporting host print symbiont The software that processes the user s print request arranges to have data translated if required sends the data to the printer and reports messages from the printer printer The printing device Proprinter file A file created for printing on IBM Proprinter devices raw TCP IP A network protocol that utilizes the TCP IP protocol directly without any additional interpretation of the TCP data stream It is supported by many printer Network Interface Cards NICs print servers and terminal servers recto page An odd numbered page in a book In an open book the recto page is always on the right For example page 1 is always a recto page For a single sheet the recto page is always the page on the front of the sheet Compare with verso page ReGIS file A file containing graphics data in DIGITAL ReGIS data format serial printer A printer that is connected to the system by serial communications server node The host system for managing shared resources in a network configuration setup mod
54. with the DCPS software Use option settings to ensure that your PostScript document is as portable as possible To ensure that your application creates documents that are printable on the widest variety of printers select printer s default for all printer specific options such as input and output trays Or select a generic printer or one without duplex printing or multiple input trays Then choose the feature in your application that allows you to print to a file 4 2 Printing PostScript Files 4 6 Resolving Unrecognized PostScript Operator Errors If you try to print a file that contains a PostScript extension operator that is not defined in your printer you get the following error message DCPS W UNDEF undefined Name not known offending command is operator Operator is the PostScript extension operator that is not recognized by the printer You may be able to resolve this problem by doing the following 1 Recreate the PostScript file from the application Examine the print setup options and disable any options that are not generic to all PostScript printers see Section 4 5 2 f you must print the PostScript file that fails see Section 4 7 for information about modifying the print job 4 7 Using Example Files to Suppress PostScript Operators The DCPS software provides example files that show how to suppress many commonly used PostScript extension operators 4 7 1 Suppressing PostScript Operators on Desktop Printers
55. you omit this qualifier the default action is NODELETE B 4 PRINT Command Qualifiers For example to delete the file FARM DAT after printing use the the following command PRINT DELETE FARM DAT CAUTION When you specify the DELETE qualifier with the DECprint Supervisor software the job controller always deletes the requested files regardless of whether the print job was completed successfully For example the following print job is not printed because the user entered an invalid SHEET SIZE parameter GREEN Although the file is not printed the job controller deletes the file PRINT DELETE PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE GREEN GROTON TXT Use the DELETE qualifier with discretion EXCLUDE file spec NOEXCLUDE default Specifies files to be excluded from the print job not printed with others that match the file specification This qualifier is useful when wildcards are used in the file specification The default action when you omit this qualifier is to print all files that match the file specification For example to print all the files named FARM except FARM DAT use the following command PRINT EXCLUDE FARM DAT FARM EXPIRED NOEXPIRED default Selects files to print based on the file expiration time Use this qualifier with the BEFORE or SINCE qualifier to specify the time Other file selection qualifiers are BACKUP CREATED and MODIFIED If BEFORE or SINCE is used without any file se
56. 0 Printer 0 00 a Printer Specific Setup Modules 0 000 cece eee ees 13 1 13 1 13 2 13 2 13 2 13 3 13 4 14 1 14 2 14 2 14 2 15 1 15 1 15 1 15 2 15 2 15 3 15 3 15 4 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 2 16 3 16 4 17 1 17 1 17 2 17 2 17 3 17 3 17 3 18 3 DIGITAL DEClaser 1152 Printer lile RI 18 2 18 3 1 Printer Hangs After Deleting J obs When Using AppleTalk 18 2 18 4 DIGITAL DEClaser 3500 Printer llli 18 2 18 4 1 Printer Specific Setup Modules 00 00 cece 18 2 18 4 1 1 Setup Modules for Resolution Enhancement 55 18 2 18 4 1 2 Setup Modules for Toner Saver Mode 00000 ee eees 18 3 18 4 1 3 Setup Modules for DECimage Lite 00 eee eee 18 3 18 4 1 4 Setup Module Example 00000 cece eee 18 3 18 4 2 Using the FAX Option lseeeee es 18 3 18 5 DIGITAL DEClaser 5100 Printer lille 18 4 18 5 1 Printer Specific Setup Modules 0 0 0 e cece eee 18 5 18 5 2 Errors from PCL J obs on the LocalTalk Port 0 00 00s 18 5 18 6 DIGITAL Laser Printer LN15 0 0 00 ee 18 5 18 6 1 Extraneous USERDATA Messages Appear llle seen 18 6 18 6 2 Choosing Input TrayS 0 6 ee 18 6 18 6 3 J obs with Errors May Not Complete 0 00000 cece eee 18 6 18 6 4 J obs May Not Issue Failure Notifications 00005 18 6 18 7 DIGITAL Laser Printer LN174ps and LN17 ps 5 1
57. 100 of the sheet laser printer The laser printer cannot so the translator adjusts the format of the page utilize 100 of the sheet so the to fit within the printable area translator adjusts the format of the page to This can cause problems if you are fit within the printable area printing a document that uses the entire sheet This can cause problems if you The translator can cause a single Proprinter are printing a document that uses the page to overflow to a second page To fix this entire sheet The translator can cause a problem 1 single Proprinter page to overflow to a Include a Proprinter setup module that second page To fix this problem changes the translator to use the entire 1 Include a Proprinter setup module that changes the translator to use Shrink the resulting page to fit in the the entire page printable area using one of the Shrink the resulting page to fit in following qualifiers Output from Proprinter printer Output from PostScript printer MR 6352 Al You can correct this problem by using a setup module that causes the translator to put more lines on the page For example to change the translator from printing on 10 inches of a letter size sheet to printing on 11 inches of the sheet create a setup module to scale the page Include the following escape sequences Proprinter Escape Sequence Format ESC STX NUL DCl LF ESC ETX NUL EOT CAN ETX Decimal Values 027 096 002 000 017 010 027 096 00
58. 17 Spanish symbol set is formatted as follows ESC 1 P ESC s16 66H ESC 28 ESC 0 P Note This format shows spaces between the elements of the command for clarity Do not include spaces in your actual command This command includes escape sequences that do the following e Enable front panel mode e Set 16 66 cpi ESC s16 66H e Specify the ISO 17 symbol set ESC 2S Disable front panel mode 7 3 3 Using a Setup Module To create a setup module follow these steps 1 Create a setup module that includes the necessary escape sequences or PostScript operators 2 Ask your system manager to insert the setup module into a PCL device control library 3 Print the file specifying the setup module and the file For example PRINT QUEUE PS A14 PARAMETERS DATA_TYPE PCL SETUP module name file name DAT For example the following PostScript setup module redefines the tray select escape sequence adtray The PCL file contains a page size command to select A4 paper If your printer does not support A4 paper you must make the printing system ignore the page size command to print the file You create a PostScript setup module that redefines the PostScript operator to select A4 paper as follows Printing PCL Files 7 5 statusdict begin a4tray def end 7 3 4 How the PCL Translator Differs from that in the LaserJet IID Printer When producing a file to be printed using the PCL translator choose the
59. 3 Form feeds suppressing 5 2 FORM qualifier 2 4 5 2 12 1 B 6 Front panel mode PCL translator 7 4 FULL qualifier 2 2 2 4 G GRID layup option 11 9 H Header information inserting 5 2 suppressing 5 2 HEADER qualifier 5 2 B 6 Headers B 6 HELP PRINT PARAMETER command 17 3 HOLD qualifier 2 2 B 6 Host software error handler 16 1 ADENTIFY qualifier B 6 Image interpreter for PrintServer printers 6 1 Image printing 6 1 Input trays selecting 3 1 specifying for PCL print jobs 7 6 specifying for Proprinter print jobs 8 8 specifying with PostScript operators 5 3 INPUT_TRAY parameter 3 1 ISO Latin1 encoding E 2 for third party printers E 3 J J ob log page 17 1 J ob separation pages not controlled by user 14 1 Index 2 OB COUNT qualifier 1 4 B 7 L Landscape and duplex printing 10 3 Landscape and tumble printing 10 5 Landscape orientation specifying 1 3 Layup error messages A 32 to A 33 Layup definition file 8 7 creating 11 13 error notification 11 15 examples of 11 14 including in print jobs 11 1 Layup options ALTERNATE 11 3 BORDERS 11 4 FIRSTPAGE 11 6 GRID 11 9 MARGINS 11 9 PAGEORDER 11 11 PAGESPERSHEET 11 13 specifying 11 1 LAYUP DEFINITION parameter 11 1 LENGTH qualifier 12 2 LIBRARY EXTRACT command 13 2 LIBRARY LIST command 13 1 List data type 9 1 List numbering tool 9 1 Logfile 17 1 LOWERCASE qualifier B 7 LPS
60. 3 000 004 024 003 Note These examples show spaces between the elements of the command for clarity Do not include spaces in your actual command This changes the top offset to 10 points and sets the text length to 11 inches The new output may also need to be scaled because the text prints off the bottom of the page see Figure 8 3 8 6 Printing Proprinter Files Figure 8 3 Proprinter Page Too Long The DECprint Supervisor software translates the Proprinter file to PostScript for printing on the PostScript laser printer The laser printer cannot utilize 100 of the sheet so the translator adjusts the format of the page to fit within the printable area This can cause problems if you are printing a document that uses the entire sheet The translator can cause a single Proprinter page to overflow to a second page To fix this problem 1 Include a Proprinter setup module that changes the translator to use the entire page Shrink the resulting page to fit in the printable area using one of the Wine ce MR 6353 Al You can correct this problem by scaling the page image To scale the page image specify any one of the following qualifiers for the print job PARAMETERS NUMBER_UP 1 PARAMETERS LAYUP_DEFINITION BORDERS PARAMETERS LAYUP_DEFINITION layup file name The DCPS software includes an example layup definition file that shrinks the size of the logical page to fit within the normal laser printer margi
61. 5 3 suppressing 4 3 Printable area changing for Proprinter print jobs 8 5 PRINT command NOTIFY qualifier A 1 parameters C 1 PARAMETERS qualifier C 1 syntax C 2 PRINT command qualifiers B 1 Printer PCL mode 7 2 Printer specific information 18 1 Index 3 Print file deleting B 4 Printing forms B 6 multiple copies B 4 Printing problems solving 17 1 Print jobs aborting 2 2 deleting 2 4 displaying 2 1 double spaced B 10 duplex with PAGE LIMIT parameter 10 12 finding status 2 1 holding 2 2 B 2 B 6 listing 2 1 2 3 modifying 2 4 naming B 7 pending 2 2 printing 2 2 priority B 8 punching 15 1 releasing 2 5 remote system B 9 restarting 10 11 B 9 retained 2 2 retaining B 10 stalled 2 2 stapling 15 1 submitting for another user B 11 PRINT parameters list of C 1 order of defaulting C 3 specifying C 1 PrintServer image interpreter 6 1 PrintServer printers problems 17 3 PRIORITY qualifier B 8 Problems solving 17 1 Program listings printing 9 1 Proprinter files printing 8 1 8 5 PROPRINTER FULL PAGE LUP file 8 7 Proprinter print jobs induding soft fonts in 8 9 specifying input trays for 8 8 specifying page sizes for 8 8 Proprinter setup modules 8 9 Proprinter translator modifying 8 2 PS SUPPLEMENT file 4 3 Punching output 15 1 PUNCH parameter 15 1 Q Qualifiers PARAMETERS C 1 Queue specifying B 9 Index 4 Queue defa
62. 8 6 18 7 1 Output May Be Clipped on the LN17ps 00000008 18 6 18 8 DIGITAL Laser Printer LN40 0 0 ce 18 7 18 8 1 Jogging and Collation 0 00 02 18 7 18 9 Compaq and DIGITAL Laser Printer LNCO2 00 0c cee 18 7 18 9 1 Incorrect Sheet Count isses ke wee ee eee RE ELE 18 7 18 10 HP 9085 MFP ws cas cence p ka RR GR REOR RE ER RR wh 18 7 18 10 1 Selecting Paper of Non Default Size 0 000 18 7 18 1301 HP LaserJet Printers 0 0 ccna 18 7 18 11 1 Incomplete Printing of ANSI Text llisslel eee 18 8 18 12 HP Easer et4MV i usa Re Rea diate eie Se y ete ie we 18 8 18 12 1 Support for B5 Paper Sizes leee ee 18 8 18 13 HP Laser et 5SIMX aoras asaue acsee aia aie a rns 18 8 18 13 1 Support for B5 Paper Sizes lleee ess 18 8 18 13 2 Optional Mailbox 22322 2nretumn ey ehe cce cess 18 8 18 14 HP Color Laser et 2500 Laser et 2100 and 2200 04 18 9 18 14 1 Media Size Not Selectable 20 0 0 ee 18 9 18 15 HP Laser et 4200 4300 9000 and 9000 MFP 005 18 9 18 15 1 Stapling oo ett eb eg ees eee e RI CRGO Ed eu RR E EE ATE E 18 9 18 16 HP Laser et 8000 8100 and 8150 0 ee 18 9 18 16 1 Optional Mailbox 5 232 iam sk II Re R ELE eee Eee 18 9 18 17 Lexmark Optra RTE ai ssi desde xe sada dudes lin ex Rd ded 18 9 18 17 1 Support for B5 Paper Sizes lleee ess 18 9 18 18 Lexmark Optia Seisin sai v RE RR eV RERL
63. AY 2 tray in HP Color LaserJet 4650 Some printers will prompt you to load the requested media type instead of causing the MEDIATYPENOTRAY error message The behavior depends on the characteristics of the printer For example HP printers with Deferred Media Selection turned on will prompt you to load the media type you specified With most other printers DCPS will not print the job and will return the error message instead Media type selection is supported only by PostScript Level 2 and higher printers If you specify the media type for a PostScript Level 1 printer the print job is terminated and the following error message is displayed MEDIATYPENOSUP Media type selection not supported for PostScript Level 1 printers 3 1 2 Selecting Manual Feed To select the manual feed slot use the parameter INPUT TRAY MANUAL _ FEED You must also specify the paper size with the SHEET SIZE or PAGE SIZE parameter PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE sheet size INPUT TRAY input tray file name For example PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE A4 INPUT TRAY MANUAL FEED FILE PS If you omit the page size from a print job that specified manual feed your print job terminates and the following error message is displayed NO SHEET SIZE Sheet size must be specified for Manual Feed When you specify manual feed job separation pages are printed on the paper that is loaded in the printer s default input tray Then the input tray is changed to MANUAL FEED for pr
64. Bad password Explanation An invalid password has been sent to printer Is there a difference between this and the PSWDNOTOK message User Action 2 PrintServer System Messages 10 5 MLO 001751 10 4 Using Advanced Page Layouts If you need a landscape oriented document printed on two sides and bound along the short edge see Figure 10 3 use both the SIDESZTUMBLE and the PAGE ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE parameters in the PRINT command For example PRINT PARAMETERS SIDES TUMBLE PAGE ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE MYFILE PS Figure 10 3 Landscape Orientation with Two Sided Tumble Printing ET SIZES Size in Millimeters 216 x 279 mm 279 x 432 mm 216 x 356 mm 191 x 267 mm 216 x 279 mm 279 x 432 mm MLO 001852 If you specify SIDESZTUMBLE for a print job destined for a printer that does not support tumble printing your print job is terminated and the following message is displayed DCPS E TUMBNOSUP printer name does not support tumble printing To display the SIDES parameter values that are supported by your printer enter the HELP PRINT PARAMETER SIDES command and select the subtopic that describes your printer Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 5 10 3 Specifying Multiple PostScript Files in Duplex Print Jobs The DECprint Supervisor software treats adjacent PostScript files in a print job as if they were combined into a single file Therefore when you print multiple PostScript files in one duplex print job page
65. CREATE TEXT SYSSLIBRARY Using Setup Modules and Forms with the ScriptPrinter 7 3 7A Using Setup Modulos and Forms with the SoriptPrinter MLO 004951 11 1 4 Specifying the First Page Spot to Use The FIRSTPAGE option specifies the first page spot that is location where a page will be printed You must specify a value to FIRSTPAGE The value is the number of the page spot on which to print the first page Page spots are numbered starting at 1 The value supplied to FIRSTPAGE must be less than or equal to the value supplied to NUMBER UP You cannot specify NOFIRSTPAGE The default is to use the first page spot on a sheet The FIRSTPAGE option affects only the first sheet of the print job All other sheets begin printing at page spot 1 11 6 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents The FIRSTPAGE option is useful for specifying how to print pages when you need to preview the layout of pages for documents with right and left pages Without the FIRSTPAGE option pages are printed at all the page spots You can use FIRSTPAGE to print your layout in a way that reflects the right and left pages Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 7 Figure 11 3 shows how pages are printed when the NUMBER UP value is 8 and the FIRSTPAGE value is not specified For example PRINT QUEUE PS A10 PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 8 MYFILE PS Note that the last page printed on the first side is a left page Figure 11 3 NUMBER UPz8 Without FIRSTPAG
66. Check the spelling of the layup definition file name and try the command again LIMCHK limitcheck Implementation limit exceeded offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error f the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report LOGOPENERR Can t open log file filename Explanation This error occurs with the MESSAGES KEEP parameter as either a PRINT qualifier or a queue default when you cannot open a log file User Action Check the user s record in the system UAF file and make sure it contains the correct device and directory name LOGWRITERR Write error on log file filename Explanation This error occurs with the MESSAGES KEEP parameter as either a PRINT qualifier or a queue default when you cannot write to a log file User Action Check the user s record in the system UAF file and make sure it contains the correct device and directory name System Messages and Error Recovery A
67. D qualifier See Table D 2 for a list of SoftF ont kits and the modules they contain Table D 1 Font Cartridge Equivalents Cartridge Order Number Cartridge Name SoftFont Module Name LNO3 Font Cartridges LN0O3X CB CG Times CGTIMES8 10 12 MCS LNO3X CW CG Times Presentation CGTIMES14 18 MCS LNO3X CX CG Times Large CGTIMES24 MCS LNO3X CY CG Triumvirate CGTRIUM8 10 12_ MCS LN03X CJ CG Triumvirate Presentation CGTRIUM 14 18 MCS LNO3X CZ CG Triumvirate Large CGTRIUM24 MCS LNO3X CL ITC Souvenir ITCSOUV_MCS LNO3X CP English 116 Embassy SCRIPT LNO3X DH Monospaced Swiss Presentation SWISS MCS LN03X DJ Monospaced Swiss Large SWISS MCS LN03X CS Letter Gothic LETGOTH LNO3X CM OCR A OCR B OCR LNO3X DE Barcode 3 of 9 BARCODE LNO3X CT US Legal MONO MCS DEClaser 2100 2200 Font Cartridges LNXX CA CG Times CGTIMES8 10 12 MCS CGTIMES14 18 MCS CGTIMES24 MCS LNXX CB CG Triumvirate CGTRIUM8 10 12 MCS CGTRIUM14 18 MCS CGTRIUM24 MCS LNXX CC ITC Souvenir Script ITCSOUV MCS lUsethe _1SO1 suffix instead of MCS if your document uses the ISO Latin 1 character set SoftFont Kits for Emulating Font Cartridges D 1 Table D 1 Cont Font Cartridge Equivalents Cartridge Order Number Cartridge Name SoftFont Module Name DEClaser 2100 2200 Font Cartridges SCRIPT BARCODE LETGOTH MONO MCS OCR SWISS MCS LNXX CD M onospaced lUsethe _ISO1 suffix instead of MCS if your document uses the ISO Latin 1 character se
68. E Copyright Contents Contents Page Page 1 Page 2 Preface Chapter 1 Page First Page MLO 009641 11 8 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents Figure 11 4 shows how pages are printed when NUMBER UP 8 and FIRSTPAGE 2 are both used For example PRINT PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 8 LAYUP DEFINITION FIRSTPAGE 2 _ QUEUE PS40 A10 MYFILE PS As this figure shows the last page printed is a right page Figure 11 4 NUMBER UPz8 With FIRSTPAGE Copyright Contents Page Page 1 Contents Preface Chapter 1 Page 2 Page First Page MLO 009642 11 1 5 Specifying the Page Grid Instead of using the NUMBER UP parameter in the PRINT command to specify the maximum number of page spots on a sheet you can use the GRID option in a layup definition file The GRID option takes two values The first value is the number of columns in the grid the second is the number of rows The product of the two values cannot exceed 100 The grid is interpreted in relation to the pages not the sheet As with NUMBER UP the orientation of the pages is independent of the sheet orientation Thus you can print pages with portrait orientation but you hold the sheet in landscape to read them The following example specifies that the pages will print 6 up in a grid of two columns across and three rows down Grid 2 3 11 1 6 Specifying Sheet Margins The MARGINS option sets the margins of the sheet on which you are printing This optio
69. E media type file name For example PRINT PARAMETERS MEDIA TYPE COLOR FILE PS will select paper from the tray containing colored paper DCPS allows any value for the MEDIA TYPE parameter Note that the media type is sometimes abbreviated on a printer s front panel or on its web page For example the setting for LETTERHEAD media might be abbreviated as LTRHEAD In most cases you can specify either the full or abbreviated name If the printer does not contain the requested media type the print job is terminated and the following error message is displayed MEDIATYPENOTAVL No media type type medium is loaded in printer name For example MEDIATYPENOTAVL No COLOR type medium is loaded in HP LaserJet 9050 3 2 Specifying Input and Output Trays You can use the MEDIA TYPE parameter in combination with other tray selection parameters INPUT TRAY PAGE SIZE and SHEET SIZE If you specify both the input tray and the media type the specified input tray must contain the requested paper size for the job to print Otherwise the print job is terminated and the following error message is displayed MEDIATYPENOTRAY media type type medium is not in the tray tray in printer name For example if there is no letterhead paper in tray 2 and you type PRINT PARAMETERS INPUT TRAY TRAY 2 MEDIA TYPE LETTERHEAD _ QUEUE HP4650 FILE PS you will see the following error message displayed MEDIATYPENOTRAY LETTERHEAD type medium is not in the TR
70. EG ER A Red RR RO wd 18 10 18 18 1 Printing Otherenvelope and Universal Paper Sizes 18 10 18 19 Xerox Phaser 4500 6250 7300 7750 and 8400 18 10 18 19 1 Protocols Supported islsieee ees 18 10 18 19 2 Media Type Selection Not Supported 00 eee eee 18 10 A System Messages and Error Recovery A 1 System Message Overview islslllssels s A 1 A 2 Message Desciptions llllllllllellllllll ees A 2 A 3 Layup Definition BADLAYDEF Messages 0000 eee eeee A 32 vii PRINT Command Qualifiers C PRINT Command Parameters C 1 PRINT Parameters 2x ce Ro Rede cR RO Pe ed Pa C 1 C 2 Syntax for PRINT Parameters lees C 2 C 3 Order of Defaulting for Parameters 0 0 eee C 3 D SoftFont Kits for Emulating Font Cartridges E Additional Character Encodings E 1 Available Encoding Vectors issee ees E 1 E 2 Examples of Encoding Vedors sliee enn E 1 E 3 Using the Additional Encodings 0 000 cece ees E 2 E 4 Including the DECMCS Encoding ModuleinaPrintJob E 3 E 5 Defining ISO Latin 1 for Third Party Printers E 3 Glossary Index Examples 12 1 Induding a Form in a PRINT Command 05 12 1 16 1 Sample Error Handler Log File 0 cee 16 2 E 1 Defining the DECMCS Encoding Vector 00 ce eevee E 1 Figures 1 1 Two Sided Printing 0 00 cece ee ee
71. ER value in landscape orientation Figure 11 6 PAGEORDER Options Landscape Orientation RightD own LeftDown RightUp LeftUp c co DownRight DownLeft U pRight U pLeft MLO 009639 Figure 11 7 shows how pages are printed with each PAGEORDER value in portrait orientation Figure 11 7 PAGEORDER Options Portrait Orientation LeftDown RightUp LeftUp I o DownRight DownLeft UpRight UpLeft MLO 009636 11 12 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 1 8 Specifying the Number of Pages to Print on Each Side of a Sheet The NUMBER UP parameter to the PRINT command determines the maximum number of pages you can print for each sheet The PAGESPERSHEET option in a layup definition file specifies how many pages are actually printed on a sheet Because NUMBER UP determines the number of page spots it also determines the layout of the page spots on the sheet PAGESPERSHEET determines only the range of page spots to use not their layout You must supply a value to PAGESPERSHEET and the value must be less than the value supplied to NUMBER UP You cannot specify NOPAGESPERSHEET The default is to use all the page spots on a sheet For example assume you have a layup definition file called SIXPAGES LUP that contains the following line PagesPerSheet 6 To print a file called MYFILE TXT use the following command PRINT PARAMETERS LAYUP DEFINITION SIXPAGES NUMBER UP 8 MYFILE TXT
72. Files lsseee ee 6 2 7 Printing PCL Files 7 1 How PCL Files Are Printed 0 00 tes 7 1 7 2 Processing Files in Native PCL Mode 0 000 cece 7 2 7 2 1 PRINT Parameters that Prevent Native PCL Usage 7 3 7 3 Processing Files with the PCL Translator 000 eee 7 3 7 3 1 Using Print Parameters to Modify PCL PrintJobs 7 3 7 3 1 1 Using the PAGE SIZE Parameter llle selle 7 3 7 3 1 2 Print Parameters Ignored for Native PCL 7 4 7 3 2 Using Escape Sequences to Modify PCL Print J obs 7 4 7 3 3 Using a Setup Module sa ai ia sai aiaa aa daa araia es 7 5 7 3 4 How the PCL Translator Differs from that in the Laser et IID dung Ir 7 6 7 4 Changing the Input Tray lssssslerrrs rh 7 6 7 5 Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL PrintJobs 7 7 7 5 1 Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Setup Modules 7 7 7 5 2 Including Font and Macro Files in PCL PrintJ obs 7 8 7 6 PC Driver Settings to Avoid Problems with PJ L and TBCP 7 8 7 6 1 Description of PJ L and TBCP 0c cece es 7 8 7 6 2 Steps to Prevent Problems with DECprint Supervisor 7 8 7 6 2 1 Preventing Problems with PostScript liliis 7 8 7 6 2 2 Problems WIth PCE cond etae xe ex pex EX RUE RUE ER 7 9 7 7 Interaction Between Native PCL Printing and Automatic DATA TYPE prie Pr m
73. HP DECprint Supervisor DCPS for OpenVMS User s Guide May 2009 This guide describes how to use the DECprint Supervisor software to print files and select DCPS and printer features Revision Update Information This manual supersedes the DCPS User s Guide V2 5 Software Version HP DECprint Supervisor DCPS for OpenVMS Version 2 7 Operating System OpenVMS 164 Version 8 2 1 8 3 or 8 3 1H1 OpenVMS Alpha Version 6 2 7 3 2 8 2 or 8 3 OpenVMS VAX Version 5 5 2 6 2 or 7 3 Hewlett Packard Company Palo Alto California Copyright 2009 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commerdal Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Adobe Adobe PostScript 3 and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subs
74. ITAL Laser Printer LN15 References in the DCPS documentation to the DIGITAL Laser Printer LN15 also apply to the DIGITAL Laser Printer LN15 Printer Specific Information 18 5 18 6 1 Extraneous USERDATA Messages Appear USERDATA messages from the job currently printing on the LN 15 may appear when your DCPS job is waiting to print For example such messages will appear on your screen if you used the NOTIFY qualifier when printing These messages should be ignored as they have no affect on your job 18 6 2 Choosing Input Trays You will get erroneous output or receive an error message when trying to print to the optional lower tray if the lower tray contains paper of a different size than the top tray If both input tray and and paper size are specified using INPUT TRAY BOTTOM and either PAGE SIZE or SHEET SIZE parameters you will get a SIZNOTRAY error Specifying INPUT TRAY BOTTOM without specifying paper size will result in improperly positioned or truncated output To avoid this problem select the bottom tray by paper size only 18 6 3 Jobs with Errors May Not Complete If you specify incorrect job parameters or your job gets a PostScript error your job may never finish because the LN15 printer does not always send an error message to DCPS Use the DELETE ENTRY command to remove the job from the queue and make the printer available for other jobs If the LN15 printer displays PS Error 19 or the LN 15 displays WAIT TIMEOUT Pres
75. In a print job where neither PAGE SIZE nor SHEET SIZE are specified the DECprint Supervisor software assumes the size of the media loaded into the default input tray To list the PAGE SIZE values supported by the DECprint Supervisor enter the HELP PRINT PARAMETER PAGE SIZE command To print an ANSI file using a logical page that will fit on a business envelope enter the following command PRINT PARAMETERS PAGE SIZE BUSINESS ENVELOPE ADDR TXT If you indude the PAGE SIZE parameter in a print job for PostScript files the parameter is ignored However you can include both the PAGE SIZE and SHEET SIZE parameters to allow the logical page to be adjusted to fit on the physical sheet see Section 10 8 Some page sizes are known by multiple names as listed in Table 10 2 You may use any of these names to specify a page size to DCPS The DCPS term is the term printed by DCPS on the trailer page and reported in error messages 10 12 Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 8 Changing the Size of the Printed Page In a PostScript file the page size is the size of the media that the application assumes when generating the PostScript file In most cases the page size and the sheet size are identical However you can spedify a different page size and sheet size so that the logical page is scaled to fit on the physiscal sheet For example use the following command tp print B size images on A size paper PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE A PAGE SIZE B
76. LPS40 A14 Submitted 27 MAR 2009 10 36 FORM DCPSSDEFAULT stock DEFAULT PARAM DATA AUTOMATIC PRIORITY 100 File 1 DUA10 MSMITH MEMO TXT 1 File 1 DUA10 MSMITH FILE SNIFF TXT 1 File 1 DUA10 MSMITH INFOPLAN TXT l File 1 DUA10 MSMITH MONTHLY REPORT TXT 2 File 1 DUAI0 MSMITH SPECIAL SEPARATION PAGES TXT 1 File 1 DUA10 MSMITH VTPW TXT l The FULL qualifier displays the status of the print job in the queue The print job in the example is holding because it was submitted with the AFTER qualifier to delay starting the print job The print job status may be any one of those listed in Table 2 1 Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues 2 1 Table 2 1 Print Job Status Status Meaning Printing Pending Holding Stalled Aborting Retained On a local printer the print job is currently printing On a network printer the print job may be printing or a job from another system may be printing The print job is waiting to be printed Other print jobs are ahead of this job in the queue or the job is waiting for the appropriate type of media to be mounted in the printer The print job is waiting to print because it was submitted with the AFTER qualifier or the HOLD qualifier or the SET ENTRY H OLD command was entered for the job To release the print job for printing use the RELEASE qualifier in the SET ENTRY command see Section 2 4 The job started but is now
77. Laser et IID printer from your application There are incompatibilities among L aser et printers therefore files created for a Laser et model other than the Laser et IID printer may not be printed as expected The PCL translator handles PCL files like the Laser et IID printer except in the following cases e ftwofiles require the same font or macro the font or macro is not preserved from one file in the print job to the next Fonts and macros are preserved between setup modules and data files so fonts and macros can be specified in a setup module See Section 7 5 e Ifthe PCL file uses the Lineprinter typeface the translator uses 8 5 point Courier in its place e f a final partial page is not ejected by the PCL stream the translator ejects it e If the file contains a Font Control command that has the copy assign font option of the Font Control command the translator generates a userdata message e Ifthe file contains commands to activate Display Functions mode PCL commands and data are discarded They are not displayed Documentation specifying the PCL language is available from Hewlett Packard The documentation specific to the Laser et II D includes HP Laser amp IID Printer Technical Reference HP part number 33447 90905 Manual HP Laser amp IID Printer User s Manual HP part number 33447 90901 PCL files can be automatically recognized by the DECprint Supervisor software Files that begin with the PCL reset e
78. NOTAB The system manager can change this operation as a queue default so that you do not have to specify it on the PRINT command line Different settings of this parameter may be established as queue defaults for different generic queues driving the same printer In this way you can access either method of tab expansion when you submit print jobs from application programs that allow you to specify the queue name but not the print parameters 5 2 Printing ANSI Files 5 4 Emulating Printer Font Cartridges 5 5 Using Your document may require font cartridges in order to print on ANSI printers If you want to print the document on a PostScript printer you can use the FONTS USED parameter to emulate the ANSI printer font cartridges The files must contain escape sequences that call the fonts Note These font modules are not a standard part of the DECprint Supervisor software Your system manager can obtain SoftF ont kits separately and then install them in the font library The SoftFont kits have been retired and are no longer available from HP To list the font modules that have been installed on your system use the following command LIBRARY LIST TEXT SYSSLIBRARY CPSSANSI_FONTS If this file does not exist no font modules have been installed To include one or more font modules in your print job use the PARAMETERS FONTS USED qualifier in the PRINT command For example if you used to print your file on an ANSI print
79. PEN error opening spool file Explanation The temporary spool file created earlier in the DCPS print job could not be opened for sending to the printer User Action Determine why the file is not accessible or has been deleted after it was created but before it was sent to the printer SPOOLNOLOGICAL logical name DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY is undefined Explanation The logical name that specifies the location of the spool directory DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY is not defined User Action Define the logical name DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY to point to a directory that can be used by DCPS to store temporary spool files SPOOLNOPRIV no privilege to write to DOPS SPOOL DIRECTORY Explanation DCPS could not create a temporary spool file in the DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY directory because of a privilege violation User Action Make sure the directory referred to by the logical name DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY is protected so that the DCPS print symbiont can create files in the directory SPOOLNOWRITE DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY device is write locked Explanation The device on which the DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY directory is located is write locked User Action Enable the device for writing or redefine the DCPS SPOOL _ DIRECTORY logical name STARTING DECprint Supervisor version starting Explanation The DCPS startup procedure displays the current version and the fact that it is starting execution User Action None This message is informational STKOFLO stackoverflow O
80. R UP the aspect ratio that is the relationship of the height of the page to the width of the page is preserved Therefore a portrait shaped page retains its portrait shape However because NUMBER UP may scale and rotate the pages to make the best use of the available space the logical page and physical sheet may have different orientations 10 8 Using Advanced Page Layouts Figure 10 5 Portrait Orientation with NUMBER UPz2 rv mes swvegends bard pipe Nava barp ea m pa Saye ney adr rado sav peso pon emere mima en muyay meno mm eae eet oe tod QoS SUH GH ae pmi pmi ps Pa pde pre vampires oan f sey irr dona gi 1 t eyes UNOS xy t aen parrini ems umane em a SIUS asidpb sm ya yo asmagei em Pape ime ipai Lama m Snnt morir pn pod mom omnem 1 y i kd en menon wrna mmp mL rer SONT Peapaicod very mide rmirb ama s ii u mereri ya xy Sepe aes modes od eno DORSAN p PAIS M Sedo Ld ON SAFON sene 53 TERO woo menosa 302 NITE openness MLO 009644 The pages print vertically but you hold the sheet in landscape orientation to read them To print two pages per sheet using portrait orientation as shown in Figure 10 5 use the following command PRINT PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 2 PAGE ORIENTATION PORTRAIT file name To print two pages per sheet using landscape orientation as shown in Figure 10 6 use the following command PRINT PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 2 PAGE ORIENTATON LANDSCAPE
81. SI setup module in a print job using the SETUP qualifier use the following command PRINT QUEUE queue name SETUP your module name PARAMETER DATA TYPEsansi print job txt To include the same setup module in a form for your print job use these commands DEFINE FORM STOCK DEFAULT SETUP your module name form namel form number jueue name FORM form namel nsi print job txt For this example to work the setup module your module name must be in a device control library that is listed in a library search lis 7 1 Sample Setup Modules This section shows an example of an ANSI and a PostScript setup module The forms described in Section 7 3 3 include these setup modules Example 7 1 uses an ANSI escape sequence as documented in the to set the margins for Ad size paper See Section 7 1 3 for information on how to put the setup modulein an ANSI device contro library Using Setup Modules and Forms with the SoriptPrinter where libraryname is the name you give to the library The following command creates a nem PostScript device control library PS1 for your customized PostScript setup modules LIBRARY CREATE TEXT SYSSLIBRARY PSI TLE Creating libraries requires priviledges For more information refer to VAX VMS Librarian Utility Manual 7 13 Putting Setup Modules in Libraries To insert a setup moduleinto a device control library use the following command LBRARY INSER SYSSLIBRARY libraryname TLB modu
82. Script program that requires the ISO Latin 1 encoding vector to print on a typesetter that uses an early version of PostScript In this case you can use the encodefont procedure but you also have to define the SO Latin 1 encoding vector in the prologue of your PostScript program Extract the LPS I SOLATINIENCODING module from the device control library LIBRARY EXTRACT LPSS ISOLATINIENCODING _ OUTPUT ISOLATINIENCODING PS TEXT SYSSLIBRARY DCPS DEVCTL The LPS I SOLATIN1ENCODING module provides encoding vectors only The module does not define characters that were undefined in versions of PostScript lower than Version 40 Additional Character Encodings E 3 Glossary Advanced Server for OpenVMS The software produc that runs on the OpenVMS Alpha server to provide central management of network wide resources and communications for Windows systems ANSI Refers to DIGITAL ANSI Compliant Printing Protocol Level 3 ANSYI sixel file A file that contains data stored in ANSI or sixel format such as an LNO3 file AppleTalk network system A communications environment that provides users with such options as sharing files sharing printers and sending messages The network devices and software in the system use AppleTalk protocols for communicating The design of AppleTalk allows you to select the type of transmission media while retaining the AppleTalk services and interface AppleTalk printer A printer attached to the AppleTalk
83. Solving PrintServer Software Problems The PrintServer Software provides the management of PrintServer printers and sends messages to indicate when print jobs encounter problems You can use the Remote Console facility or the Printer Status monitor to check the current status of the printer 17 2 4 Problems with Files Generated on a PC or Macintosh System Files generated by PC or Macintosh applications may be incompatable with your printer or DCPS See Section 4 3 for more information 17 3 Getting Help On Line f you receive error messages about your PRINT parameters use the HELP command to ensure that you are using valid values You can get help about the PRINT parameters by entering the HELP PRINT PARAMETER command For those parameters that control printer specific features the HELP file lists the acceptable parameters Enter HELP PRINT PARAMETER followed by the parameter name such as INPUT TRAY Then enter the name of the printer model For example to display a list of the input tray values for PrintServer printers enter the following command HELP PRINT PARAMETER INPUT TRAY PRINTSERVER PRINT Parameter INPUT TRAY PrintServer Printers 4 Input tray PrintServer Values 20 32 40 17 MANUAL FEED X NOMANUAL FEED X BOTTOM X X X 4 2 TOP
84. T MODIFIED AFTER 19 MAR 2009 GROTON NAME job name Specifies the print job s name which is printed on the job separation pages The job name can contain up to 39 alphanumeric characters The default job name is the name of the first file in the print job For example to print FARM DAT with a job name AG DATA use the following command PRINT NAME AG DATA FARM DAT NOTE string Specifies a message string of up to 255 characters to be printed on the job separation pages For example to include a distribution location on the separation pages use the following command PRINT NOTE Send to second floor Bin 7 FARM DAT NOTIFY NONOTIFY default Causes you to be notified when the job starts and finishes and notifies you of errors that occur during the printing process and of messages returned by PostScript operators such as print pstack and If you omit the NOTIFY qualifier the default action is not to display these print job messages PRINT Command Qualifiers B 7 For example to ensure you are notified of print job status use the following command PRINT NOTIFY FARM DAT GROTON DAT If you use Distributed Queuing Service DQS software to queue print jobs to a remote printer NOTIFY returns job start and finish messages that may or may not represent the actual time of starting and ending printing DQS suppresses the display of printer error messages and other messages from the printer on the us
85. T NOIDENTIFY FARM DAT B 6 PRINT Command Qualifiers JOB_COUNT n Prints the job n times The value of n is 1 255 If you omit this qualifier one copy of the print job is printed You can use the COPIES qualifier to specify multiple copies of a specific file in the multiple file print job For example to print FARM DAT followed by GROTON DAT three times use the following command PRINT JOB COUNT 3 FARM DAT GROTON DAT When you use OB COUNT in a print job for the DECprint Supervisor the software must translate your file and transmit the file in PostScript form for each copy of the file that you request if translation is required This process increases the load on the computer system and can slow down your print job LOWERCASE NOLOWERCASE default Specifies that the print job requires lowercase printing This qualifier does not apply to PostScript printers If you indude it in your print request this qualifier is ignored and the print job is printed MODIFIED NOMODIFIED default Selects files for printing based on the time the file was last modified Use this qualifier with the BEFORE or SINCE qualifier to specify the time Other file selection qualifiers are BACKUP CREATED and EXPIRED If BEFORE or SINCE is used without any file selection qualifier the file creation time is used For example to print all the files named GROTON that were modified after J une 19 2009 use the following command PRIN
86. XPIRED Selects files based on the file expiration time MODIFIED Selects files based on the time the file was last modified For example to print only the files named GROTON that were modified after J une 1 2009 use the following command PRINT MODIFIED SINCE 01 MAR 2009 GROTON If you omit the SINCE qualifier the specified files are printed regardless of file creation backup modification or expiration times SPACE NOSPACE default Requests printouts with single spacing or double spacing one blank line between each text line Use SPACE for double spaced output Use NOSPACE for single spaced output B 10 PRINT Command Qualifiers For example to print FARM DAT with double spaced lines use the following command PRINT SPACE FARM DAT TRAILER keyword NOTRAILER default Specifies whether to print file trailer pages at the end of each file Include this qualifier between the PRINT command and the file specification You can supply the keyword ALL to specify trailer pages after each file or ONE to specify a trailer page only after the last file in the print job If you omit this qualifier the default action of the print queue is used This qualifier does not affect the output of the job trailer page Refer to the DCPS System Manager s Guide for more information about the job separation pages For example to include a trailer page for all the files in the print job GROTON use the following command
87. able or you provided an incorrect server name The timeout period is 5 seconds User Action Specify the correct server name of an available server Restart the queue DATAOVERUN Data overrun Explanation This message indicates a communication error User Action Set a lower baud rate for the printer DATA_TYPE_MISMATCH filetag tagged file being processed as data type Explanation The file contained instructions indicating a data type different from the one that you included in the DATA_TYPE parameter User Action The file is processed using a default data type If it is the correct data type your print job is processed successfully If your print job is aborted resubmit the files for printing and be sure to indicate the appropriate data type in the DATA TYPE parameter DICTFULL dictfull No more room in dictionary offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center System Messages and Error Recovery A 5 If the message is displayed during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is sup
88. annot service your request User Action None The printing system retries later System Messages and Error Recovery A 15 LRJ SHUTDOWN System shutdown in progress Explanation The system is shutting down User Action Resubmit your connection request when system resources have returned LRJ UNKNOWN Unknown Explanation Your request for a LAT connection is rejected for reasons that cannot be determined User Action Refer to the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference M anual for help to correct the problem and restart the queue MANFEEDTIMEOUT Manual feed timeout Explanation You requested the manual feed input tray in the print job However the printer did not get the paper in the slot before the timeout occurred User Action When you use the manual feed slot you must load the paper into the slot when your print job starts printing MEDIATYPENOSUP Media type selection not supported for PostScript Level 1 printers Explanation You requested that your job select paper based on media type selection This feature is not supported on PostScript Level 1 printers User Action Send your job to a printer that runs PostScript Level 2 or above MEDIATYPENOTAVL No mediatype type medium is loaded in printer name Explanation The printer does not have the media type you requested loaded in any tray User Action Choose another printer or a different media type MEDIATYPENOTRAY mediatype type medium is not in
89. artup running in setup mode Explanation The DCPS startup procedure is running in setup mode User Action None This message is informational SETUPNOTFOUND Setup module module name not found Explanation The setup module you requested cannot be found in the device control library User Action Make sure the setup module is stored in the device control library search list Check the spelling of the module name and resubmit the print request SETUPREADERR Setup module module name read error Explanation The setup module you requested cannot be read User Action Check to make sure the setup module is properly stored in the device control library and that the library is defined in the search list A 22 System Messages and Error Recovery SIZNOTAVL No paper size size medium is loaded in printer name Explanation The paper size you requested is not loaded in the printer associated with the print request User Action Choose one of the following actions e Load the desired paper in the specified input tray e Reenter the PRINT command specifying the paper size that is already loaded in the requested input tray e Reenter the PRINT command specifying the input tray that contains the paper size you require e Reenter the PRINT command specifying either the input tray or the paper size but not both SI ZNOTRAY paper size size medium is not in the tray nametray in printer name Explanation The paper size you requested is n
90. atch a file extension to a data type User Action The system manager should verify that no matching of file extension to data type is desired If such matching is desired a DCPSS FILE EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT should be restored from the installation and a local site file DAT created if necessary The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new file to be read System Messages and Error Recovery A 7 EXTNFILEREADERR Error reading file extension to data type file DCPS FILE EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT Explanation The DECprint Supervisor software could not read the file SYSS LIBRARY DCPS FILE EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT There will be no attempt to match file extensions to data types User Action The system manager should verify the integrity of this file The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new file to be read FLUSHING Rest of job to EO will be ignored Explanation An error or some other event caused the PostScript interpreter to ignore the rest of the job This message is preceded by informational messages about the reason the job was aborted User Action Check the other messages returned FONTNOTFOUND Font font name not found Explanation The font setup module specified by PARAMETERS FONTS USED is not in the font library User Action The file is printed without the requested font If you are nat satisfied with the ou
91. ble PRINT Command Parameters C 1 Table C 1 PRINT Parameters Parameter Description Reference DATA TYPE Specifies the data type of the files in the print Chapter 1 job FONTS USED Specifies one or more device control library Section 5 4 modules that contain SoftF onts kits INPUT TRAY Specifies which input tray to use Section 3 1 LAYUP DEFINITION Specifies layup options or a layup definition file Chapter 11 to be applied to the print job MEDIA TYPE Specifies the media type on which the job will be Section 3 1 printed MESSAGES Specifies creation of a log file or log page for print Appendix A messages NUMBER UP Specifies the number of pages to be printed on Section 1 6 each side of a sheet OUTPUT TRAY Specifies the output tray to which the job will be Section 3 2 sent PAGE LIMIT Specifies the first and last pages to be printed Section 1 7 PAGE ORIENTATION Specifies the orientation to print data on Section 1 4 the paper portrait vertically or landscape horizontally PAGE SIZE Specifies the size of the logical page Section 10 7 NO PUNCH Specifies whether to punch job output Section 15 1 SHEET COUNT Specifies how many copies of each sheet to print Section 1 5 SHEET SIZE Specifies the sheet size for the printer stock Section 10 4 SIDES Specifies whether to print the job on one or two Section 1 3 sides of a sheet STAPLE Specifies whether to staple the job and where the Section 15 2 staple should be position
92. cify job retention ALWAYS Holds the job in the queue regardless of the job s completion status DEFAULT Holds the job in the queue as specified by the queues retention policy ERROR Holds the job in the queue only if the job completes unsuccessfully UNTIL timevalue Holds the job in the queue for the specified length of time regardless of the job s completion status SETUP module Includes the specified setup module from the queue s device control libraries with the print job The system manager can add and modify setup modules in device control libraries You supply one or more setup module names from the queues5 device control libraries To indude more than one module name separate the module names with commas and endose the set in parentheses For example to include the PostScript modules 4UP GRID and 4AUP WIDE with the print job for FARM RPT use the following command PRINT SETUP 4UP GRID 4UP WIDE FARM RPT SINCE time NOSINCE default Prints files dated after the specified time selecting files dated after the specified date and time You can include a keyword instead of the time including TODAY TOMORROW and YESTERDAY Use this qualifier with one of the following qualifiers to change the file selection mode BACKUP Selects files based on the time they were last backed up CREATED Selects files based on the file creation time This is the default if no file selection qualifier is included E
93. clude the SIDES parameter as well SET ENTRY 329 PARAMETERS SIDES 2 PAGE ORIENTATION PORTRAIT SHOW ENTRY 329 FULL Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 329 MYFILE MSMITH 4 Holding until 27 MAR 2009 17 00 On printer queue PS40SA10 Submitted 27 MAR 2009 11 50 FORM DCPSSDEFAULT stock DEFAULT NOTIFY PARAM SIDES 2 PAGE ORIENTATION PORTRAIT PRIORITY 100 File 1 DUA10 MSMITH MYFILE RPT 2 Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues 2 5 3 Specifying Input and Output Trays 3 1 Selecting the Input Tray Most printers have more than one input tray You can use different trays for various types of media such as transparencies envelopes and paper Some printers support special trays such as manual feed input slots and envelope feeders To list the input trays supported by your printer enter the HELP PRINT PARAMETER INPUT TRAY command and select the subtopic that describes your printer Use the INPUT_TRAY parameter in the PRINT command to select the input tray from which the media is drawn for the print job PRINT PARAMETERS INPUT TRAY input tray file name For example PRINT PARAMETERS INPUT TRAY TOP MYFILE PS Some printers do not support multiple input trays If you specify PARAMETERSZNPUT TRAY on print jobs for these types of printers your print job is terminated and the following message is displayed NOINPTRAY INPUT TRAY selection not supported for printer name Selecting
94. ction PARAMETERSAaNPUT TRAY Section 3 1 paper size PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE Section 10 4 manual feed PARAMETERSzHNPUT TRAY Section 3 1 lInstructions in the data file can override this PRINT parameter 7 3 1 1 Using the PAGE SIZE Parameter You can select the page size with the PAGE SIZE parameter The following page Sizes are supported for PCL files 7 envelope or Monarch A4 A3 Business envelope or COM 10 C5 envelope DL envelope Executive Letter A Printing PCL Files 7 3 L egal Ledger B If you specify an unsupported page size the PCL translator selects a supported size that is dosest to the size you specified Note Page size commands in the PCL file override the page size you specify in the PRINT parameter You can create a PostScript setup module to be applied to the translated file that redefines the page size operators so that they are ignored when the file is printed See Section 7 3 3 for information on creating setup modules 7 3 1 2 Print Parameters Ignored for Native PCL DCPS ignores the following print parameters when printing PCL files using the native PCL capability of a supported printer INPUT TRAY OUTPUT TRAY PAGE ORIENTATION PAGE SIZE SHEET SIZE SIDES In these cases the default setting of the printer takes effect You can manipulate PCL printer tray selection by inserting appropriate PCL escape sequences in the print file or in setup modules Alternatively you can have t
95. cular type of separation page then none is generated The negated qualifiers for example NOTRAILER are useful in overriding a queue s default qualifier for example DEFAULT TRAILER Controlling File Separation Pages 14 1 14 2 Controlling File Separation Pages for Individual Files You can alter the default file separation page behavior for individual files within a print job by placing the qualifiers after the corresponding file specifications For example you can use the following command to override a queues DEFAULT BURST qualifier and instead print file flag pages for all but the second file in a job PRINT NOBURST FLAG FIRST TXT SECOND NOFLAG THIRD 14 3 Displaying the Default Separation Pages for a Queue To see the default separation pages for a queue enter the following command SHOW QUEUE FULL PS20 A14 Printer queue PS20 A14 on STAR LPS mounted form DCPS DEFAULT stock DEFAULT BASE PRIORITY 4 DEFAULT FLAG FORM DCPS DEFAULT stock DEFAULT NOENABLE GENERIC LIBRARY DCPS LIB Lowercase OWNER SYS SYSTEM PROCESSOR DCPSS SMB PROTECTION S E 0 RD G W W SCHEDULE NOSIZE SEPARATE BURST TRAILER This display shows that the job burst pages and job trailer pages are printed for print jobs sent to this queue SE PARATE BURST TRAILER File flag pages are printed by default as indicated by DEFAULT FLAG but can be overridden by PRINT command qualifiers 14 4 Job Log and Trailer
96. curs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report UNRECOGNIZED Product name product name not recognized assuming Unrecognized Explanation The printer model mentioned is not an HP printer and not one supported by DCPS A set of commands known to work on other models will be used Not all DCPS features will be supported User Action None This message states the mode in which the printer will be run UNREGIST unregistered PostScript has encountered a system error offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the app
97. d GRID Sets the number of page spots on a Section 11 1 5 sheet in columns and rows This option overrides NUMBER UP Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 1 Table 11 1 Cont Layup Definition File Options Layup Option Operation Performed Reference MARGINS amp b I r Sets the margins for a sheet wheret is the Section 11 1 6 top margin b is the bottom margin is the left margin and r is the right margin Pages are scaled to fit within the margins PAGEORDER Specifies the order in which pages appear Section 11 1 7 on a sheet PAGESPERSHEET Sets the number of pages that will print Section 11 1 8 per sheet no matter how many page spots are set by NUMBER UP The following sections describe the layup options in more detail Section 11 2 1 includes some sample layup definition files 11 2 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 1 2 Specifying Margin Alternation The ALTERNATE option lets you exchange a pair of margins on alternate sheets This option is useful to prepare a job for double sided copying Table 11 2 describes the values that can be supplied to the ALTERNATE option Table 11 2 ALTERNATE Option Values Value Result LEFT Left and right margins alternate RIGHT Left and right margins alternate none Same behavior as LEFT TOP Top and bottom margins alternate BOTTOM Top and bottom margins alternate If you specify ALTERNATE with no option values the left and right margins a
98. d documents Depending on what type of printer you are using certain PostScript files may or may not exceed the printer s virtual memory limitations The success of printing these files depends largely on e How the file was generated by the application e How resources fonts setup modules prologues are retained in the printer e How the print job is handled by the DCPS software If your print job fails to print because of a virtual memory limitation you receive the following error DCPS W VMERROR vmerror PostScript virtual memory exhausted offending command is string You can do one of the following to fix the problem e Recreate the PostScript file using options in your application to make better use of the printer s virtual memory e Usea printer with more available memory to print the file 17 2 2 DECprint Supervisor Messages Messages from the DECprint Supervisor software start with the prefix DCPS These messages and the actions you should take when they indicate problems are described in Appendix A The OpenVM S system provides the queue manager for the OpenVMS batch print queuing system When your print job stops or is terminated by the queue manager it sends OpenVMS messages to your terminal When you have enabled message notification by induding NOTIFY in your PRINT command you receive messages from both the OpenVMS queue manager and the DECprint Supervisor software 17 2 Solving Printing Problems 17 2 3
99. d for the People shall not perish from the earth 1 5 Specifying Multiple Copies To make multiple copies of a file use any of the following commands 1 4 Printing Files PRINT OB COUNT n Prints the entire job n times PRINT COPIES n Prints each file n times PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET COUNT n Prints each sheet of the print job n times Copies are not collated unless you print to the COLLATOR tray of a printer that has such a tray The SHEET COUNT parameter allows you to print multiple copies of each sheet of paper in the print job This method of making copies will save print job processing time With COPIES or OB COUNT the print files must be processed each time they are printed With the SHEET COUNT parameter each sheet is duplicated n times after the data on the page has been processed once by the software 1 6 Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet You can print more than one page on each side of a sheet of paper This technique saves paper and can also be used to provide customized printed documents For example you can print four pages on each side of a sheet as shown in Figure 1 3 Use the NUMBER UP parameter in the PRINT command to specify the number of pages to print on each side of a sheet of paper For example PRINT PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 4 MYFILE PS To fit multiple pages on a side the DECprint Supervisor software changes the size of the logical pages in the document to fit in the area on
100. d started START QUEUE for a new file to be read BADLAYDEF condition on line linenumber in layup definition Explanation There is an error in the layup definition file included with your print job User Action See Section A 3 for a description of the text that can be displayed as the condition in a BADLAYDEF layup definition error message Check the line in the layup definition file that is indicated in the error message BADLIBNAM IGNOR Bad library name library name ignored Explanation The print symbiont either did not find library name in your library search list or the syntax for the library was not correct User Action Check the list of device control libraries defined in the search list in the printer startup file SYS STARTUP DCPS STARTUP COM Ensure that the libraries specified are in the SYS LIBRARY directory BAD LIBRARY NAME Bad library name library name used qualified library specification Explanation The library name specified contained something different from the library file name User Action Check the elements of the library search list in the SYS STARTUP DCPS STARTUP COM procedure Include only library file names without node names device names directory names or file name extensions BADOPC OPC belt is bad Explanation The OPC belt requires replacement User Action Replace the OPC cartridge carefully following the instructions in the LNO3R ScriptPrinter Operator s Guide BADOPCTONERUFL OPC belt
101. define the instructions in the print job To include a setup module in a print job use the SETUP qualifier in the PRINT command The following example uses a setup module that specifies 600 dots per inch DPI resolution PRINT QUEUE LPS32 2SIDES SETUP RES 600X600 IMAGE PS 13 2 Locating Setup Modules DCPS ships with various setup modules which are located in the following device control library SY S LIBRARY DCPS DEVCTL TLB To list the setup modules use the following command LIBRARY LIST TEXT SYS LIBRARY DCPS DEVCTL A list of setup modules similar to the following example is displayed DCW1000 DISPLAY DCW1000 ENHANCED DCW1000 HIGHRES LPSSSAPPLE36 0 INITPSDEVICE LPSSSAPPLE36 0 SETINPUTTRAY RES 1200X1200 RES 1200X600 Note Do not modify any of the setup modules or the device control library Some setup modules are created only for certain printers Those setup modules have the printer name as part of their file name For instance the setup module DL 3500 RET DARK is intended for the DEClaser 3500 printer See Section 13 4 and later sections for descriptions of some of the setup modules Using Setup Modules in Print Jobs 13 1 13 2 1 Locating Custom Setup Modules Custom setup modules go in special device control libraries which are required to be TLB text library files located in SYS LIBRARY The following command lists all of the text libraries in SYS LIBRARY To determine which of these libra
102. dify Printed Documents Chapter 7 Using Setup Modules and Forms As with other printers you can use forms and setup modules on the ScripiPrinter You can associate forms and setup modules with a queue or use them with the FORM and SETUP qualifiers to the PRINT command Typically the SeriptPrinter user includes FORM on the PRINT command and associates the form with the job rather than the queue This chapter provides information about using setup modules and forms with the ScripPrinter It explains how you can use forms to include setup files in your print job 7 1 Using Setup Modules Setup modules can be included with your print job using the SETUP qualifier to the Print command or in form ANSI print jobs can use either ANSI or PostScript setup modules PostScript ReGIS or Tektronix 4010 4014 print jobs must use PostScript setup mod ules You need to do the following to use setup modules with the ScripPrinter Design your setup module using a text editor Create a device control library and add the library to SYSSLIBRARY Gee section 7 12 Using Setup Modules and Forms with the SeriptPrinter 7 1 Example 7 1 Sample ANSI Setup Modules A4_Page txt lt ESC gt 2 j Example 7 2 is a PostScript setup module that prints the word confid ential at the top and the bottom of each page of your print job Example7 2 Sample PostScript Setup Modules confidential txt my space matrix currentmatrix def
103. e TRANS AM Print engine transport section is jammed Explanation Your printer has a paper jam in the transport section User Action Clear the paper jam at the printer Next issue the following DCL command to release and restart the print job SET ENTRY nnn RELEASE NOCHECKPOINT queue name A 26 System Messages and Error Recovery In the command line supply the following information nnn The print job entry number in the queue queuename The name of the print queue The print job will be reprinted from the beginning Use the PAGE LIMIT parameter if you want to print only the pages that were not printed before the paper jam occurred TRANSPORTBAD invalid transport transport Explanation You have specified an invalid transport when starting a DCPS queue User Action Review the possible network transports in HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual and specify a valid one TRANSPORTNOTSUP transport not supported transport Explanation You have specified a transport that is not supported on your system architecture when starting a DCPS queue User Action Review the possible network transports in the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual and specify a valid one for your system For example AppleTalk queues cannot be started on an 164 system TRANSPORTREQ transport required Explanation You have not specified a transport when starting a DCPS queue User Action Review the poss
104. e Duplex Operation CSI Osp x true simplex normal CSI 1 sp x true simplex normal CSI 2 sp x true simplex tumbled CSI 3 sp x true duplex normal CSI 4 sp x true duplex tumbled CSI 5 sp x duplex master normal CSI 6 sp x duplex master tumbled CSI 7 sp x simplex compressed normal CSI 8 sp x compressed tumbled 5 4 Printing ANSI Files 5 7 The LIST Data Type and Translator The LIST data type feature employs a special text to PostScript translator see Chapter 9 It translates 8 bit ASCII ISO 8859 1 text to a convenient printable form numbering the lines in the file and printing gray bars behind alternating groups of lines The LIST translator is not an ANSI translator It does not translate escape sequences such as those defined by ANSI PPL3 HP PCL or any other printer protocol You should continue to use the ANSI data type for printing jobs that include and require translation of DEC PPL3 data and control sequences 5 8 Printing the Euro Symbol The ISO Latin 9 ISO 8859 15 character set is included with the DCPS ANSI translator This character set includes the Euro symbol One way to print the Euro symbol is to include the following ANSI escape sequences in your ANSI file lt ESC gt b selects ISO Latin 9 character set lt ESC gt n prints Euro symbol Printing ANSI Files 5 5 6 Printing DDIF Image Files Using the Image Interpreter DCPS software replaces DEC Image Print PLUS Client Services and allows you to p
105. e List Data Type 9 1 Using the List Data Type 9 2 Using Use the following PRINT parameter to print your text document using the List data type PARAMETERS DATA TYPE LIST For example to print the file XREPORT TXT using the List data type enter the following command PRINT XREPORT TXT PARAMETERS DATA TYPE LIST By default DCPS prints using the List data type if the file extension is one of the following B32 BAS BLI C CBL COM CPP CXX FOR H HXX MAR MMS PAS PLI R32 REQ See the DCPS System Manager s Guide for information about changing this list OpenVMS Forms with the List Data Type The List data type ignores form settings for margins page width and so forth when formatting pages It creates a page with maximum content at a size compatible with both A Letter and A4 paper Portrait orientation 80 columns 70 lines Landscape orientation 132 columns 55 lines However any setup modules invoked by the form definition are applied to the print job Using the List Data Type 9 3 10 Using Advanced Page Layouts This chapter describes how to print different types of files on a PostScript printer and shows how to access the printer specific features Some features are not supported by all types of printers You should be aware of the type of file you are printing and the capabilities of your printer There are many types of PostScript printers with unique capabilities and features Make sure your printer can perf
106. e Orientation Using NUMBER UP with Multiple Files Printing a Range of Pages 0 ccc es Using PAGE LIMIT with Multiple Copies Restarting Interrupted Print J obs 0 0 cee ees Using PAGE LIMIT on Two Sided Print J obs Specifying the Logical Page Size 1 eee Changing the Size of the Printed Page ccc eee ee eee Automatic Scaling When Queue Has PAGE_SIZE and SHEET_SIZE Parameters 26 50 64 due oe os ea Ru ew dam Geena nk a ae dda dee 11 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents Specifying Layup Options in Print J obS 0 00 cee eee Specifying Layup in thePrintJob cc es Specifying Margin Alternation 0 0 00 cee eee es Specifying and Omitting Borders llle ees Specifying the First Page Spot to Use suunan aaraa Specifying the Page Grid 1 ce ees Specifying Sheet MarginS 0 cece eens Specifying the Order of Page Spots to Use cee ee Specifying the Number of Pages to Print on Each Side of a Sheet Creating Layup Definition Files 0 eee Sample Layup Definition Files llle Layup Error Notification isses cede E XR E RR ERE ERE GERE 12 Using Forms in Your PRINT Command 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 3 1 12 3 2 12 4 Finding Forms on Your System ssse ess Using Forms with ANSI Files ssseee eee Using Forms with All Types of Files
107. e PRINT command line Using Setup Modules in Print Jobs 13 3 Table 13 3 DECimage Setup Modules Individual Parameters Setup Module Description DI PUNCHO 0 PunchO 0 DI PUNCHO 0P1 PunchO 20 1 DI PUNCHO 0P2 PunchO 0 2 DI PUNCHO MOP1 Puncho 1 DI PUNCHO MOP2 Punch 2 DI PUNCH1 1 Punchl 1 DI PUNCH1 OP8 Punchl 0 8 DI PUNCH1 0P9 Punchl 0 9 DI PUNCHI 1P1 Punchl 1 1 DI PUNCHI1 1P2 Punchl 1 2 DI SHARP 0P5 Sharpness 0 5 DI SHARP 1 Sharpness 1 0 DI_SHARP_1P5 Sharpness 1 5 DI_SHARP_2 Sharpness 2 0 DI_SHARP_2P5 Sharpness 2 5 For example the following command adds sharpening and shifts the gray levels PRINT NOTIFY QUEUE queue name SETUP DI_SHARP_2 DI_DARKER file name 13 5 Resolution Setup Modules You can use the following resolution setup modules to temporarily change the resolution on multiple resolution printers e RES 300X300 300 dpi horizontal by 300 dpi vertical resolution e RES _ 600X300 600 dpi horizontal by 300 dpi vertical resolution e RES 600x600 600 dpi horizontal by 600 dpi vertical resolution e RES 1200x600 1200 dpi horizontal by 600 dpi vertical resolution RES 1200x1200 1200 dpi horizontal by 1200 dpi vertical resolution Note Not all of these setup modules are applicable to all printers 13 4 Using Setup Modules in Print Jobs 14 Controlling File Separation Pages The printing system can produce both job separation pages job burst pages
108. e command line PRINT PARAMETERS LAYUP NOBORDERS MARGINS 0 3 0 0 The Laser et 5M printer has a similar restriction for 66 lines of ANSI text except that you need to allow for an 11 point versus 3 point bottom margin 18 12 HP LaserJet 4MV 18 12 1 Support for B5 Paper Sizes The 4MV printer supports both the J IS and ISO standards for B5 paper sizes For this printer the J IS size is regarded as paper while the ISO size is regarded as an envelope In DCPS there is only one B5 option for specifying sheet size DCPS handles the two B5 sizes as follows Parameter Configuration Result SHEET SIZE B5 ISO is loaded in Pages print in tray xxx with ISO image tray Xxx area SHEET SIZE 85 JISisloaded in DCPS reports B5 medium not loaded in tray Xxx printer name INPUT TRAY xxx ISO or JIS is Pages print in tray xxx with ISO image SHEET SIZE 85 xxx loaded in tray area regardless of the B5 variant is MANUAL FEED XXX INPUT TRAY xxx ISO or JIS is Pages print in tray xxx with the correct SHEET SIZE 85 xxx is loaded in tray image area for each B5 variant anything but MANUAL xxx FEED 18 13 HP LaserJet 5SiMX 18 13 1 Support for B5 Paper Sizes The 5SiMX printer supports both the J IS and ISO standards for B5 paper sizes DCPS handles the two B5 sizes as described in Section 18 12 1 18 13 2 Optional Mailbox DCPS numbers the optional mailbox bins on the HP 5SiMX printer from one through eight which is con
109. e file specifying the setup module and the file For example PRINT QUEUE PS A14 SETUP module name MYFILE DAT 13 2 Using Setup Modules in Print Jobs 13 4 Modifying DECimage Parameters with Setup Modules The following setup modules invoke the DECimage feature or modify the DECimage parameters They are grouped into the following categories e Enabling and Disabling DECimage Table 13 1 lists setup modules that leave all current parameters intact and turn DECimage on or off It is not necessary to use these modules if you use other DECimage setup modules The DE Cimage setup modules automatically invoke DECimage for the current print job Table 13 1 Enabling and Disabling DECimage Setup Module Description DI ON Turns DECimage ON DI OFF Turns DECimage OFF e Combined Parameters Table 13 2 lists setup modules that adjust two DECimage parameters simultaneously Table 13 2 DECimage Setup Modules Combined Parameters Setup Module Description DI HICONTRAST PunchO 0 2 Punch1 0 8 DI LOCONTRAST Punch0 1 Punch1 21 1 DI BRIGHTER PunchO 2 Punch1 0 8 DI_DARKER PunchO 0 2 Punch1 1 2 DI_NORMAL PunchO 0 Punch1 1 e Individual Parameters When you specify one of the setup modules listed in Table 13 3 all other parameters remain at the default value or the value most recently modified by another setup module The setup modules have no order dependency so you may specify them in any order on th
110. e of the following actions e Recreate the PostScript file using options in your application to make better use of the printer s virtual memory e Usea printer with more available memory to print the file ZEROAREA Layup definition margins result in no usable sheet area Explanation You induded a layup definition file in your print job that sets margins that leave no area for printing User Action See Chapter 11 for information on the MARGINS option in a layup definition file A 3 Layup Definition BADLAYDEF Messages This section describes the layup definition error messages you receive with the message identification BADLAY DEF Messages are displayed in the following format DCPS_ W BADLAYDEF condition on line linenumber in layup definition The condition describes the problem and linenumber is the line number in the layup definition file on which the error occurred The following error messages are generated by errors in a layup definition file and reported as the condition Note Line numbers reported in the BADLAY DEF message may not always be correct for some Record Management Service RM S file organizations Bad form for margin values Explanation The value given for the MARGINS option cannot be understood by that option Bad form for page grid values Explanation The values given for the GRID option cannot be understood by that option Cannot give values with negated option option Explanatio
111. e to be read BADVMSVER This product requires VMS version x x or later to install Explanation The DCPS software requires that your system be running a version of the OpenVMS operating system that is later than the version it is currently running User Action Upgrade your operating system to the correct version CANTCHECKPNT Checkpointed job job number is requeued Explanation A print job was stopped and has been requeued The job will print from the beginning User Action Check the printed output If it is not complete resubmit the job CANTUSETRN Translator from data type to PostScript is unusable Explanation The translator generated a severe error and has been marked unusable Subsequent jobs with data type data type also incur this message and are placed on hold by the print symbiont User Action Restart the print queue This action loads a new copy of the translator When the queue is restarted release the jobs that were placed on hold Report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center CFGERROR configuration error invalidmediumcode offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed this error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer
112. e you specified in the DATA TYPE parameter or that is defined as the queue default must be either supplied by HP or a user written translator TRN data type PS EXE in the SYS SHARE directory Correct the condition and resubmit the print request TRYNOTRDY tray nametray on printer name is current tray name Explanation The input tray is not loaded with paper User Action Prepare the printer input tray and resubmit the print job TUMBNOSUP printer name does not support tumble printing Explanation The printer does not support tumble printing User Action Resubmit your job without requesting tumble printing Or resubmit the print job with QUEUE specifying a printer that supports tumble printing TYPCHK typecheck Argument of wrong type offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed this syntax error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report UNDEF undefined Name not known off
113. ea on the page where data may be printed When a page is scaled enlarged or shrunk it is scaled to fit within the usable area but the aspect ratio ratio of height to width is preserved If this leaves extra space on the edge of the page the page is centered in the usable area verso page An even numbered page in a book In an open book the verso page is always on the left For example page 2 is always a verso page For a single sheet the verso page is always the page on the back of the sheet Compare with recto page A AFTER qualifier 2 2 B 2 ALL J OBS qualifier 2 4 ALTERNATE layup option 11 3 ANSI escape sequences 5 4 ANSI files printing 5 1 ANSI printers emulating 5 1 ANSI qualifiers 5 1 B BACKUP qualifier B 3 BEFORE qualifier B 3 BORDERS layup option 11 4 BRIEF qualifier 2 2 2 4 BURST qualifier 14 1 B 3 BY J OB STATUS qualifier 2 2 2 4 BY OWNER qualifier B 3 C Character encoding Adobe standard E 1 DECMCS E 1 font metrics files E 1 fonts E 1 ISO Latin 1 E 1 using ISO Latin 1 or DECMCS E 1 CHARACTERISTICS qualifier B 4 CONFIRM qualifier B 4 Copies specifying 1 4 COPIES qualifier 1 4 B 4 CREATED qualifier B 4 D DATA_TYPE parameter 7 1 7 5 8 1 8 2 13 2 DCPS DEFAULT form 12 3 DCPS DEVCTL TLB library 13 1 DDIF image files 6 1 DE Ccolorwriter 1000 setup modules 13 4 DECimage enabling 13 3 enhancing resolution 13 3 setup modu
114. ecial stock issue the SHOW QUEUE FORM FULL command and look for the STOCK qualifier in the description of the form For example SHOW QUEUE FORM FULL LANDSCAPE Form name Number Description LANDSCAPE stock DEFAULT 10 132 by 66 landscape LENGTH 66 MARGIN TOP 2 BOTTOM 4 SETUP LANDSCAPE STOCK DEFAULT TRUNCATE WIDTH 132 If the STOCK qualifier has the DEFAULT parameter any type of paper is allowed 12 4 Using the Default Form Definition If you omit a form definition in your print request but supply one of the following qualifiers the default form definition DCPS DEFAULT is automatically associated with your ANSI file e HEADER SPACE e PARAMETERSZNOT TAB To find the attributes of the default form definition issue the following command SHOW QUEUE FORM FULL DCPSSDEFAULT Form name Number Description DCPSSDEFAULT stock DEFAULT 1115 DCPS default LENGTH 66 STOCK DEFAULT TRUNCATE WIDTH 80 Using Forms in Your PRINT Command 12 3 13 Using Setup Modules in Print Jobs This chapter contains general information about using setup modules and information about setup modules that can be used by several printers See Chapter 18 for information about printer specific modules You can also use setup modules implicitly through the use of forms as described in Chapter 12 13 1 What Is a Setup Module A setup module is a file containing instructions that modify the appearance of a print job or re
115. ecify a file separation page between all files PRINT FLAG 7 10 Printing PCL Files 8 Printing Proprinter Files DCPS includes a translator for Proprinter files allowing PostScript printers to emulate the IBM Proprinter XL 24 If your Proprinter file is not automatically recognized by the DECprint Supervisor software you can explicitly specify the Proprinter data type using the DATA TYPE parameter For example PRINT PARAMETERS DATA TYPE PROPRINTER MYFILE PRO Note Because of incompatibilities among Proprinter printers files created for Proprinter models other than the XL 24 printer may not print as expected For best results when producing a file to be printed using the Proprinter translator specify the Proprinter XL 24 as the printer model in your application 8 1 Proprinter Translator Versus the Proprinter Printer The DCPS translator for Proprinter files differs from the operation of the Proprinter XL24 printer in the following ways The XL24 printer does not print two adjacent horizontal dots for some types of raster graphics while the translator prints all data specified in the raster graphic The translator supplies a special escape sequence that allows you to specify the print attribute that causes the translator to drop alternate dots see Section 8 6 The translator does not require AGM mode to be enabled to process the AGM raster graphic escape sequence ESC The translator does not contain the b
116. ed NO TAB Selects whether DECprint Supervisor software or Section 5 3 the ANSI translator performs tab expansion Using parameters other than those listed in Table C 1 results in a command syntax failure as described in Appendix A C 2 Syntax for PRINT Parameters When you specify the PRINT command with the PARAMETERS qualifier be sure to follow these syntactic conventions A maximum of eight parameters is allowed A series of parameters endosed in quotation marks is considered to be a single parameter If you are using Distributed Queuing Service DQS software a maximum of seven parameters is allowed e If you specify two or more parameters separate them by commas and enclose the list in parentheses The following examples show valid syntax for specifying parameters PRINT PARAMETERS DATA TYPE REGIS file name PRINT PARAMETERS DATA TYPE REGIS MESSAGES file name C 2 PRINT Command Parameters e Ifthe value associated with a parameter contains any special characters such as commas or parentheses endose the value or the entire parameter in quotation marks The following examples show valid syntax for specifying multiple values to a print parameter PRINT PARAMETERS DATA TYPE REGIS PAGE LIMIT 1 4 MESSAGES _ file name PRINT PARAMETERS DATA TYPE REGIS PAGE LIMIT 1 4 MESSAGES file name PRINT PARAMETERS DATA_TYPE REGIS PAGE_LIMIT 1 4 MESSAGES file name The DECp
117. ed page protection mode takes precedence Add the NOTIFY switch on the print command line when using these modules so that you can see any messages reported by the printer The modules have no order dependency on the print command line Note If the printer does not have sufficient memory resources to comply with the request and the parameters change to successfully print the job you receive a message containing that information The message also contains the modified parameters The following is an example of this message the data varies according to the specific situation ConfigInfo Insufficient printer resources Resolution set to 300 300 Page Protection ON The following example prints at 600 DPI and enables page protection PRINT NOTIFY SETUP DL5100 PAGEPROT ON RES 600X600 file 18 5 2 Errors from PCL Jobs on the LocalTalk Port When you print PCL files using the native PCL interpreter through the LocalTalk port you may see the following error when the PCL job ends DCPS W UNDEF undefined Name not known offending command is lt 1B gt E lt 1B gt DCPS E FLUSHING Rest of Job to EOJ will be ignored The entire file has been printed but the printer may hang The front panel displays PS Localtalk as an indication of the hang To restore normal operation press the Reset button on the printer s front panel 18 6 DIGITAL Laser Printer LN15 The DIGITAL Laser Printer LN15 is an upgrade to the DIG
118. either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error f the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report SYNTAX INCOMPLETE Syntax incomplete at line n in DCPS FILE EXTENSION DATA TYPE file Explanation The syntax of the file SYS LIBRARY DCPS FILE _ EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT was not expected There will be no attempt to match file extensions to data types User Action The system manager should correct the problem in the file The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new file to be read System Messages and Error Recovery A 25 TCPPORTINVALID invalid TCP port number Explanation The port number you specified is invalid Some types of network connections for example IP RawTCP require that you specify the number of a TCP port on the printer that supports the associated protocol User Action Verify that you specified a valid port number If no port number is specified a value of 9100 is used TCPPORTPRESENT no TCP port number allowed Explanation You specified a TCP port number for your printer but none is allowed Some types of network connections for example IP CPAP do not require or allow you to specify the number of a TCP port on the printer User Action Verify that you have specified the desired type of network connection If so remove the port number from the queue s device specificati
119. ending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed this syntax error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report A 28 System Messages and Error Recovery UNDEFRES undefinedresult Number overflow or underflow offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report UNDFILNAM undefinedfilename File not f
120. er s terminal OPERATOR string Specifies a message string to be sent to the operator when the print job starts The message can contain up to 255 characters Include quotation marks around the message string For example to send the distribution location to the operator s terminal use the following command PRINT OPERATOR FARM DAT TO JONES FARM DAT PAGES owlim uplim Ignored by the DECprint Supervisor software Use the PAGE_LIMIT parameter described in Section 1 7 If you include the PAGES qualifier in a PRINT command to a PostScript printer the qualifier is ignored and the print job is printed PARAMETERS parameter Specifies values for the DECprint Supervisor printing features The parameters are listed in Appendix C For example to include the SIDES parameter to print on two sides of a sheet use the following command PRINT PARAMETERS SIDES 2 GROTON DAT PASSALL NOPASSALL default Maintains the original characteristics of the print job through printer processing preventing HEADER margin processing and tab emulation described in Chapter 5 The PASSALL qualifier does not prevent operations specified by the system manager with DEFINE FORM SETUP If your print job uses a form definition the form characteristics for that form type prevail Refer to Chapter 12 for more information For example to print the FARM DAT file without the special processing described above use the following command
121. er with the ITC Souvenir cartridge installed enter the following command to print it on a PostScript printer with the DECprint Supervisor software PRINT PARAMETERS FONTS USED ITC SOUV MCS file name Note If you include two or more cartridge names be sure to place quotation marks around them For example PRINT PARAMETERS FONTS USED ITC SOUV MCS BARCODE file name See Appendix D for a list of the available SoftF ont kits PostScript Operators to Change Trays With the DCPS software you can print ANSI documents that were created for printing on media from a specific input tray The DCPS software recognizes escape sequences in ANSI files that select the printer input tray If you print an ANSI file that is set up to select an input tray that does not exist on your printer the print job fails and you receive the following error message DCPS W RANGECHK rangecheck Argument out of bounds offending command is setpapertray If this happens you can create a PostScript setup module to submit with the print job and redefine the input tray settings For example you could create a PostScript setup module using the following PostScript operators settoptray statusdict begin 2 setpapertray end def setbottomtray statusdict begin 1 setpapertray end def Printing ANSI Files 5 3 This example selects the printer tray 2 for the top tray settoptray and tray 1 for the bottom tray setbottomtray When you crea
122. ers lt CR gt lt _F gt because Proprinter setup modules can include binary data such as Proprinter fonts and raster graphics If the Proprinter setup module contains lines of text that must be separated by carriage control characters you must explicitly specify them in the Proprinter setup module Proprinter setup modules are processed without a subsequent page eject command so that anything printed by such setup modules will appear on the first page of the file Printing Proprinter Files 8 9 9 Using the List Data Type The List data type is a list numbering tool that prints line oriented text in a format that is easier to read The List data type creates output that has The file name at the top of each page The page number at the top of each page Line numbers for each line of the file Horizontal gray bars shading each page An end marker to indicate the end of the file Figure 9 1 is an example of a page printed using the List data type Using the List Data Type 9 1 Figure 9 1 List Data Type Output myfile txt 1 Page 1 PRINTING PCL FILES The DECprint Supervisor version 1 1 software features improvements in printing PCL files Some of the new PostScript printers have PCL emulation mode that can be used by the DECprint Supervisor software For printers that are specifically supported in PCL emulation mode this mode is automatically used to print your PCL files The DCPS PLUS license is 10 not required for printing PCL
123. ersions 1 1 and later is incompatible with all versions of DEC Image Print PLUS Client Services Printing DDIF Image Files Using the Image Interpreter 6 1 6 2 Examples of Printing Image Files The following print command sends the files directly to the printer for printing PRINT QUEUE queue name NOTIFY file name DDIF The following print command translates the file to PostScript for printing PRINT QUEUE queue name NOTIFY PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 1 file name DDIF 6 2 Printing DDIF Image Files Using the Image Interpreter 7 Printing PCL Files 7 1 How PCL Files Are Printed PCL files are printed in either of two ways 1 PCL Translator DCPS includes a translator for files containing PCL4 data as supported by the HP Laser et IID printer DCPS does not translate the PCL5 PCL6 or HPGL printing languages If the DECprint Supervisor software does not automatically detect your PCL files you can explicitly specify the PCL data type using the DATA TYPE parameter For example PRINT PARAMETERS DATA TYPE PCL MYFILE PRN 2 Native PCL Mode Some PostScript printers have a PCL mode that can be used by the DCPS software Your job is automatically printed in PCL mode if the printer supports PCL and you do not specify parameters that require translation of your file to PostScript This is referred to as native PCL mode If your printer provides native PCL 5 support you can send HPGL files to your printer if they are surrounded b
124. expected changes in the appearance of the printed documents If you need to print multiple PostScript files or multiple copies of a PostScript file submit them using separate print jobs 4 2 Printing Files that Contain Text and PostScript DECprint Supervisor software can detect PostScript data after the text at the beginning of the file This is useful for printing PostScript files sent to you by an electronic messaging system that places text in front of the PostScript file For example if you receive a message in a software utility that creates ANSI text and that message includes a PostScript file you can print the file without specifying the data type 4 3 Printing Files Created on Other Operating Systems When creating PostScript files on systems running other operating systems for eventual printing through DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS software you should keep the following points in mind 1 Use of Printer Specific Code Windows and Macintosh printer drivers often create PostScript code that is specific to a printer and to the set of printer options for which you configured the driver for example printer brand and model trays available whether the printer can perform duplex printing how much memory is available in the printer etc If you later attempt to print such a file on a different type of printer or a printer with a different set of options the file may not print correctly Try to create a file that is specific
125. fault and place the staple in the printer s default staple position J ob burst and flag pages if any will be stapled to your job Not all staple positions are possible given the printer s paper feed direction and page orientation specified Also the HP Laser et 9000 offers more possible stapling positions than the Laser et 4200 and 4300 printers which can staple only at the top left for portrait output and top right for landscape output 18 16 HP LaserJet 8000 8100 and 8150 18 16 1 Optional Mailbox DCPS numbers the optional mailbox bins on the HP Laser et 8000 printer from 1 5 1 7 or 1 8 depending on the particular option installed This is consistent with the numbers molded into the plastic beside the bins The printer s console in contrast refers to these same bins as numbers two through nine Refer to the HP Laser amp User Guide for your printer model for more information about the numbering and purpose of trays with different options and configurations 18 17 Lexmark Optra Rt 18 17 1 Support for B5 Paper Sizes The Optra Rt printer supports both the J IS and ISO standards for B5 paper sizes DCPS handles the two B5 sizes as described in Section 18 12 1 Printer Specific Information 18 9 18 18 Lexmark Optra S 18 18 1 Printing Otherenvelope and Universal Paper Sizes Lexmark Optra S printers can print paper sizes Otherenvelope and Universal Otherenvelopetray 612 x 996 and Universal 612 x 1020 have different pa
126. ge sizes than Legal 612 x 1008 However they have the same imageable area as Legal 600 x 996 so will be treated as the same size Users wanting these sizes should specify PAGE SIZE LEGAL 18 19 Xerox Phaser 4500 6250 7300 7750 and 8400 18 19 1 Protocols Supported 18 19 2 Media Type Selection Not Supported It is not possible to select paper by media type on these printers If you specify a value for the MEDIA TYPE parameter your request will be ignored 18 10 Printer Specific Information A System Messages and Error Recovery This appendix describes system messages issued by the DCPS software These messages are identified by a facility code of DCPS Refer to the HP OpenVMS System Messages Companion Guide for Help Message Users for descriptions of other messages issued by the OpenVMS operating system or use the online help message utility with the command HELP MESSAGE This appendix includes the following sections e System message overview Section A 1 e Message descriptions Section A 2 e Layup definition BADLAY DEF messages Section A 3 A 1 System Message Overview DECprint Supervisor system messages are classified into two categories based on their destination Some messages are sent to the system operator others go to the user To receive user messages use the NOTIFY qualifier with the PRINT command The messages are sent in response to your print request and in response to system conditions that affect y
127. harpness to graphics Applicable to PostScript images only it is best applied to continuous grayscale images though it may also be applied to synthetic images created with a graphics application DECimage Lite A feature of the DECprint Supervisor software that provides a subset of the DECimage image enhancement technology through the use of setup modules See also DECimage DECnet DIGITAL networking protocol DECprint Supervisor The software product consisting of a print symbiont and data type translators for printing on PostScript printers DECserver A communications device that allows printers to be connected directly to the Ethernet network providing network access for serial based printers Network protocols offered usually include LAT and often raw TCP IP device control library A library that contains a series of text modules that can be sent to the device associated with a queue to affect the behavior of that device desktop printer A printer historically low to medium speed that is accessible through a raw TCP IP LAT or AppleTalk network connection or through a direct serial connection to your system device control module See setup module device control library A library containing a series of text modules that can be sent to the device associated with a queue The modules affect device behavior or file printing duplex printing Printing on two sides of each sheet of paper execution queue The
128. her common media types are COLOR LETTERHEAD PREPRINTED PREPUNCHED and RECYCLED When a paper tray is set to a particular media type only jobs requesting that media type will use paper from that tray To select media type in your DCPS job usethe MEDIA TYPE parameter PRINT PARAMETERS MEDIA TYPE media type file name DCPS allows any value for the MEDIA TYPE parameter Note that the media type is sometimes abbreviated on a printer s front panel or on its web page For example the setting for LETTERHEAD media might be abbreviated as LTRHEAD In most cases you can specify either the full or abbreviated name You should specify a media type currently used by your printer If the media type is not available on your printer you will either You can specify a media type with the MEDIA TYPE parameter Media type is set on the printer to indicate the type of paper loaded in a particular tray The default is usually PLAIN Other common media types are COLOR LETTERHEAD PREPRINTED PREPUNCHED and RECYCLED When a paper tray is set to a particular media type only jobs requesting that media type will use paper from that tray if it is different from the printer s default media type One benefit of using media type selection is the ability to select paper by paper Size and media type without having to know the tray number containing the paper you want to use for your job To select paper of a particular media type PRINT PARAMETERS MEDIA TYP
129. hese parameters affect your job by forcing translation to PostScript on the host To force translation use a DCPS feature that forces translation such as PAGE LIMIT or NUMBER UP 7 3 2 Using Escape Sequences to Modify PCL Print Jobs The format of the front panel mode escape sequence is Escape Sequence Format ESC s value P Decimal Values 027 033 096 080 Note This format shows spaces between the elements of the command for clarity Do not include spaces in your actual command Specify front panel settings by following these steps 1 Enable front panel mode by specifying the Front Panel Mode escape sequence with 1 for value Enter the PCL escape sequence to set the print attribute Disable front panel mode by specifying the Front Panel Mode escape sequence with O for value 7 4 Printing PCL Files Front panel mode is also disabled by the PCL reset escape sequence ESC E You can indude PCL escape sequences for any of the following print attributes Symbol set e Spacing e Pitch e Height e Style e Stroke weight e Typeface Courier and Lineprinter only e Horizontal motion index e Vertical motion index PCL escape sequences allow you to specify both a primary and a secondary font Escape sequences for both types of fonts can be included in the front panel mode escape sequence for selecting a default font For example a PCL escape sequence that sets the pitch to 16 66 characters per inch cpi and ISO
130. ible network transports in the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual and specify a valid one TRAYEMP Print Engine paper input tray is empty Explanation The paper input tray is empty User Action Add paper to the input paper tray TRAYJ AM Input paper tray is jammed Explanation Your printer s input paper tray is jammed User Action Clear the paper jam at the printer Next issue the following DCL command to release and restart the print job SET ENTRY nnn RELEASE NOCHECKPOINT queue name In the command line supply the following information nnn The print job entry number in the queue queuename The name of the print queue The print job will be reprinted from the beginning Use the PAGE LIMIT parameter to print only the pages that were not printed before the paper jam occurred TRAY SUBST Output will be delivered to the output tray tray on printer name Explanation Informational message User Action None System Messages and Error Recovery A 27 TRNFAIL Translation from data type to PostScript failed Explanation The translator from data type to PostScript has generated an error The translator software cannot be used User Action Report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center TRNNOTFND Translator from data type to PostScript not found Explanation The DECprint Supervisor software could not find the translator from data type to PostScript in the SYS SHARE directory User Action The data typ
131. idiaries in the United States and other countries Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Contents Preface 1 Printing Files b h b h ee ee ee 2 OMNAORWOD OVervIeW oc cect ss ee he wes ede sabe we Phage i edweits wares Selectinga Data Type llllllllllllll ees Printing Two Sided Documents lesen Specifying Landscape and Portrait Orientation l l Specifying Multiple Copies ee Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet Printing a Range of Pages eiaei ao aoia cece ee Delays in Deleting an Entry or Stopping a Queue uiii qu5ca PC AeL T E Ta aaa on ae niet matte a eae EN 2 Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues 2 1 Displaying Print OOS ese seses ee a ee ee ees eR RE RR RECO 2 2 Displaying Print Queues atiu a a a a aaia E aa es 2 3 Deleting a Print ODs ee niae a RR E ee S a ee eee dre E 2 4 Modifying a Print OD sisi sus s gesa eet ete x ida hn Reo dca 3 Specifying Input and Output Trays 3 1 Selecting the Input Tray lsssllleelee rh 3 1 1 Specifying the Type of Media l l 3 1 1 1 Selecting by Page and Sheet Size 0 ee 3 1 1 2 Selecting by Media Type sseeeee ene 3 1 2 Selecting Manual Feed 1 cc ess 3 1 3 Using the Envelope Feeder 0 000 e eee ees 3 2 Selecting the
132. ientation with Two Sided Tumble Printing 10 1 1 Message Format Code Meaning The prefix to all primary messages The prefix to all continuation messages The severity level of the message An abbreviation of the message 10 12 Severity Level The severity levels of PrintServer messages are listed here Code Meaning S Success successful completion of the request 1 Informational may or may not require user action Warning request may not have completed and may require user action Error system encountered an error which may be recoverable Fatal system encountered a fatal error and cannot continue processing this request 10 2 Message Descriptions The message descriptions in this section are alphabetized by the ident portion of the message code The message prefix facility designation and severity code are not shown This section describes only mes with the LPS facility designation For description of other mess 302 PrintServer System Messages refer to the VAX VMS System Messages and Recovery Procedures Reference Manual p User Action requests that you submit a Software Performar yt SPR For information on how to do this refer to the VAX VM Nem Manager s Reference Manual ABORTPE g job jobnumber aborted hat was pending on the PrintServer gi from the queue by the server man gfirmation message jerver Management icr queue was mand describes the layup del DEFPASSWD
133. int on both sides of the envelope Resubmit the print request changing the paper size requested SHEET SIZE PAGE SIZE or INPUT TRAY ENVELOPE FEEDER or changing the page layout choice SIDES parameter to one sided printing EXECSTK OV Exec nesting is too deep offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error f the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report EXITSRVR exitserver has been executed permanent state may be changed Explanation The PostScript operator exitserver has been successfully executed The permanent PostScript system parameters may have been altered User Action No action is required EXTNFILEOPENERR Cannot open file extension to data type file DCPS FILE_ EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT Explanation The DECprint Supervisor software could not find or open the file SYSSLIBRARY DCPSS FILE EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT There will be no attempt to m
134. inting the file 3 1 3 Using the Envelope Feeder You must spedify the paper size with the SHEET SIZE or PAGE SIZE parameter when you specify the ENVELOPE FEEDER input tray Otherwise your print job terminates and the following message is displayed NO SHEET SIZE Sheet size must be specified for Envelope Feeder Specifying Input and Output Trays 3 3 3 2 Selecting the Output Tray Some PostScript printers have multiple output trays You can list the output trays available with your type of printer by entering the HELP PRINT PARAMETER OUTPUT TRAY command and selecting the subtopic that describes your printer You can select the output tray for print jobs destined for these printers using the OUTPUT TRAY parameter in the PRINT command PRINT PARAMETERS OUTPUT TRAY output tray file name For example PRINT PARAMETERS OUTPUT TRAY SIDE MYFILE PS If you select an unsupported output tray the print job may be printed and sent to another output tray and the following message displayed TRAYSUBST Output will be delivered to the output tray tray on printer name Alternatively your print job may be terminated and the following message displayed NOOUTTRAY OUTPUT TRAY tray name not supported on printer name Some printers have optional output trays If you specify an optional output tray that is not currently available on the printer your output will be directed to a similar tray if one exists If there is no similar output tray the
135. ion You submitted a print job for a PrintServer printer that cannot accept jobs User Action Enable job acceptance on that printer DPLXNOSUP printer name does not support duplex printing Explanation The printer does not support printing on two sides of the paper User Action Resubmit your print job without asking for duplex printing or send it to a printer that supports duplex printing DPXFJ AM Please dear paper jam caused by DPX feed path Explanation The printer has a paper jam User Action After you clear the paper jam the print job will be continued DRIVEERR Print Engine driving unit error FATAL ERROR Explanation The ScriptPrinter print driver has a fatal problem User Action Call HP Customer Services Refer to the chapter on service in the LNO3R ScriptPrinter Operator s Guide A 6 System Messages and Error Recovery DTSCOPEN Print Engine developer tray side cover is open Explanation The developer tray is open or the side cover is open User Action Close the developer tray or the side cover EJ ECTJ AM Print engine paper eject section is jammed Explanation This is an LN03 I mage printer message indicating that your printer has a paper jam in the paper eject section User Action Clear the paper jam Resubmit the current job ENVELDONTDUP Envelopes cannot be printed duplex Explanation The print job requested an envelope paper size and either duplex or two sided tumble printing User Action You cannot pr
136. ion each file is printed n times To obtain copies of a single file in a print job with multiple files include this qualifier after the file specification The default action if you do not include this qualifier is to print one copy of each file For example to print two copies each of FARM DAT and GROTON DAT use the following command PRINT COPIES 2 FARM DAT GROTON DAT When you use the COPIES qualifier in a print job for DECprint Supervisor the software must translate your file and transmit the file in PostScript form for each copy of the file that you request if translation is required This process increases the load on the computer system and can slow down your print job If you encounter problems when printing multiple copies of the files use the OB COUNT qualifier or separate PRINT commands to create a print job for each copy of the file CREATED NOCREATED default Selects files to print based on the file creation time Use this qualifier with the BEFORE or SINCE qualifier to specify the time Other file selection qualifiers are BACKUP EXPIRED and MODIFIED If BEFORE or SINCE is used without any file selection qualifier the file creation time is used For example to print only the files named FARM that were created after J une 4 2009 use the following command PRINT CREATED AFTER 4 MAR 2009 FARM DELETE NODELETE default Determines whether the system deletes the print file after printing If
137. ion 7 5 2 7 5 1 Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Setup Modules To include a soft font or macro in a setup module follow these steps 1 Include the PCL escape sequence to give the font or macro an identifier at the beginning of the file 2 Make sure the file is in a format acceptable to the OpenVMS Librarian Utility The record format must be either Variable Length or Fixed Length 3 Have your system manager insert the file into the PCL device control library using the following command LIBRARY INSERT TEXT SYSSLIBRARY pcl library name font filename Printing PCL Files 7 7 To print the PCL file that requires the font or macro use the following command PRINT QUEUE queue name SETUP font filename data filename PCL Your system manager can include the setup module in a form definition which can be associated with a queue by default With this setup you need only specify the data file name and the queue name in your PRINT command 7 5 2 Including Font and Macro Files in PCL Print Jobs You can print files that require soft fonts or macros by having the application include the font or macro in the data file Or you can create a file that contains the font or macro and the data file 7 6 PC Driver Settings to Avoid Problems with PJL and TBCP Two printing protocols may cause problems with DCPS These are HP PJL Print J ob Language and HP TBCP Tagged Binary Communication Protocol Documents created from a Windows a
138. ipt Environment The error handler references operators from the dictionary systemdict rather than using definitions that may have been modified by the user program In some cases a program can behave differently when the error handler is loaded For example executing the exit operator outside a looping context causes an invalidexit error if the error handler is not loaded However if the error handler is loaded the program exits without generating an error 16 3 Error Handler Example The sample log file in Example 16 1 is for the following PostScript program 1st level 2nd level 3rd level 4th level 56 end myproc 88 0 0 div setdash def 100 200 moveto myproc The following command includes the error handler and causes a log file to be generated PRINT PARAMETERS MESSAGES KEEP SETUP LPSSERRORHANDLER file name Using the Error Handler to Debug 16 1 Example 16 1 shows the error handler output that is appended to the log file when the program executes Example 16 1 Sample Error Handler Log File ERROR undefinedresult OFFENDING COMMAND div OPERAND STACK 0 0 88 1st level 2nd level 3rd level array end EXECUTION STACK OO setdash GRAPHICS STATE Current Matrix 4 16667 0 0 0 0 4 16667 0 0 3298 0 Color 0 0 Current position x 100 0 y 200 0 Line width 1 0 Line cap 0 Line join 0 Flatness 1 0 Miter limit 10 0 Dash pattern 0 0 The ar
139. ipt code in the printer see Section 17 2 1 Messages often come from the DECprint Supervisor software The file you are printing or the OpenVMS system can send messages see Section 17 2 2 If you print to a PrintServer printer you can receive messages from the PrintServer Supporting Host software see Section 17 2 3 Solving Printing Problems 17 1 17 2 1 PostScript Errors PostScript errors can be identified by the phrase offending command is name The PostScript printer contains a PostScript interpreter that translates PostScript code into mechanical functions that transfer the data onto the physical page through marking functions Many applications generate PostScript files and many types of printers print in PostScript Files and printers are not always completely compatible You can solve some PostScript printing problems using the techniques described in Section 4 7 If your application generates PostScript Level 3 files you need a printer that supports PostScript Level 3 If your application generates PostScript Level 2 files you need a printer that supports PostScript Level 2 or Level 3 PostScript Level 1 files can generally be printed on PostScript Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 printers If a PostScript error is generated from printing non PostScript files the application that generated the files should be modified Virtual Memory Errors Not all PostScript printers are capable of printing all PostScript images an
140. is ON fa SHEET COUNT parameter value greater than 1 is specified job and file Separator pages are printed offset from the user job In addition the copies of each page of your job are offset from the copies of the previous page f your document was produced on a PC or contains PostScript commands specifying the number of copies to print you may not get the desired jogging or copy behavior that you expect For example you may only get a single copy of your document you may g t collated copies that are offset from each other or the job s trailer page if any may be printed after the first copy of your document To avoid these restrictions use the COPIES or OB COUNT qualifiers with your PRINT command rather than the SHEET COUNT parameter Also do not specify a copy count other than 1 when producing a document on a PC e fthe printer s COLLATION setting is OFF the first DCPS job printed after the LN40 has been powered on will print with each page offset from the previous page There is no workaround for this problem 18 9 Compaq and DIGITAL Laser Printer LNC02 The Compaq Laser Printer LNCO2 is equivalent to the DIGITAL Laser Printer LNCO2 References in the DCPS documentation to the DIGITAL Laser Printer LNCO2 also apply to the Compaq Laser Printer LNCO2 18 9 1 Incorrect Sheet Count The sheet count reported on the job trailer page and in the OpenVMS accounting file is incorrect due to a limitation with the LNCO2 printer
141. is not found NOSETTRAY Tray selection is not supported by multipage layup Explanation Output tray selection operators are ignored when you use layup to print more than one page to a sheet User Action None NOSHEETANDTRAY Cannot specify both Sheet size and Input tray on this printer Explanation Both a SHEET SIZE and INPUT TRAY parameter were specified for your print job but the two are incompatible for the specified printer User Action Select the desired paper using only one of these parameters NO SHEET SIZE Sheet size must be specified for input tray Explanation You included the INPUT TRAY parameter with either the MANUAL FEED or ENVELOPE FEEDER value but you did not also specify the sheet size with the SHEET SIZE or PAGE SIZE parameter User Action When you specify MANUAL FEED or ENVELOPE FEEDER you must specify the paper size with either the SHEET SIZE or PAGE SIZE parameter NOSUCH DEV No such device device name Explanation The device name in the execution queue definition in SYS STARTUP DCPS STARTUP COM the printer startup command file is incorrect User Action Indude the correct device name in parameter p2 of the execution queue definition in the DCPS STARTUP COM file NOTONERCART Toner cartridge is missing Explanation The printer has no toner cartridge or the toner cartridge has not been installed properly User Action Install the toner cartridge properly The print job is completed automa
142. itmaps for the XL 24 built in fonts Therefore the prefill commands do not store bitmaps or initialize lookup tables to point at bitmaps Any Proprinter data stream that relies on bitmap initialization will fail The translator can print either 9 wire or 24 wire downloaded fonts The mode is determined by the escape sequence that the translator encounters first If the Character Font I mage Download escape sequence is encountered first the mode is determined by the escape sequence If the Select Print Mode escape sequence is encountered first the mode is determined by the translator s Front Panel Mode escape sequence see Section 8 3 The XL 24 does not underscore or overscore the lower integral and square root characters The Proprinter translator underscores and overscores these characters Printing Proprinter Files 8 1 Documentation specifying the Proprinter language is available from IBM The documentation specific to the Proprinter and the XL 24 includes IBM s Proprinter Family Technical Reference IBM part number SC31 2587 3 IBM s Proprinter X24E and XL 24 Guide to IBM part number SA34 2106 0 Operations 8 2 How DECprint Supervisor Recognizes Proprinter Files DECprint Supervisor recognizes the Proprinter data type if the files have the following characteristics They begin with an ANSI escape sequence They have a file extension that links them to a Proprinter data type If your Proprinter file does not mee
143. its baseline 1 2 inch from the top edge of the page This is illustrated in Figure 8 1 Figure 8 1 Proprinter Default Printable Area Base line of first line l The Proprinter file is translated by the of text is 1 2 inch from DECprint Supervisor software for printing top of sheet lon the PostScript printer During translation the pages may be truncated to fit in the laser printer s printable area This can result in a printed document with more pages than you intended You can correct the problem by jl Reducing the page size to fit on one sheet Left margin 1 4 inch Right margin 1 4 inch Reducing the image size to fit within the laser printer s printable area The laser printer will print your pages with blank space around the printable area without affecting the aspect ratio of the i Bottom edge 1 2 inch MR 6351 AI Printing Proprinter Files 8 5 8 4 1 Proprinter Files That Do Not Fit on the Page When you print a Proprinter file you may find that a page that should fit on one page requires two pages as shown in Figure 8 2 Figure 8 2 Proprinter Page on Two PostScript Pages The DECprint Supervisor software The DECprint Supervisor the printable area using one of translates the Proprinter file to PostScript for software translates the Proprinter file to the following qualifiers printing on the PostScript laser printer The PostScript for printing on the PostScript laser printer cannot utilize
144. job flag pages and job trailer pages and file separation pages The system manager can define the job separation pages and default file separation pages for the queue Users cannot affect the job separation pages but can control whether to print file separation pages Files in a print job can be separated by File burst pages File flag pages Filetrailer pages You can control the inclusion of file flag pages using the following PRINT command qualifiers e BURST for file burst pages at the start of a file in the print job NOBURST to prevent printing of file burst pages e FLAG for file flag pages at the start of a file in the print job NOFLAG to prevent printing of file flag pages TRAILER for filetrailer pages following a file in the print job NOTRAILER to prevent printing of file trailer pages 14 1 Controlling File Separation Pages for All Files You can specify the default file separation behavior for all files in a print job by placing the NO BURST NO FLAG and NOTTRAILER qualifiers between the PRINT command and the first file specification For example the following command will print a file burst page before each file PRINT BURST FIRST TXT SECOND TXT If you do not specify the behavior for a type of file separation page for example the above command does not specify flag or trailer pages the default behavior is as specified by the queues DEFAULT qualifier If DEFAULT does not specify a parti
145. lative position of the staple as seen in the example in Figure 15 1 The X indicates the staple positions when specifying STAPLE NUMBER UP and PAGE ORIENTATION parameters PAGE ORIENTATION PORTRAIT is the default if not specified 15 4 Selecting Finishing Options Figure 15 1 Effects of NUMBER UP on Stapling X X STAPLE TOP LEFT STAPLE TOP LEFT NUMBER UP 2 NUMBER UP 2 PAGE ORIENTATIONZPORTRAIT PAGE ORIENTATIONZLANDSCAPE Selecting Finishing Options 15 5 16 Using the Error Handler to Debug The device control library includes an error handler to help debug PostScript programs The error handler prints the last partial page of output as well as information to help identify the error 16 1 Including the Error Handler in a Print Job The error handler is not automatically induded each time a job prints unless your system manager has changed this default Therefore you must explicitly invoke it as follows PRINT SETUP LPSSERRORHANDLER file name The error handler returns PostScript messages You can send these messages to a file or printer by using the PARAMETERS SMESSAGES qualifier as described in Chapter 17 For example PRINT QUEUE PS40 A10 PARAMETERS MESSAGES KEEP FILE PS If you are developing PostScript applications you can make the error handler easier to access by defining a form to include the error handling setup module as described in Chapter 12 16 2 How the Error Handler Affects the PostScr
146. ld User Action Clear the paper jam at the printer Next issue the following DCL command to release and restart the print job SET ENTRY nnn RELEASE NOCHECKPOINT queue name In the command line supply the following information nnn The print job entry number in the queue queue name The name of the print queue The print job will be reprinted from the beginning Use the PAGE LIMIT parameter if you want to print only the pages that were not printed before the paper jam occurred PARSYNERR Syntax error in the PARAMETERS qualifier at or near string Explanation There is a syntax error in the PARAMETERS qualifier of the PRINT command The error was located at or near the string parameter User Action Check the syntax of the parameters you entered Resubmit the print request with the correct syntax PPSGTNUP Pages per sheet gt Number Up Pages per sheet set to Number Up Explanation You induded both a layup definition file and the NUMBER UP parameter in your print job However the layup definition file requests that the number of pages printed per sheet be greater than the number specified with the NUMBER UP parameter User Action No action is required if you want the number of pages per sheet to equal the number you specified with the NUMBER UP parameter If you want the number of pages per sheet to equal the number given in the layup definition file reissue the PRINT command specifying a larger number with the NUMBER UP para
147. le 10 1 Cont Values for SIDES Parameter Value Definition ONE SIDED DUPLEX ONE SIDED TUMBLE TWO SIDED SIMPLEX Your job prints on one side of the sheet but alternate pages may be offset for binding Retains page layout for duplex printing for copying on duplex copiers Reflects the placement of margins and page numbers Your job prints on one side of the sheet and alternating pages are rotated 180 degrees This allows you to make a tumble formatted copy to take to a copying facility for multiple copies Reflects the placement of margins and page numbers Your job is printed on both sides of a sheet This setting does not reflect the placement of margins 10 2 Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 2 Specifying Landscape and Tumble Printing Files printed in landscape orientation text printed parallel to the long edge of the paper are by default printed in tumble mode when printed on two sides of the paper see Figure 10 1 This provides output that can be bound along the top and flipped for reading Figure 10 1 Landscape Orientation with Two Sided Printing 8 3 x 11 7 in IA A3 11 7 x 16 5 in 216 x v B5 7 2 x 10 1 in 191 x 267 mm 10 1 x 14 8 in 216 x 279 mm MLO 001853 To print pages in portrait orientation and tumble mode as shown in Figure 10 2 use the SIDESZTUMBLE parameter For example PRINT PARAMETERS SIDES TUMBLE MYFILE PS Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 3 Figure 10 2 Portrait Or
148. lection qualifier the file creation time is used For example to print files named GROTON that are dated to expire before J anuary 10 2000 use the following command PRINT EXPIRED BEFORE 10 JAN 2000 GROTON FEED NOFEED default Controls whether form feed characters are inserted into the data stream when the bottom margin is reached Use NOFEED to specify no insertion of form feed characters into the print job If you omit this qualifier the default action is FEED For example to print FARM DAT with form feed characters inserted at the bottom of each page use the following command PRINT FEED FARM DAT PRINT Command Qualifiers B 5 FLAG keyword NOFLAG default Controls printing of a file flag page preceding the file The keyword ALL prints a file flag page before each copy of each file in the print job the keyword ONE prints a file flag page before the first file in the print job When you omit this qualifier the default action is the action determined by the system manager for the queue This qualifier does not affect job flag pages Refer to the DCPS System Manager s Guide for more information about job separation pages For example to print a flag page before each file in the print job use the following command PRINT FLAG ALL FARM DAT GROTON DAT FORM form name Specifies that your print job requires a form with a specific set of form characteristics as described in Chapter 12 You can s
149. lename where libraryname is the name of the library modulename is the name of the setup module The followingcommand puts the PostScript setup module confidential xt into your new PostScript device control library PS1 TLB LIBRARY INSERT SYSSLIBRARY PSI TLB confidential txt This command puts the ANSI setup module a4 page txt into a custom ANSI device control library ANSIL TLB TAA Specifying a Library Search List If you have several libraries of setup modules you can set up a search order for the libraries based on the data syntax of your print job This means that the software skips libraries whose setup modules use the rong data syntax for your job PostScript print jobs search only PostScrpt libraries ANSI print jobs look in ANSI and PosiScript libraries 7 4 Using Setup Modules and Forms wit the ScriptPrinter MLO 004950 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 5 Figure 11 2 NUMBER UPz4 With Borders Chapter 7 Using Setup Modules and Forms DEFAULT SETUP y erl 7 1 1 Sample Setup Moc Thi and Forms with the SciptPrinter T4 74 Using Setup Modules and Forms with the SciplPrinter Example 7 1 Sample ANSI Setup Modules A4_Page txt 7 13 Putting Setup Modul T levice control library use the following ARY INSERT SYSSLIBRARY libraryname TLB modulename LIBRARY INSERT SYSSLIBRARY PSl TLB confidential txt T ANSI 7 14 Specifying a Library LIBRARY
150. les 13 3 Index Default form 12 3 DEFINE FORM command 12 2 DELETE ENTRY command 2 4 DELETE qualifier B 4 Device control library error handler 16 1 Double spaced printing B 10 Duplex printing specifying with ANSI escape sequences 5 4 Duplex printing specifying 1 2 10 1 E Envelope feeder specifying 3 3 ENVELOPE FEEDER keyword 3 3 Error handler 16 1 example 16 1 induding in program 16 1 output 16 2 16 3 PostScript environment 16 1 Error messages A 1 layup definition A 32 to A 33 Error notification for layup definition errors 11 15 Euro symbol printing 5 5 EXCLUDE qualifier B 5 Exit operator with error handler 16 1 EXPIRED qualifier B 5 F FEED qualifier B 5 File burst pages specifying 14 1 File flag pages specifying 14 1 File formats binary 1 8 fixed 1 7 indexed 1 7 relative 1 7 stream 1 7 undefined 1 7 variable length 1 7 File separation pages specifying 14 1 Index 1 FILES qualifier 2 2 2 4 Filetrailer pages specifying 14 1 FIRSTPAGE layup option 11 6 First page spot setting 11 6 Flag page B 6 FLAG qualifier 14 1 B 6 Font cartridges emulating 5 3 Font metrics files additional character encodings E 1 FONTS USED keyword 5 2 5 3 Form definitions 12 1 displaying the attributes of 12 1 invoking setup modules with 12 2 listing 12 1 specifying paper stock with 12 2 with ANSI files 5 2 12 2 Form defintions default 12
151. lication is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report UNSUP DEF AUTOTYPE data type is not supported as an AUTOMATIC data type assuming AUTOMATIC ANSI Explanation The default text data type defined by the DCPS queuename_ DEFAULT TRANSLATOR logical name is not a legal value Thelegal values are ANSI PROPRINTER and PCL User Action The system manager must redefine the logical name A 30 System Messages and Error Recovery UNSUP DEFTRANS data type is not supported as a Default Translator ANSI will be used Explanation The data type assumed by the DECprint Supervisor software as the default text data type is not valid The DECprint Supervisor software will use ANSI as the default data type User Action The system manager should correct the specification of the logical name DCPS queuename DEFAULT TRANSLATOR The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new definition to take effect UNSUPTAG File tagged as data syntax will not be printed Explanation The file contains a DDIF stored semantics tag that is not supported User Action You cannot print this type of file using the DECprint Supervisor software UNSUP USER AUTOTYPE data type is not supported as an AUTOMATIC data type assuming AUTOMATIC ANSI Explanation The user s PRINT command or the default queue parameter in the DCPS STARTUP COM command file specifies the DATA TYPE AUTOMATIC
152. lternate Margin alternation is part of the default processing for print jobs with the following print parameters e PARAMETERS SIDES TUMBLE e PARAMETERS SIDES ONE SIDED DUPLEX e PARAMETERS SIDES ONE SIDED TUMBLE Margin alternation is not performed as part of the default processing for print jobs with the following print parameters e PARAMETERS SIDES 1 e PARAMETERS SIDESZTWO SIDED SIMPLEX If you omit PARAMETERS SIDES from the PRINT command the margin alternation processing depends on the printer hardware refer to your printer owner s manual Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 3 11 1 3 Specifying and Omitting Borders The BORDERS option draws a border around each page Borders are useful for differentiating pages when you are printing a job using PRINT PARAMETERS NUMBER_UP If you use NUMBER UP the default is to draw borders You can turn off the borders using the NOBORDERS option Borders are drawn around actual pages only not around all page spots This feature allows you to distinguish between blank pages in a document and nonexistent pages Figure 11 1 shows four pages printed on a sheet without the borders option The command is PRINT PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 4 LAYUP DEFINITION NOBORDERS MYFILE MEM Figure 11 2 shows the same pages printed with borders which is the default action for print jobs with NUMBER UP The command is PRINT PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 4 MYFILE MEM 11 4 Using Layup to Mo
153. m 7 9 7 8 Native PCL Mode Concatenates Files 0 00 7 9 8 Printing Proprinter Files 8 1 Proprinter Translator Versus the Proprinter Printer 8 2 How DECprint Supervisor Recognizes Proprinter Files 8 3 Modifying the Default State of the Proprinter Translator 8 3 1 Creating a Setup Module for Proprinter Commands 8 4 Changing the Printable Area 1 eee 8 4 1 Proprinter Files That Do Not Fit on the Page 8 4 2 Specifying the Page Size for Proprinter Print Jobs 8 5 Specifying the Input Tray for Proprinter Print obs 8 6 Including Soft Fonts in Proprinter Print obs 0 00 eee sy ial Gels Sides an 5 ga an OWMDADODAARNNDA 9 Using the List Data Type 9 1 9 2 Usingthe List Data Type seem mes Rye cR x Y oe Using OpenVMS Forms with the List Data Type 10 Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 5 1 10 5 2 10 5 3 10 6 10 6 1 10 6 2 10 6 3 10 7 10 8 10 8 1 Printing Two Sided Documents sssee tee Specifying Landscape and Tumble Printing 0000eeeeae Specifying Multiple PostScript Files in Duplex Print J obs Specifying the Physical Sheet SiZe 6 ee Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet 005 Using NUMBER UP with Input Tray Selection Operators Using NUMBER UP with Pag
154. m Manager s Guide for more information about job separation pages For example to include a burst page before GROTON DAT but not before FARM DAT use the following command PRINT GROTON DAT BURST FARM DAT BY OWNER uic NOBY OWNER default Prints only files with the specified UIC user identification code The default action is to print files regardless of the UIC For example to print the files named FARM DAT that have the UIC MACDONALD use the following command PRINT BY OWNER MACDONALD FARM DAT PRINT Command Qualifiers B 3 CHARACTERISTICS characteristic Prints files on a printer that has been defined with the specified characteristics Use the SHOW QUEUE FULL command to list the characteristics for the print queue For example to print FARM DAT on a printer with a characteristic defined as REDINK use the following command PRINT CHARACTERISTICS REDINK FARM DAT CONFIRM NOCONFIRM default Sends a confirmation prompt for each file to which you can reply Yes or Noto allow or disallow printing of that file If you do not include this qualifier you receive no prompts to confirm printing of each file in the request For example to print files named GROTON with confirmation of each file use the following command PRINT CONFIRM GROTON PRINT DISK MACDONALD GROTON TXT 3 NO Y COPIESzn Allows you to request multiple copies of a file If you include this qualifier before the file specificat
155. meter PRESET resetting printer Explanation The printer controller detected an internal error It executes the power up sequence which effectively resets the printer and the PostScript interpreter User Action No user action is required PRHDWERR Print Engine hardware error Explanation There is a hardware error in the printer User Action Call HP Customer Services A 20 System Messages and Error Recovery PRINTERSTALLED Printer printer nameiis stalled Explanation You usually see this message when the printer is out of paper Sometimes PostScript commands that take a long time to execute cause this message User Action Check for previous printer messages that may indicate the reason for the stalled condition Refer to the DCPS System Manager s Guide for more information about stalled queues PRUNKERR Print Engine unknown error status Explanation There is a hardware error in the printer User Action Refer to the printer operator s guide or call HP Customer Services PRWRDWERR printer timed out Explanation The print engine reports no error condition but it is not yet ready to print after correcting a print engine error This state is temporary User Action No user action is required PSTERM Unexpected termination of PostScript interpreter Explanation The PostScript interpreter has a fatal error User Action Report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center PUNCHNOSUP Punching feature not supported
156. n A line contains both a negated option and a value for example NOALTERNATE LEFT Cannot negate option option Explanation An option that should not be negative is given as a negative value Cannot supply a value for option Explanation A value is given for an option that cannot take a value Could not find a number as a value Explanation The value given for an option cannot be understood by that option A 32 System Messages and Error Recovery Extra characters present after values Explanation Legitimate values for an option are followed by extra characters Must express a value for option option Explanation No value is given for an option that requires a value No option present Explanation A line is not blank but it also does not contain an option No values specified for option option Explanation A line contains an equal sign but no value Number must be greater than 1 Explanation The numeric values for an option are out of range for example PAGESPERSHEET 0 Page count must be less than 100 Explanation The GRID option must have positive values The product of the two values must be 100 or less Unrecognized keyword keyword Explanation The value given for a keyword cannot be understood Unrecognized option option Explanation A line does not contain a recognized option System Messages and Error Recovery A 33 B PRINT Command Qualifiers With the DECprint Supervisor you can print files on
157. n takes four values The values set the top bottom left and right margins for a sheet The numbers are interpreted as printer s points There are 72 points to an inch Always specify the values for sheet margins in the following order top bottom left and right Sheet margins are independent of whether the page is portrait or landscape orientation Positive values move toward the center of the page negative values move away from the center of the page Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 9 When you print using a layup definition file that uses the MARGINS option the page is scaled to fit on the area of the sheet that is left when margins are subtracted Therefore the size of text and graphics may be changed on the printed document to fit the margins you specify When pages are scaled the aspect ratio relationship of page height to page width is preserved Where there is space left it is equally divided on both sides of the page see Figure 11 5 Figure 11 5 Usable Sheet Area With MARGINS Option Usable m Usable x Top margin Right margin Usable Area Physical sheet y Left margin Bottom margin DE S Physical sheet x MLO 001474 If you specify the MARGINS option but do not specify any values layup uses a value of 36 for all four margins If you specify NOMARGINS the software uses the value 0 for all four margins The default margin setting is a 36
158. nd and solve problems with print jobs gather information about the print job as it is processed The following list describes some ways to gather the information e Include the NOTIFY qualifier in the PRINT command to ensure that all printing system messages are displayed on your terminal e Read the job trailer page if any This page is printed to separate print jobs and to record information about the print job If the print job indudes any messages the last of them are printed on the trailer page If your print job completed printing but the printing system was not able to follow its instructions exactly the messages on the trailer page reflect the action taken e Produce a job log page using the MESSAGES parameter with the PRINT keyword For example PRINT PARAMETERS MESSAGES PRINT MYFILE PS Store print job messages in a message log file Use the MESSAGES parameter with the KEEP keyword to create a log file that contains the print job messages For example PRINT PARAMETERS MESSAGES KEEP MYFILE PS e When the print job is completed or terminated a file is created in your login directory SY S LOGIN called DCPS J OB nnn LOG This file name contains the job number for job nnn 17 2 Interpreting Messages Interpreting print job messages can help you to solve print job problems and to submit more successful and efficient print jobs You should try to determine the source of messages Some messages come from the PostScr
159. nd of file Explanation Your file contains unsupported DDIF data User Action Make sure that your file contains only DDIF tags from the image data subset Then resubmit the job INVDDIFFILE Fileis not in DDIF format Explanation You submitted a file for printing with the DATA TYPE DDIF parameter but the file did not contain DDIF tags User Action Resubmit your printing job with the proper DATA TYPE parameter INVEXIT invalidexit Exit not in loop Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript operator exitserver User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report INVFILACC invalidfileaccess Bad file access string offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is s
160. ng ISOLatinlEncoding 256 array copy def mark 84177 82240 87244 872246 85254 82255 87256 872257 8 264 82270 87276 872320 8 336 82360 87376 8237 counttomark DECMCSEncoding exch questionmirror put repeat stack now contains mark 82250 currency 84327 OE 84335 Ydieresis 84367 oe 84375 ydieresis counttomark 2 idiv DECMCSEncoding 3 1 roll put repeat stack now contains mark cleartomark E 3 Using the Additional Encodings To use a character encoding other than the Adobe Standard Encoding follow these steps 1 Define a procedure encodefont for instance in the prologue of your PostScript program that applies an encoding vector to a font to create a new font Before invoking findfont your program calls encodefont to encode the font with the desired encoding vector The code for encodefont is as follows encodefont findfont dup Get the old font dict maxlength dict begin Make a new one just as big 1 index FID ne Copy everything but FID def pop pop ifelse forall Encoding exch def Install the new encoding dup FontName exch def New font dict is still current currentdict definefont Create the new font end bind def 2 Create your new font using the encodefont procedure The procedure takes three arguments e Name of the new font e Encoding vector e Name of the old font The encodefont procedure creates a new font with the new name and encoding and returns the new font Cho
161. ns The example file PROPRINTER FULL PAGE LUP is supplied in SY S COMMON SY SHLP E XAMPLES DCPS Ask your system manager to copy it to the DCPS LAYUP area if it is not already there Then you can specify the layup definition file in the PRINT command as follows PRINT file name PRO PARAMETERS LAYUP DEFINITION PROPRINTER FULL PAGE Printing Proprinter Files 8 7 The final output is illustrated in Figure 8 4 Figure 8 4 Proprinter Page Adjusted to Fit PostScript Page The DECprint Supervisor software translates the Proprinter file to PostScript for printing on the PostScript laser printer The laser printer cannot utilize 10096 of the sheet so the translator adjusts the format of the page to fit within the printable area This can cause problems if you are printing a document that uses the entire sheet The translator can cause a single Proprinter page to overflow to a second page To fix this problem 1 Include a Proprinter setup module that changes the translator to use the entire page Shrink the resulting page to fit in the printable area using one of the following qualifiers MR 6354 Al 8 4 2 Specifying the Page Size for Proprinter Print Jobs You can select the page size with the PARAMETERS PAGE SIZE qualifier All page size values are supported by the Proprinter translator The translator will print within the area of the page specified by the PAGE_SIZE parameter except for a small area around the edge of the
162. ntly from other types of files When you print more than one ANSI file in a print job the printer commands in the first file are not passed on to the second file You must use an ANSI setup module to pass printing attributes or include the print attributes in each file 5 2 Emulating ANSI Printers If your site has changed the printing system from ANSI printers to PostScript printers you can take advantage of the DE Cprint Supervisor software to print ANSI files that were created for ANSI printers on your new PostScript printers The DECprint Supervisor software automatically handles ANSI file printing in a way that emulates printing on ANSI printers If you need to modify the way that ANSI files are printed use any of the qualifiers in Table 5 1 to enhance your printed document Printing ANSI Files 5 1 Table 5 1 ANSI Print Qualifiers To modify this aspect Use this qualifier To get this effect Form feeds which are usually NOFEED Suppress automatic form feed insertion inserted into the ANSI document at the bottom of each page Header lines on each page HEADER Print the file name page number and file creation date at the top of each page Margin header and tab PASSALL Preserve the state of the file through processing printing without imposing margins headers or tab emulation on the printed document Single spaced documents SPACE Insert a blank line after each text line providing double spaced output
163. o be decimal unless otherwise noted Nondecimal radixes binary octal or hexadecimal are explicitly indicated XV 1 Printing Files 1 1 Overview To print files you need to do the following 1 Issue the PRINT command 2 Specify the name of the print queue 3 Add any command qualifiers you want 4 Include the name of the file you want to print For example PRINT QUEUE MYPRINTER PARAMETER DATA TYPE POSTSCRIPT SUMMER PS This example specifies e Queue name MYPRINTER e PostScript data type e Filename SUMMER PS The following sections show you some of the techniques you can use to print custom documents Printing Files 1 1 1 2 Selecting a Data Type To specify the data type of your print job use the DATA TYPE parameter qualifier For example PRINT QUEUE MYPRINTER PARAMETER DATA TYPE ASCII You can choose from any of the following data type parameters ASCII ANSI DDIF List PCL PostScript Proprinter ReGIS Tek4014 For more information about the various data types see Chapters 4 through Chapter 9 If you try to print to a printer model unsupported by DCPS the printer is dassified as an unrecognized printer and while printing is attempted it may not be successful DCPS has a generic HP class of printer to help in printing to new HP printer models When printing to an HP printer not recognized by DCPS a set of paper Sizes tray names and commands to select those trays known to work with HP
164. oints 72 units per inch width See Section 8 4 2 Any value is allowed 8 Ignore FF This determines whether form lor 0 feeds are ignored at the top of form Default 1 12 12 cpi comp There are three options 12 2 indicates 12 cpi 17 1 or 20 cpi Default 12 3 indicates 17 1 cpi 4 indicates 20 cpi 13 Code page Default 437 The code page value 437 or 850 14 AGM Default disabled lor 0 16 Left offset Default 18 points 1 4 in The left offset in points Any value is allowed 17 Top offset Default 36 points 1 2 in The top offset in points Any value is allowed This is the position of the baseline of the first line of the file 19 Characters Default 10 cpi lindicates 10 cpi per inch 2 indicates 12 cpi 3 indicates 17 1 cpi 4 indicates 20 cpi 5 indicates proportional 20 Emphasize Default 0 lor 0 21 Dbl Wide Default O single lor 0 22 Dbl High Default O single lor 0 Printing Proprinter Files 8 3 Table 8 2 Cont Proprinter Print Attributes Item Id Description Default Translator Value You Specify 23 Printer ID Number for use with ERDPR The printer ID number Default 23 24 9 wire or A flag that determines 9 wire 0 lor 0 24 wire or 24 wire 1 emulation This downloaded iS required so that appropriate fonts downloaded fonts are selected with ESC I Default 24 wire 25 Grey A flag that is true if bitmaps are lor 0 bitmaps printed dark gray 85 black Default O 26 Printer ID Numbe
165. ommand qualifiers used for controlling print jobs Appendix C lists PRINT command parameters used for specifying DCPS features and options Appendix D describes SoftF ont fonts Appendix E discusses using encoding vectors xiii e Glossary explains DCPS related terms Related Documents The primary source of information about DCPS is the following set of software manuals Table 1 DECprint Supervisor Documentation Software I nstallation Guide Describes how to install DCPS System Manager s Guide Describes how system managers data center operators and application programmers can create and manage DCPS print queues and solve printing problems User s Guide Describes how to use DCPS to print to PostScript printers Software Product Description Contains the full list of printers supported by DCPS SPD 44 15 xx and additional information about the features and requirements of DCPS V2 7 For additional information about HP OpenVMS products and services see the HP OpenVMS Systems website http www hp com go openvms Reader s Comments HP welcomes your comments on this manual Please send comments to openvmsdoc6hp com How to Order Additional Documentation For information about how to order additional documentation see the HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation Ordering page http www hp com go openvms doc order Conventions The following conventions may be used in this manual Ctrl x PF1x
166. on TIMOUT timeout Time limit exceeded Explanation A PostScript program executed beyond the time limit set by the system manager This can be caused by an unusually complex page definition or by an error in the PostScript application program that results in an infinite loop User Action If the error is a result of a complex page definition ask the system manager to change the value of the printer timeout limit If this error is the result of an infinite loop that occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error is the result of an infinite loop that occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript fileis in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report TNREND Print Engine toner supply is exhausted Explanation The printer is out of toner User Action Replace the toner cartridge and cleaning pad Refer to the instructions in the toner replacement kit or in the LNO3R ScriptPrinter Operator s Guide TONEROFL Toner collection container full Explanation The toner collection container is full User Action Following the directions in the toner kit remove the full toner container bottle and replace it with a new bottl
167. one page printed four pages per sheet enter the following command PRINT QUEUE PS IGUANA PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 4 7PAGES PS 1PAGE PS The first four pages of 7PAGES PS print on the first sheet The last three pages of 7PAGES PS and the first page of IPAGE PS print on the second sheet 10 10 Using Advanced Page Layouts To ensure that each new file in the multiple PostScript file job is started on a new sheet specify file separation pages using the BURST FLAG or TRAILER qualifier For example PRINT QUEUE PS40 A14 PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 4 FLAG FILE1 PS FILE2 PS 10 6 Printing a Range of Pages You can print a specific page or range of pages in a print job To print a specific range of pages from the print job indude the PAGE LIMIT parameter in the PRINT command and the range of pages For example to print only the 50th through the 100th page of a print job enter the following command PRINT PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT 50 100 MYFILE PS Note Quotation marks are required when the parameter value contains a comma as in this PAGE LIMIT parameter The pages you spedify do not correspond to the page numbers in the document They represent the number of pages that have been printed You can specify printing of just the last portion of this file by using the following command PRINT PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT 50 MYFILE PS This example instructs the DECprint Supervisor software to start printing at the 50th page in
168. orm the functions you specify in the print job If your printer does not have a capability you request for example two sided printing your print job may be terminated and a message displayed to inform you of the problem Some of the unique capabilities that may be available on your printer include e Two sided duplex printing e Variable paper sizes envelopes B size paper and so forth e Multiple input trays and input tray selection e Multiple output trays and output tray selection e Color printing In addition to these printer specific features make sure the type of media you request is loaded in the printer before you enter the PRINT command 10 1 Printing Two Sided Documents To select two sided printing use the SIDES parameter to the PRINT command The SIDES parameter provides the printing features listed in Table 10 1 Table 10 1 Values for SIDES Parameter Value Definition 1 ONE or Your job prints on one side of the sheet ONE SIDED SIMPLEX 2 TWO or Your job prints on both sides of the sheet The second side TWO SIDED DUPLEX is reached by turning the page about its left edge as in the binding of a book TUMBLE or Your job prints on both sides of the sheet and alternating TWO SIDED TUMBLE pages are rotated 180 degrees Figure 10 2 shows the format for two sided tumble printing The second side is reached by turning the page about its top edge as in some legal documents Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 1 Tab
169. ose any name for your new font You might choose a name that includes the name of the old font and the encoding vector E 2 Additional Character Encodings You can create and immediately use your new font or you can create the new font and use it later in your program For example to create and use a Times Roman font encoded with ISO Latin 1 use the following code Times Roman ISOLatinl ISOLatinlEncoding Times Roman encodefont 12 scalefont setfont To create and use the font separately in your program use this code Times Roman ISOLatinl ISOLatinlEncoding Times Roman encodefont pop Times Roman ISOLatinl findfont 12 scalefont setfont To use the DECMCS encoding you must also indude the device control library module LPS DECM CSEN CODING that defines this encoding vector The LPS DECMCSENCODING module provides encoding vectors only It does not define characters that were undefined in versions of PostScript lower than Version 40 Example E 1 shows how the DECM CS encoding vector is defined E 4 Including the DECMCS Encoding Module in a Print Job To use the DECMCS encoding modules specify the following PRINT SETUP LPSSDECMCSENCODING filename PS E 5 Defining ISO Latin 1 for Third Party Printers For PostScript printers that use a version of PostScript Level 1 lower than Version 40 you may need to define an ISO Latin 1 encoding vector to print PostScript files that use this encoding For example suppose you have a Post
170. ot loaded in the input tray that you requested User Action Do one of the following Load the desired paper in the specified input tray e Reenter the PRINT command specifying the paper size that is already loaded in the requested input tray e Reenter the PRINT command specifying the input tray that contains the paper size you require e Reenter the PRINT command specifying either the input tray or the paper size but not both SIZNOTSUP paper size size medium is not supported by printer name Explanation You requested a paper size that the printer does not support User Action Resubmit your job and request a supported paper size SPOOLBADDEVICE error in DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY device name Explanation The logical name DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY points to a directory on a device that is invalid User Action Correct the definition of the DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY logical name SPOOLBADDIR DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY directory not found Explanation The logical name DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY points toa non existant directory User Action Redefine the DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY logical name so that it refers to a directory that exists SPOOLERROR error creating spool filein DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY Explanation A temporary spool file could not be created in the directory referred to by the DCPS SPOOL DIRECTORY logical name User Action Determine the cause of the problem with the directory System Messages and Error Recovery A 23 SPOOLFILENOO
171. ou can also fax ANSI documents using the DEClaser 3500 fax option in addition to PostScript and text files as described above Documents consisting only of lines of printable ASCII characters can be sent as a text file following the instructions in SYS COMMON SY SHLP EXAMPLES DCPS FAX 3500 PRINTME PS or as an ANSI document as described below Documents containing tabs form feeds other control characters or ANSI escape sequences must be sent using the instructions below To fax an ANSI document a privileged OpenVMS user must first create a fax setup module which contains information about the fax recipient Once the setup module exists you use the PRINT SETUP command to send ANSI documents to the recipient 1 Create a fax settings file that includes fax information for a particular recipient Use SYS COMMON SYSHL P EXAMPLES DCPS DL 3500 SEND FAX PS PS or DL3500 SEND FAX PS SENDPS PS as a template depending on whether you are sending a fax to a standard CCITT fax machine or a PostScript fax device such as the DEClaser 3500 2 Have your system manager create a custom PostScript device control library if your site does not already have one LIBRARY CREATE TEXT SYS COMMON SYSLIB library name where library nameis the name you have chosen for your library 3 The system manager should ensure that the DCPS LIB logical name points to both the DCPS device control library DCPS DEVCTL and your custom device control library or libraries
172. ound offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error f the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report UNKDATATYPE Unknown data type string or translator not available Explanation The DECprint Supervisor software does not recognize the DATA TYPE parameter specified in the PRINT command or the indicated translator could not be found or started User Action Check the PRINT command correct the DATA TYPE parameter and resubmit your request If the DATA TYPE parameter is valid have your system manager check that the TRN translator files listed in the DCPS Rdease Notes are in the correct location on your system and have WORLD RE protection Also have your system manager check process related quotas and resources for the SYSTEM account if your system is using multistreamed DCPS print symbionts UNKFILTAG File tag is unknown Tag value number Explanation The file contains a DDIF
173. our print request To receive operator messages you need operator OPER privileges and must execute the REPLY ENABLE PRINTER command You then receive the operator messages that apply to your host system System Messages and Error Recovery A 1 Note To system managers To receive operator messages ensure that OPCOM is running Start OPCOM by issuing the command QSYSSSYSTEM STARTUP OPCOM Start OPCOM before executing the REPLY ENABLE PRINTER command DCPS system messages have one of the following formats fac s ident text fac s ident text Code Meaning The prefix for all primary messages The prefix for all continuation messages fac The facility code which should be DCPS S The severity level of the message ident An abbreviation of the message text text The expanded text of the message The severity levels of DECprint Supervisor system messages are defined as follows Code Meaning Success successful completion of the request Informational may require user action Warning request may not have completed and may require user action Error system encountered an error that may be recoverable Fatal system encountered a fatal error and cannot continue processing this request mmz u A 2 Message Descriptions The following messages are alphabetized by the ident portion of the messages ignoring any underscores that may be present The message prefix facili
174. p definition file the last setting in the file is used Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 13 e Ask your system manager to store the layup definition file in a system area pointed to by the logical name DCPS LAYUP see the DCPS System Manager s Guide Some examples of layup definition files are provided with the DECprint Supervisor software and are described in Section 11 2 1 11 2 1 Sample Layup Definition Files The first three layup definition files in this section are induded with the DECprint Supervisor software They are located in the directory SYS COMMON SYSHL P EXAMPLES DCPS The following sample layup definition file is for a print job that is printed one page to a sheet It sets a wide left margin so the pages can be hole punched It does not alternate the margins and it turns off borders LPSSSINGLEHOLES LUP specifies a larger left margin to allow for hole punching This file is for single sided printing noborders margins 19 19 60 19 noalternate The following sample layup definition file is for a print job that is going to be copied double sided and then hole punched It alternates the larger margin It turns off the borders since it is intended for jobs that are printed one page to a sheet LPSSDOUBLEHOLES LUP specifies a larger left margin to allow for hole punching This file is for double sided printing noborders margins 19 19 60 19 alternate left The following sam
175. p is not authorized to access the port connected to the printer Your connection request is rejected User Action Enable the group for the port and start the queue again LRJ ACCESSREJ ECT Immediate access is rejected Explanation This LAT message indicates that you cannot access LAT services at the moment User Action None The printing system tries again later LRJ CORRUPT Corrupted request Explanation This LAT message indicates that your connection request for LAT services was corrupt and therefore rejected User Action Restart the queue later LRJ DELETED Queue entry deleted by server Explanation This LAT message indicates that the LAT device deleted your queue entry and terminated your LAT connection User Action Restart the queue and send the print job again A 14 System Messages and Error Recovery LRJ DISABLE Service is disabled Explanation This LAT message indicates that the LAT service node software is disabled User Action Restart the queue after the LAT service node is enabled LRJ ILLEGAL Illegal request parameters Explanation This LAT message indicates that an internal printer error has occurred User Action Report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center LRJ INUSE Port of service in use Explanation This LAT message indicates that the port you selected is in use User Action None The printing system retries the operation later LR NAMEUNKNOWN Port Name is unknown
176. pecify only form names that have been defined by the system manager If the stock type required for the form is not mounted the print job is placed in a pending state and is released when the printer has the required stock type loaded For example to print GROTON RPT with form type SHORT REPORT use the following command PRINT FORM SHORTSREPORT GROTON RPT HEADER NOHEADER default Prints a header line with file name page number and file creation date at every page break The header information is not inserted automatically you must specify HEADER to obtain header lines in the output You can disable header line insertion using the NOHEADER qualifier For example to print FARM DAT with header lines use the following command PRINT HEADER FARM DAT HOLD NOHOLD default Specifies whether the print job should begin immediately or be held until a SET ENTRY RELEASE command releases the job for printing If you omit this qualifier the print job is not held automatically To hold a print job until the SET ENTRY RELEASE command releases the job use the following command PRINT HOLD FARM DAT IDENTIFY default NOIDENTIFY Specifies whether to display the print queue and print job s entry number when the print job is queued IDENTIFY is the default action For example to suppress the display of the print queue and print job entry number when printing FARM DAT use the following command PRIN
177. pecifying the number of pages to print on each sheet of paper setting margins and using borders around pages Page layup adjustments can be specified in two ways You can include layup options directly in the PRINT command line or you can include a layup definition filein the print job 11 1 1 Specifying Layup in the Print Job You can indude a layup definition file in the print job using the following command format PRINT file name PS PARAMETERS LAYUP DEFINITION layup file In the PRINT command line include the name of the layup definition file for layup file but do not include the file type LUP You can directly specify one or more layup options in the PRINT command by induding them in the LAYUP DEFINITION parameter as shown here PRINT PARAMETERS LAYUP NOBORDERS NUMBER UP 2 This command is useful for disabling borders when using the NUMBER UP parameter When you provide layup options directly using the LAYUP DEFINITION parameter you must include the quotation marks and the parentheses to distinguish the options from a layup definition file name The layup options are listed in Table 11 1 Table 11 1 Layup Definition File Options Layup Option Operation Performed Reference ALTERNATE Exchanges a pair of margins on alternate Section 11 1 2 sheets BORDERS Draws a border around each page Section 11 1 3 FIRSTPAGE Specifies the first page spot print location Section 11 1 4 where a page will be printe
178. perand stack overflow offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed a stack overflow condition while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report STKUFLO stackunderflow Operand stack underflow offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter detected an error in the file User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center A 24 System Messages and Error Recovery If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report STPNOSUP Stapling feature not supported for product name printer Ex
179. planation The printer does not support stapling User Action Print to a printer that has a stapler installed STPOUTTRAY Selected output tray does not support stapling Explanation The output tray you specified cannot be used for stapling User Action Specify an output tray that supports stapling with the OUTPUT TRAY parameter STPPOSNOSUP Stapling position not supported for orientation and feed direction Explanation The printer cannot put a staple where you have requested User Action Load the paper in a different feed direction if supported for that paper size or choose a different page orientation STPSIZENOSUP Stapling not supported for sheet_size size paper and feed direction Explanation The printer cannot staple your job because the paper size and or paper feed direction is not supported for stapling User Action Load the paper in a different feed direction if supported for that paper size SYNERR syntaxerror Input ended in string or procedure body offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed a syntax error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript it indicates an error in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file
180. ple layup definition file is for jobs that are printed with more than one page to a sheet for example a job printed with NUMBER UP 6 This file uses borders to differentiate pages It leaves a wide left margin but does not alternate margins LPSSNUP LUP specifies a variation for 2 up printing A larger left margin is specified to allow for hole punching This file is for single sided printing borders margins 19 19 60 19 The following sample layup definition file is for jobs that print one page per sheet It maintains the full size of the page image but allows a wide margin for hole punching by using a negative right margin The negative right margin moves some of the page image off the physical sheet so this layup definition file is good only for pages that have page margins LPS ShiftForHoles LUP specifies a wide left margin for hole punching without scaling down the size of the page image The negative margin means some of the page image is off the physical sheet It is meant for printing one page per sheet noborders margins 0 0 60 60 11 14 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 3 Layup Error Notification Errors in layup definition files are returned with the identification BADLAYDEF To display the error messages on your terminal use the NOTIFY qualifier in the PRINT command line To print or keep error messages use the MESSAGES parameter to the PRINT PARAMETERS command Error messages use
181. plied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report DICTSTKOV dictstackoverflow Too many begins Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed too many begins without corresponding ends User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report DICTSTKUF dictstackunderflow Too many ends Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed too many ends without corresponding begins User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report DISABLED PrintServer is currently disabled and cannot accept jobs Explanat
182. pplication can have these protocols induded in the files These protocols can be quite useful in some environments but sometimes cause problems for DCPS or for printers other than the type for which the document was created A brief description of PJ L and TBCP is included below followed by instructions to prevent problems with DCPS 7 6 1 Description of PJL and TBCP PJ L is a command language that allows job level printer control TBCP is a communications protocol for the serial LAT and parallel ports of a printer It allows 8 bit binary data in files concurrent with the use of some control characters for communications and print job control You cannot print TBCP to printers that do not support TBCP or to ports other than the serial LAT or parallel ports for printers When an application is creating files for printing to printers that support PJ L or TBCP the files can indude PJ L and TBCP 7 6 2 Steps to Prevent Problems with DECprint Supervisor When printing files that include PJ L DCPS strips any PJ L code from the file This process allows DCPS to use PJ L to switch print protocols in the printer and enables the printing of these files on printers that do not support PJ L If the interconnect to the printer is not serial or LAT the file must not use the TBCP DCPS does not remove TBCP characters 7 6 2 1 Preventing Problems with PostScript When an application is generating PostScript output use the following guidelines Whe
183. print queue by using the SHOW QUEUE command Note Remote nodes in the network may have print queues sending jobs to the same printer but queues on those nodes are not displayed To see all of your print jobs in a queue enter the SHOW QUEUE command followed by the name of the print queue SHOW QUEUE LPS40 A10 Printer queue LPS40 A10 on LEVEL A10 mounted form DCPS DEFAULT Stock DEFAULT Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 96 MEMO MSMITH 114 Holding until 27 MAR 2009 17 00 If you wish to see print jobs belonging to all users and you have sufficient privileges to do so use the SHOW QUEUE ALL command You can list all the queues in the system by entering the SHOW QUEUE command with no queue name Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues 2 3 You can use the following qualifiers to specify the type of information to display about a queue or queues SHOW QUEUE Qualifier Displays ALL JOBS All the print jobs in a queue If you do not include this qualifier the SHOW QUEUE command displays your print jobs in the queue BRIEF A short summary about one or more print jobs This is the default display if you do not indude the FULL qualifier BY JOB STATUS keyword Print jobs that have the status you specify for the keyword The status types are listed in Table 2 1 FILES The file names of the files in each print job displayed FORM Information about the form
184. print queue associated with a specific physical printing output device facedown A method of stacking printer output where the paper is stacked front side down faceup A method of stacking printer output where the paper is stacked front side up file extension The portion of the file name following the period In the file MYFILE TXT the file extension is TXT file separation pages Pages printed before and after each file is printed File separation pages can be enabled and disabled with the PRINT command Seealso job separation pages finisher A part of a printer often optional that allows print jobs to be punched or stapled automatically flag page An optional page that precedes each file or job that is printed The flag page contains information about the printer and the print job induding any message from the PRINT NOTE qualifier file type See file extension font The artistic representation of a typeface that describes a set of characters rendered in a particular point size weight and style font cartridge A physical memory cartridge that contains a family of fonts used to add font choices on an LNO3 printer or DEClaser printer The DECprint Supervisor software emulates this feature using the soft font kits See also soft font font file A data file that contains information used to reproduce a specific font Glossary 3 Glossary 4 generic queue The logical printer queue that accepts the print job f
185. printers are used Therefore features not available with an unrecognized printer are probably available with an generic HP printer These features include tray selection and use of the printer s native PCL interpreter 1 3 Printing Two Sided Documents Some PostScript printers can print on two sides of each sheet of paper also known as duplex printing You can print a document on both sides of the paper if you include the SI DES 2 parameter in the PRINT command For example PRINT PARAMETERS SIDES 2 MYFILE PS If the printer does not support two sided printing your print job is terminated and the following message is displayed DCPS E DPLXNOSUP printer name does not support duplex printing See Figure 1 1 for an example of a two sided document 1 2 Printing Files Figure 1 1 Two Sided Printing 10 2 Message Descriptions MLO 001750 1 4 Specifying Landscape and Portrait Orientation To specify the page orientation use the PAGE ORIENTATION parameter with either the PORTRAIT or LANDSCAPE keyword For example PRINT PARAMETERS PAGE ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE MYFILE TXT Note Do not use this parameter with PostScript and DDIF files because these types of files already contain printing instructions that include orientation If you include the PAGE ORIENTATION parameter for these types of files your specification is ignored and the print job is printed following the instructions in the file
186. printing the job User Action None KEYNOTREC The keyword value in the PARAMETERS qualifier was not recognized Explanation The DECprint Supervisor software detected an invalid keyword in the PARAMETERS qualifier of the PRINT command User Action Check the syntax of the parameter you entered Resubmit the print request with the correct keyword KIT EXPIRED This version of DCPS has expired Explanation The version of DCPS you are running is a field test version and has expired User Action Upgrade your system to a released version or later field test version of DCPS A 12 System Messages and Error Recovery LAYUPIGNORED layup definition parameter ignored since Number U p 0 was specified Explanation You specified NUMBER_UP 90 with layup definition which disables layup User Action f you want to use a layup definition file specify a nonzero value for NUMBER UP or do not use the NUMBER UP parameter The default is NUMBER UP LAYUPOPENERR Can t open layup definition file filename Explanation The layup definition file you specified in the PRINT command is not in the DCPS LAY UP directory or the DCPS LAYUP logical is not defined User Action Check the spelling of the layup definition file name and try the command again LAYUPREADERR Read error on layup definition file filename Explanation The layup definition file you spedified in the PRINT command is not in DCPS LAYUP or DCPS LAYUP is not defined User Action
187. r for use with ERSIC The printer ID number Default 3 27 Alternate A flag that determines whether lor 0 dots alternate dots are dropped in certain graphics modes Default 0 8 3 1 Creating a Setup Module for Proprinter Commands The front panel mode commands affect the way a file is printed if the commands are in a setup module and the setup module is specified with the file in the PRINT command To use front panel commands to affect a print job use the following procedure 1 Create a setup module that includes the necessary front panel mode commands 2 Ask your system manager to insert the setup module into a Proprinter device control library 3 Print the file specifying the setup module and the file For example PRINT QUEUE PS A14 PARAMETERS DATA TYPE PROPRINTER _ SETUP module name file name DAT The system manager can indude the setup module in a form definition which can be associated with a queue by default In this case you need only specify the data file name and the queue name in the PRINT command For example to change the default character set of the translator from code page 437 character set 1 to code page 850 character set 2 create a setup module that contains the following escape sequence Escape Sequence Format ESC ETX NUL CR R ETX ESC STX NUL ENQ STX Decimal Values 027 096 003 000 013 082 003 027 096 002 000 005 002 Note These examples show spaces between the elements of
188. r will not save system overhead or processing time because the DECprint Supervisor software must process the entire print job from the beginning in order to print selected pages 10 6 3 Using PAGE LIMIT on Two Sided Print Jobs When you use the PAGE LIMIT parameter with duplex two sided print jobs the software ignores the respective positions of left verso and right recto pages The first page you specify with the PAGE LIMIT parameter will always be a recto page Note To successfully print with PAGE LIMIT on both sides of the paper and maintain the positions of recto and verso pages you must specify a recto page for the first page to print The maximum PAGE LIMIT value for either the starting or ending page is 999999 10 7 Specifying the Logical Page Size Certain types of files contain instructions for the size of the page that will be printed The application that generates PostScript files for example assumes a certain media size and generates PostScript data to create pages of that size Note however that the logical page size specified in the file differs from the physical size of a sheet of paper You specify the physical sheet size using the SHEET SIZE parameter Use the PAGE SIZE parameter to specify the logical page size for files that do not have instructions for the page size If you do not specify SHEET SIZE in your PRINT command the PAGE SIZE value is assumed to be the physical sheet size as well
189. ray defined at the start of the example file is expanded three levels deep The innermost version of the array is represented simply as array 16 4 Reading Error Handler Output When an error occurs the error handler executes a showpage command to print the last partial page of output see Example 16 1 It also gives the following information Q Thename of the error ThePostScript operator that encountered the error The contents of the operand stack The error handler displays the value of each object on the stack with numbers in decimal All elements of arrays and procedures are displayed recursively to a maximum depth of three levels Indicators describe other objects for example savelevel for a save object The first item displayed is the object on the top of the stack Q The contents of the execution stack The execution stack contains partial procedures that are being executed The top object is a procedure that contains the operators and operands still to be executed The second object is the unexecuted part of the calling procedure Q Information about the graphics state Current transformation matrix Color a currentgray value Current position Line width Line cap 16 2 Using the Error Handler to Debug Line join Flatness Miter limit Dash pattern When you find an error in the PostScript code you should modify the application that produced the file or inform the applications programmer of the problem
190. re ignored when you use the REMOTE qualifier For example to print GROTON DAT on a printer on node AGRO use the following command PRINT REMOTE AGRO MACDONALD GROTON DAT RESTART NORESTART default Requests that the print job be automatically restarted if the printer jams or stops A print job with multiple files or copies that depends on passing the PostScript parameters from one file to the next may not be restarted successfully See Section 1 5 Do nat use RESTART with printer jobs when you Request multiple PostScript files that do not reset the PostScript state e Print multiple copies of PostScript files that do not reset the PostScript state e Specify one of the following parameters J PARAMETERS LAYUP DEFINITION PARAMETERS NUMBER_UP Refer to Chapter 11 and Section 1 6 respectively for information about these parameters on restarted print jobs For example to ensure that the print job for FARM DAT in print queue ANSIS PSPRINT will be restarted use the following command PRINT RESTART QUEUE ANSISPSPRINT FARM DAT PRINT Command Qualifiers B 9 RETAIN option Specifies the circumstances under which you want your jobs to be retained in a queue When a job is retained in the queue you can issue the SHOW QUEUE command after the job completes to see the status of the job Without job retention no record of a job is left in a queue after a job completes Use the following options to spe
191. receded by two slashes A real object is represented by a decimal number with a decimal point and at least one digit after the decimal point A save object is represented by savelevel A string object is represented by the ASCII text of the string in parentheses just as the string would be entered in a PostScript file The PostScript language may be extended to include new data formats that are unknown to the error handler Data in unknown formats is represented as two question marks followed by the name of the unknown data format Using the Error Handler to Debug 16 3 16 6 Determining Where the Error Occurred It may be impossible to determine exactly where in the PostScript stream the error occurred because the execution stack may not uniquely identify the context In this case you can add diagnostics information to the PostScript file For example if the error appears to be related to a showpage definition modify your PostScript code as follows myshowpage At the top of my showpage n print flush some PostScript code Just before real showpage call n print flush showpage def 16 4 Using the Error Handler to Debug 17 Solving Printing Problems This chapter describes how to interpret messages and solve problems with printing on PostScript printers If the problem cannot be solved without privileged authority see your system manager for help 17 1 Displaying and Saving Error Messages To detect understa
192. rectory specifications and for a substring specification in an assignment statement In command format descriptions vertical bars separate choices within brackets or braces Within brackets the choices are optional within braces at least one choice is required Do not type the vertical bars on the command line In command format descriptions braces indicate required choices you must choose at least one of the items listed Do not type the braces on the command line Bold type represents the introduction of a new term It also represents the name of an argument an attribute or a reason Italic type indicates important information complete titles of manuals or variables Variables include information that varies in system output Internal error number in command lines OPRODU CER 2name and in command parameters in text where dd represents the predefined code for the device type This typeface indicates code examples command examples and interactive screen displays In text this type also identifies URLs UNIX commands and pathnames PC based commands and folders and certain elements of the C programming language Uppercase type indicates a command the name of a routine the name of a file or the abbreviation for a system privilege A hyphen at the end of a command format description command line or code line indicates that the command or statement continues on the following line All numbers in text are assumed t
193. ries are special device control libraries used with DCPS check with your system manager or correlate the TLB file names with the libraries and library search lists associated with the LIBRARY qualifier for your system s DCPS print queues DIRECTORY SYSSLIBRARY TLB 13 2 2 Displaying the Contents of a Setup Module To see the instructions that a setup module contains follow these steps 1 Extract the setup module from the device control library The following example extracts the setup module DI ON from DCPS DEVCTL TLB and renames it MYSETUP TXT in the user s directory LIBRARY EXTRACT DI ON OUTPUT MYSETUP TEXT SYSSLIBRARY DCPS DEVCTL 2 Type or edit the setup module to display its contents For example TYPE MYSETUP TXT The setup module DI ON enables the DECimage image enhancement feature and contains the following instructions d eps DI Ql e2 enn ene statusdict begin false setDECimage end systemdict languagelevel known languagelevel 1 ifelse 2 ge currentpagedevice Install get exec if statusdict begin true setDECimage end Note Some setup modules contain escape sequences or graphics which cannot be displayed when you type the file 13 3 Creating a Setup Module To create a setup module follow these steps 1 Create a setup module that includes the necessary escape sequences or PostScript operators 2 Ask your system manager to insert the setup module into a device control library 3 Print th
194. rint DDIF bitonal image files on the PrintServer 17 turbo PrintServer 20 and PrintServer 32 printers using the I mage interpreter Note The Image interpreter is not used if PostScript Level 2 is present If your print job includes one of the following parameters the I mage interpreter is not used to print the document PARAMETERS LAYUP DEFINITION PARAMETERS NUMBER UP Instead the file is translated to PostScript for printing to provide the feature specified by the parameter value 6 1 Improvements to Image Printing Two factors make printing images a relatively slow process in a standard network environment 1 Because a PrintServer printer in a standard environment handles only PostScript files the files must be converted to PostScript format at the user s node and then processed at the PrintServer printer by the PostScript interpreter software 2 Because PostScript Level 1 image files are large it is time consuming to send them across the network to the printer The DCPS software provides faster image printing capability because it e Enables an image capable printer to print DDIF bitonal images eliminating the need for conversion to PostScript Level 1 and processing by the PostScript interpreter e Makes use of decompression hardware built into the printer e Allows compressed data to be transmitted across the network The compressed data reaches the printer faster The DECprint Supervisor product v
195. rint Supervisor software checks for syntax and value limits at the time the file is printed not when the PRINT command is first entered If a print job contains an error in the parameters it is aborted and an error message is displayed on your terminal if you induded the NOTIFY qualifier in the PRINT command C 3 Order of Defaulting for Parameters Print parameters can be specified in the PRINT command or as default queue parameters in the printer startup file If a parameter is not specified the standard printer default value is used The value for a parameter specified in a PRINT command takes precedence over the value of the default queue parameter The default queue parameter for a generic queue supersedes the default queue parameter defined for the execution queue However if there is a syntax error in the generic queue definition the default queue parameter for the execution queue is used Refer to the DCPS System Manager s Guide for information about setting up default queue parameters PRINT Command Parameters C 3 D SoftFont Kits for Emulating Font Cartridges Table D 1 lists the font cartridges for LNO3 and DEClaser printers for printing ANSI files You can print these ANSI files on PostScript printers using the DECprint Supervisor software and the appropriate SoftF ont kits as described in Table D 1 See Section 5 2 for more information about printing ANSI files Use the following module names with the PPARAMETERS FONTS USE
196. rom the user and directs it to the appropriate execution queue gray scale A method of printing photographs on PostScript printers host The computer system that provides services and management of printers image file A file containing a picture or graphic image to be printed job The print job job log page An optional log page that contains messages from the system during printing job separation pages J ob burst pages job flag pages and job trailer pages optionally available on print queues to record information about the print job J ob separation pages are included as part of the queue These pages are useful for manually separating printer output landscape orientation Paper orientation in which text is read parallel to the long side of the paper layup A feature of the DECprint Supervisor software that allows you to control the mapping of pages to sheets You can control the placement of the pages on the sheet and the number of pages to be printed on each sheet layup definition file A file stored in a directory defined by DCPS LAYUP which you may include with your print job to specify page layup logical page An indivisible image to be printed network printer A printer that is accessible from multiple nodes in the same network network printing A configuration of printers on a network that allows several users to share a printer and to access it from network nodes such as PCs and host systems NIC
197. s 1 3 1 2 Landscape Orientation ees 1 4 1 3 Printing Four Pages to a Sheet NUMBER UPz4 1 6 7 1 How DCPS Processes PCL Files 0 cece tees 7 2 8 1 Proprinter Default Printable Area ilie 8 5 8 2 Proprinter Page on Two PostScript Pages 0 00es 8 6 8 3 Proprinter Page TooLong iea a e aea es 8 7 8 4 Proprinter Page Adjusted to Fit PostScript Page 05 8 8 9 1 List Data Type QUTDU ss s icas iai ioon ai aoa ia a aa ee 9 2 10 1 Landscape Orientation with Two Sided Printing 10 3 10 2 Portrait Orientation with Two Sided Tumble Printing 10 4 10 3 Landscape Orientation with Two Sided Tumble Printing 10 5 10 4 Printing Four Pages to a Sheet NUMBER_UP 4 10 8 10 5 Portrait Orientation with NUMBER_UP 2 10 9 10 6 Landscape Orientation with NUMBER_UP 2 10 10 11 1 NUMBER_UP 4 Without Borders 2 000 e eee eee 11 5 11 2 NUMBER_UP 4 With Borders sssee eee 11 6 11 3 NUMBER_UP 8 Without FIRSTPAGE 0 005 11 8 viii 11 4 11 5 11 6 11 7 15 1 Tables 1 1 2 1 5 1 5 2 5 3 7 4 72 8 1 8 2 8 3 10 1 10 2 11 1 11 2 11 3 121 13 4 13 2 13 3 15 1 15 2 18 1 B 1 C D 1 D 2 NUMBER_UP With FIRSTPAGE 000 eee Usable Sheet Area With MARGINS Option 44 PAGEORDER Options Landscape Orientation
198. s Continue you must also press the CONTINUE button on the printer to resume printing To avoid having to press the printer button set the printer s PostScript timeout setting to a value of O 18 6 4 Jobs May Not Issue Failure Notifications J obs that are printed with the NOTIFY qualifier and fail may not issue failure messages You will however get a DCPS error page printed when such errors occur 18 7 DIGITAL Laser Printer LN17 ps and LN17 ps The DIGITAL Laser Printer LN174ps is an upgrade to the DIGITAL LN17ps printer References in the DCPS documentation to the DIGITAL LN17ps printer also apply to the DIGITAL Laser Printer LN174ps 18 7 1 Output May Be Clipped on the LN17ps Printer output on the LN 17ps might be dipped when the following conditions are met e You specified an INPUT TRAY value of FRONT or MULTIPURPOSE e You specified a sheet size e The imageable area of the requested sheet size was larger than the console specified size for the manual tray To avoid such clipping use INPUT _TRAY MANUAL FEED When you specify an INPUT_TRAY value of FRONT or MULTIPURPOSE for the LN17ps along with a sheet size DCPS requires you to specify the sheet size that matches the console specified manual size 18 6 Printer Specific Information 18 8 DIGITAL Laser Printer LN40 18 8 1 Jogging and Collation The following problems can be seen on the DIGITAL Laser Printer LN40 printer when the printer console setting OFFSET STACKING
199. s from one file may be printed on the same sheet with pages from another file All other types of files automatically start on a new sheet Use the following command to print two PostScript files using both sides of the sheet PRINT QUEUE PS A14 PARAMETERS SIDES 2 FILE1 PS FILE2 PS If FILE1 PS has three pages page 1 is printed on the front of the first sheet page 2 is printed on the back of the first sheet and page 3 is printed on the front of the next sheet Then page 1 of FILE2 PS is printed on the back of that sheet and so on To begin printing each new file on a new sheet use the FLAG BURST or TRAILER qualifier to print a file separation page between files For example the following command prints FILE1 PS and FILE2 PS and includes a flag page between each file PRINT QUEUE PSSDUPLEX PARAMETERS SIDES 2 FLAG FILE1 PS FILE2 PS 10 4 Specifying the Physical Sheet Size You can specify the size of the physical sheet or type of media on which to print your file The DECprint Supervisor software may assume this information automatically from the e Information inside the file e Printer s default input tray e Logical page size specified in the PRINT command see Section 10 7 You can explicitly request a certain sheet size by including the SHEET SIZE parameter in your PRINT command to specify a value that describes the physical media size For example PRINT PARAMETERS SHEET SIZE A4 MYFILE PS To list the val
200. s in a file are ignored if the file is printed with a NUMBER UP value greater than 1 If you include the NOTIFY qualifier in the PRINT command a message is displayed to inform you of this action Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 7 Figure 10 4 Printing Four Pages to a Sheet NUMBER UPz4 10 1 1 Message Format Code Meaning The prefix to all primary me Chapter 10 The prefix to all continuation messages PrintServer System Messages s Thes vel of the message ident An abbreviation of the n 10 12 Severity Level The severity levels of PrintServer messages are listed here 10 1 System Message Overview ssful completion of th Informational may or may not requi ction jest may not have completed and may require and n Thi with the LPS facility designation For description of other PrintServer System Messages 10 1 102 PrintServer System Messages CANTCHECKPNT Checkpointed job jobnumber is requested User Action Check the printed output If it is not complete resubmit the job CANTUSETRN Translator from data type to PostScript is unusable ommand is string Explanatio nsed this error while tying le Pe mand represented by string of this manual Explanation An invalid p has been sent to the printer Is there a diffe sen this and the PrintServer System Messages 10 3 MLO 001798 10 5 2 Using NUMBER UP with Page Orientation When you print using NUMBE
201. s that are defined see Chapter 12 FULL Information about the print job including job status and files to be printed SUMMARY A short message about the status of the queue and the print jobs in the queue 2 3 Deleting a Print Job You can remove a print job from the queue by using the DELETE ENTRY command If the print job is being printed this command terminates printing and deletes the print job If the system manager sets up the queue to retain print jobs your print job remains in the queue after you use the DELETE ENTRY command In this case use the DELETE ENTRY command twice to remove the job from the queue Indude the job number of the print job to be deleted after the DELETE ENTRY command For example DELETE ENTRY 96 Job MEMO queue LP40 A10 entry 96 terminated with error status JBC F JOBDELETE job deleted before execution SDELETE entry 96 aborting or deleted 2 4 Modifying a Print Job You can modify a print job that has not started printing You can change the queue for the print job or any of the print job attributes that you specified in the PRINT command You cannot modify a print job that has begun printing Use the SET ENTRY command to modify the status queue or attributes of a print job Specify the job number and any qualifiers in the SET ENTRY command The following example shows how to change the print queue for print job number 318 To spedify the new queue use the SET ENTRY command with
202. scape sequence ESC E or have a file extension identified as a PCL data type are automatically recognized as PCL files 7 4 Changing the Input Tray A PCL file may contain instructions to select the printer input tray on a Hewlett Packard Laser et IID printer When you print this file on a different type of printer the print job will fail if the specified input tray is not available You can modify the print job to redefine the input tray selection command using a PostScript setup module You can create a PostScript setup module to redefine the appropriate PostScript operators changing the selected input tray The following example shows a PostScript setup module to select PostScript tray 3 for the upper input tray and PostScript tray 1 for the bottom input tray settoptray statusdict begin 3 setpapertray end def setbottomtray statusdict begin 1 setpapertray end def Input tray values are specific to the printer Refer to the PostScript documentation for your printer to determine the numbers for the available trays 7 6 Printing PCL Files The input tray selection commands and the PostScript operators to which the PCL translator converts them are listed in Table 7 2 The translator uses the default setpapertray value if no other value has been defined A setup module with a different value overrides the default value Table 7 2 PCL to PostScript Input Tray Command Mapping PCL Commands PostScript Extension Operator Defa
203. sistent with the numbers molded into the plastic beside the bins The 5SiM X console in contrast refers to these same bins as numbers two through nine 18 8 Printer Specific Information 18 14 HP Color LaserJet 2500 LaserJet 2100 and 2200 18 14 1 Media Size Not Selectable The HP Color Laser et 2500 and Laser et 2100 and 2200 printers cannot detect the size of paper in their trays Therefore the following restrictions apply when using DCPS with this printer e Itis not possible to select media by paper size e f paper of a different size than the default is loaded in a tray its size will be considered as the default size For example if the default printer paper size is letter a legal size document will be truncated to letter size when printing on legal size paper To avoid printing on the wrong size paper set the tray with the default paper size unlocked and set all other trays locked 18 15 HP LaserJet 4200 4300 9000 and 9000 MFP 18 15 1 Stapling Output trays STACKER and STAPLER refer to the same physical tray included with the printer s optional finisher The preferred way to specify stapling is with the DCPS parameter STAPLE which offers four different staple positions and takes page orientation into account when determining staple position Therefore when specifying stapled output with the STAPLE parameter use OUTPUT TRAY STACKER If you specify OUTPUT TRAY STAPLER the printer will staple output by de
204. stScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error f the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report IOERROR System I O error occurred offending command is string Explanation The ScriptPrinter printer sensed an I O error as a result of a communication fault User Action Resubmit the job to be printed If the error occurs again examine the communications line for hardware data rate or parity framing problems IPHOSTUNKNOWN unknown or invalid internet host Explanation The printer s internet host name is unknown or invalid User Action Check that you have specified the correct host name If it is correct see if the ping internet host utility can communicate with the printer You may have a problem with your network or name server If the problem has occurred since your system was rebooted ensure that the DCPS STARTUP COM procedure has commands to initialize the associated DCPS queue and that DCPS STARTUP COM will run whenever your system reboots ITCOPN Print engine paper input tray cover
205. stalled possibly due to a paper jam or tray out of paper The job has been aborted with a DELETE ENTRY command See Section 2 3 for more information The print job has completed but it is being retained in the queue You can display all your print jobs by entering the SHOW ENTRY command without specifying the print job number For example SHOW ENTRY Entry Jobname 96 MEMO Username Blocks Status MSMITH 114 Holding until 27 MAR 2009 17 00 On busy printer queue LP40 A14 75 AUTO MSMITH 368 Pending On busy printer queue PS40 A10 68 BOOK LIST MSMITH 78 Printing On busy printer queue PS40 A10 You can use the following qualifiers with the SHOW ENTRY command to display print jobs SHOW ENTRY Qualifier Displays BRIEF A short summary about one or more print jobs This is the default display if you do not include the FULL qualifier BY JOB STATUS keyword Print jobs that have the status you specify for FILES FULL USER_NAME user name the keyword The status types are listed in Table 2 1 The file names of the files in each print job displayed Complete information about the print job including job status and files to be printed The print jobs for the user you specify 2 2 Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues 2 2 Displaying Print Queues You can display a list of all of your print jobs in a queue and the status of the
206. stored semantics tag that is not recognized by the DECprint Supervisor software User Action You cannot print this type of file using DECprint Supervisor software UNKNOWN DEFTRANS data type is not expected as a Default Translator but it will be used Explanation The data type given by the logical DCPS queuename_ DEFAULT TRANSLATOR as the default data type is not one that the DECprint Supervisor provides a translator for The DECprint Supervisor software will attempt to find and use a translator for this data type User Action This message is informational only the print job is printed The system manager should ensure that the data type is actually one that is desired If so ensure that a translator exists in the SYS SHARE directory System Messages and Error Recovery A 29 for such a data type If not correct the specification of the logical The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new definition to take effect UNKNOWN PROLOG Unknown prolog version version number name prolog name Explanation Dialog between the print symbiont and printer produced unexpected results User Action If you continue to receive this message call HP Customer Services UNMATCH unmatchedmark Expected mark not on stack offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error oc
207. submit your print job without requesting an input tray NOLAYUPFIL Layup definition module module name is not accessible Explanation The layup definition file you specified in the PRINT command is not in the area pointed to by the DCPS LAYUP directory or the DCPS LAYUP logical name is not defined User Action Check the spelling of the layup definition file name and try the command again Do not indude the directory name or file extension of the layup definition file in the PRINT command System Messages and Error Recovery A 17 NOOUTTRAY OUTPUT TRAY tray name not supported on printer name Explanation The printer does not support the specified option of the OUTPUT TRAY parameter User Action Resubmit your job without requesting an output tray or use one of the acceptable options for the printer NORMALMODE startup running in normal mode Explanation The DCPS procedure is not being run in normal rather than setup mode User Action None This message is informational NOSETUPFILE setup file not found Explanation The DCPS startup procedure was requested to be run in setup mode but no previously created setup file was found Therefore the procedure will run in normal mode User Action If the startup procedure had never been run in normal mode no setup file would have been created If it had the setup file has been deleted or moved No action is necessary as the startup procedure will create a new setup file if one
208. sure you copy the file in binary mode For example use binary mode in FTP or use COPY B from a Windows system DCPS allows you to print files that utilize an indexed relative or sequential file organization Indexed and relative files are accessed sequentially by their primary index and relative record number respectively This is consistent with the TY PE command Note Indexed and relative files frequently contain binary data Attempting to print files containing such unprintable binary data can give unpredictable and probably undesirable results 1 8 Printing Files 2 Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues You can display delete and modify your print jobs using the commands described in this chapter You can also list the print jobs in the queue and the status of your print jobs 2 1 Displaying Print Jobs The SHOW ENTRY command allows you to display information about your print jobs If you want to see the status of a particular print job include the job number in the SHOW ENTRY command For example SHOW ENTRY 96 Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 96 MEMO MSMITH 114 Holding until 27 MAR 2009 17 00 On idle printer queue LP40 A14 You can get more information about the print job if you include the FULL qualifier For example SHOW ENTRY 96 FULL Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 96 MEMO MSMITH 114 Holding until 27 MAR 2009 17 00 On idle printer queue
209. t Table D 2 SoftFont Kits SoftFont Order Number Fonts Modules LNSFT AX LNSFT BX LNSFT CX LNSFT DX CG Times 8 10 12 CG Times 14 18 CG Times 24 CG Triumvirate 8 10 12 CG Triumvirate 14 18 CG Triumvirate 24 English Embassy 14 18 ITC Souvenir 8 10 12 Barcode 3 of 9 18 36 Letter Gothic 10 14 Mono Swiss 14 18 Mono Swiss 24 OCR A OCR B 10 US L egal CGTIMES8 10 12 CGTIMES14 18 CGTIMES24 CGTRIUM 8 10 12 CGTRIUM 14 18 CGTRIUM24 SCRIPT ITCSOUV BARCODE LETGOTH SWISS SWISS OCR MONO MCS Note The SoftF ont kits have been retired and are no longer sold The information in this chapter is included for reference only D 2 SoftFont Kits for Emulating Font Cartridges E Additional Character Encodings This appendix discusses the following topics e Available encoding vectors Section E 1 Examples of encoding vectors Section E 2 e Using the additional encodings Section E 3 e Including the DECMCS encoding module in a print job Section E 4 e Defining ISO Latin 1 for third party printers Section E 5 E 1 Available Encoding Vectors PostScript provides a character set encoded using the Adobe Standard Encoding vector When a PostScript program calls a font the findfont operator uses this vector to associate characters with character codes PostScript also provides the ISO Latin 1 encoding vector named SOLatin1E ncoding which is the encoding scheme used by
210. t by using the following command PRINT PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT 50 MYFILE PS This command instructs the DECprint Supervisor software to print the first 50 pages of the document When you use the PAGE LIMIT parameter your print job completes when the upper limit value is reached Therefore if you specify the PAGE LIMIT parameter and do not print to the end of the file you do not get a file trailer page for the file that was cut off The rest of the data for that file and for any subsequent files for that print job is ignored The maximum PAGE LIMIT value for either the starting or ending page is 999999 1 8 Delays in Deleting an Entry or Stopping a Queue If DCPS has problems communicating with a printer when processing a STOP QUEUE NEXT or DELETE ENTRY request it may take several minutes before DCPS considers the request completed Eventually however it will stop waiting for a response from the printer that the current job has been cancelled 1 9 File Formats If you are copying your file from a system running another operating system to an OpenVMS system and then printing it the resulting file must have one of the OpenVMS file formats listed in Table 1 1 Table 1 1 File Formats OpenVMS Record Format Record Attributes Stream Any Variable length None Undefined Any Fixed format None Indexed Any Relative Any Printing Files 1 7 Note When you copy files with binary data such as images and fonts make
211. t these criteria you can explicitly specify the data type by including the DATA TYPE PROPRINTER parameter in your PRINT command 8 3 Modifying the Default State of the Proprinter Translator The default state of the XL 24 can be modified from its front panel and from its DIP switches Emulate these settings in your print job using PRINT parameters and the translator specific front panel escape sequences Table 8 1 shows the print attributes that you can modify using PRINT parameters Table 8 1 PRINT Parameters that Affect Proprinter Settings Print Attribute PRINT Parameter Reference orientation PARAMETERS PAGE ORIENTATION Section 1 4 tray selection PARAMETERSANPUT TRAY Section 3 1 paper size PARAMETERS PAGE SIZE Section 10 7 Instructions in the data file can override this PRINT parameter All of the print attributes on the XL 24 front panel and DIP switches can be modified in the Proprinter translator using the appropriate front panel mode escape sequence The format of the front panel mode escape sequence is Escape Sequence Format ESC count low count high item id new value low new value high Decimal Values 027 096 Note This format shows spaces between the elements of the command for clarity Do not include spaces in your actual command This escape sequence allows you to specify e count low and count high bytes to indicate the number of bytes to follow 8 2 Printing Proprinter Files e i
212. te a PostScript setup module use the operator listed in Table 5 2 that corresponds to the input tray specified in the ANSI file Select a value for the setpapertray argument that corresponds to an input tray on your printer Refer to your printer owner s manual for the input tray numbers supported by your printer Submit the setup module with your ANSI document using the PRINT command For example to use the setup module TRAY DEF PS to print the file OVERHEAD TXT enter the following command PRINT NOTIFY SETUP TRAYDEF OVERHEAD TXT The ANSI input tray selection sequences and the PostScript operators associated with each of them are listed in Table 5 2 The translator uses the default setpapertray value if no other value has been defined A setup module with a different value overrides the default value Table 5 2 Operators for Changing Input Trays ANSI Sequence User Defined Operators Default setpapertray Value CSI v none none CSI O v none none CSI 1 v settoptray 1 CSI 2 v setbottomtray 2 CSI 3 v setidttray 3 CSI 4 v setmanualfeedtray 0 CSI 99 v setmanualfeedtray 0 5 6 Using ANSI Sequences to Print Duplex or Simplex To specify one or two sided printing add ANSI escape sequences to your file The ANSI duplex sequences are listed in Table 5 3 Replace the sp value in the table with a blank character space in your ANSI file Table 5 3 ANSI Sequences for Printing Simplex or Duplex ANSI Sequenc
213. tem id which identifies the item to be changed The item id values and the corresponding attributes are listed in Table 8 2 e new valueis the default translator state for the item assumed if the translator performs a reset If this command is stored in a setup module the default state is applied to the data file following the setup module Do not use ASCII encoded numerals 1 2 3 to specify the count bytes item id and new valuein the escape sequence Instead use ASCII characters whose numeric codes represent the values you want For example zero is represented by the NULL code 126 is represented by the tilde character The print attributes that you can change using this escape sequence are listed in Table 8 2 The item id is listed first followed by a description of the print attribute The third column shows the default Proprinter translator behavior for this print attribute The last column shows how to present the value for each item Table 8 2 Proprinter Print Attributes Item Id Description Default Translator Value You Specify 2 Slashed 0 Default O lor 0 3 Auto NL Default 0 lor 0 4 Formlength Default based on logical page The page length in points 72 units per length See Section 8 4 2 inch Any value is allowed 5 Character Default Set 1 1 indicates character set 1 set 2 indicates character set 2 6 Auto CR Default 0 lor 0 7 Margins Default based on logical page The page width in p
214. ter 3 4 P Page grid setting 11 9 Page order setting 11 11 PAGEORDER layup option 11 11 Page protection 18 5 Page sizes changing 10 13 specifying 10 12 specifying for PCL print jobs 7 3 specifying for Proprinter print jobs 8 8 PAGESPERSHEET layup option 11 13 PAGES qualifier B 8 PAGE_LIMIT parameter 1 6 10 11 with duplex print jobs 10 12 with multiple copies 10 11 PAGE ORIENTATION parameter 1 3 PAGE SETUP qualifier 12 2 PAGE SIZE parameter 3 1 7 3 10 12 Parameters order of defaulting C 3 specifying C 1 syntax C 2 PARAMETERS qualifier B 8 PASSALL qualifier 5 2 B 8 PCL files avoiding problems with PJ L and TBCP 7 8 induding fonts 7 8 induding macros 7 8 native PCL mode 7 9 native PCL printing and Automatic DATA TYPE detection 7 9 native PCL restrictions 7 4 page sizes 7 3 PC driver settings 7 8 PJ L and TBCP description of 7 8 preventing problems with DCPS 7 8 preventing problems with PostScript 7 8 printing 7 1 problems with 7 9 using setup modules 7 7 PCL translator front panel mode 7 4 modifying 7 3 PCs problems with files 17 3 Portrait and tumble printing 10 3 Portrait orientation specifying 1 3 Positional qualifiers COPIES B 4 FEED B 5 PASSALL B 8 PostScript errors 17 2 PostScript extension operator 4 3 PostScript files printer independent 4 2 printer specific 4 2 printing 4 1 printing multiple 10 6 PostScript operators for changing trays
215. ter LSR 2000 printer has a minimum top margin of a half inch which limits the imageable area to less than the 66 lines required to display text at the default font size on A size sheets To prevent the top lines of each page from overlapping the nonimageable area the ANSI translator reduces the normal output to 64 lines If you wish to use 66 lines you can do so by specifying parameters of NUMBER _ UP 1 or LAYUP ZCOLORWRI TER 2000 F ULL PAGE These parameters cause DCPS to scale the image to the imageable area 18 2 DIGITAL DECcolorwriter 1000 Printer 18 2 1 Printer Specific Setup Modules You can use the setup modules listed in the table below to change various printer attributes for your print job Printer Specific Information 18 1 Setup Module Description DCW1000 STANDARD 300 x 300 dpi fastest printing at 2 ppm DCW1000 ENHANCED 300 x 300 dpi with dither enhance at 1 5 ppm DCW1000 HIGHRES 300 x 600 dpi with dither enhance at 1 ppm DCW1000 VIVDBLUE More blue than purple DCW1000 DISPLAY Picture light monitor display simulation DCW1000 SIMPRESS Printing press simulation DCW1000 NOCORECT No color correction DEFAULT For example the following command prints at 300 x 600 DPI and specifies vivid blue colors PRINT NOTIFY SETUP DCW1000 VIVDBLUE DCW1000 HIGRES file 18 3 DIGITAL DEClaser 1152 Printer 18 3 1 Printer Hangs After Deleting Jobs When Using AppleTalk Deleting a job printing on the DEClaser 1152 prin
216. ter can cause the next job to hang when all of these conditions exist The AppleTalk LocalTalk port of the DEClaser 1152 is used The deleted job leaves many pages in the printer s buffer so that the printer continues to print long after the job is deleted e The next print job starts before all the pages of the previous job complete This next job does not print but remains in the queue as printing and the queue eventually stalls The problem occurs because the printer has accepted an AppleTalk connection before it is ready The hung job must be deleted and submitted again The job may take some time up to 90 seconds to delete 18 4 DIGITAL DEClaser 3500 Printer 18 4 1 Printer Specific Setup Modules The modules described in this section apply to the DEClaser 3500 printer only They allow you to enhance resolution enable toner saver modes and download a version of the DECimage Lite image enhancement technology to the printer 18 4 1 1 Setup Modules for Resolution Enhancement The resolution enhancement setup modules perform smoothing to both text and graphics The level of smoothing is increased in the DARK setup module and decreased in the LIGHT setup module The dark setting makes thin lines a little thicker and may not be desirable The factory default setting for the printer is medium DL3500 RET DARK DL3500 RET MED DL3500 RET LIGHT DL3500 RET OFF 18 2 Printer Specific Information 18 4 1 2 Setup Modules
217. the following format DCPS W BADLAYDEF condition on line line number in layup definition The condition describes the problem and linenumber is the line number in the layup definition file on which the error occurred See Section A 3 for the text and explanation of the messages generated by errors in a layup definition file Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 11 15 12 Using Forms in Your PRINT Command The system manager can create form definitions which you can include in your PRINT command to modify the appearance of your printed file When you specify an unknown form DECprint Supervisor informs you immediately If you specify an unknown setup module to modify your file DECprint Supervisor does not inform you of the problem until it starts printing the job and needs to access the setup module Example 12 1 shows a PRINT command that includes a form called LANDSCAPE Example 12 1 Including a Form in a PRINT Command PRINT QUEUE LPS20 FORM LANDSCAPE The following sections explain how to use forms 12 1 Finding Forms on Your System To find the forms available for your use issue the following command SHOW QUEUE FORM A list of forms and their functions is displayed Form name Number Description PITCH12 stock DEFAULT 122 12 Characters per Inch PITCH13 stock DEFAULT 121 13 2 Characters per Inch PITCH16 stock DEFAULT 120 16 5 Characters per Inch PITCH6 stock DEFAULT 125 6 Characters per Inch PITCH660 stock
218. the print job Specifies whether to bypass DECprint Supervisor formatting of output Specifies a priority for the print job Specifies the print queue for the print job Creates a print job on a remote node in the network Enables the print job to be restarted after it has been interrupted Specifies the circumstances under which you want your jobs to be retained in a queue Specifies a setup module to control printing of the print job Specifies a date and time for the file selection qualifiers BACKUP CREATED EXPIRED or MODIFIED and selects files with dates after the specified date and time Controls double spaced output Controls file trailer pages Specifies the user name for the print job Each qualifier is described in more detail with examples on the following pages AFTER time NOAFTER default Specifies a time at which the print job should be released from the queue and printed Without this qualifier a print job is printed immediately or as soon as a printer becomes available For example the following print job will be started after 6 00 p m PRINT AFTER 18 00 FARM DAT B 2 PRINT Command Qualifiers BACKUP NOBACKUP default Selects files to print based on the time that the files were last backed up Use this qualifier with the BEFORE or SINCE qualifier to specify the backup time Other file selection qualifiers are CREATED EXPIRED and MODIFIED If BEFORE or SINCE is used
219. the ISO Latin Alphabet Number 1 Standard ISO 8859 1 Most PostScript text fonts provide all the characters used in the ISO Latin 1 encoding See the PostScript Printers Programmer s Supplement for a list of the characters included in the SO Latin Alphabet Number 1 Standard In addition to Adobe Standard and ISO Latin 1 encodings the DECprint Supervisor software offers the DECMCS DEC Multinational Character Set encoding See the PostScript Printers Programmer s Supplement for a list of the characters included in the DEC Multinational Character Set Characters in the ISO Latin 1 and DECMCS encodings do not have separate font metrics files AFM files For more information on AFM files refer to the PostScript Printers Programmer s Supplement If you need to look up character information in a font metrics file look up the character by its name not by its encoding E 2 Examples of Encoding Vectors Example E 1 demonstrates how to define the DECMCS encoding vector See the PostScript Printers Programmer s Supplement for more information about how these encoding vectors are defined The encoding vector DECMCSE ncoding is defined by changing the vector ISOLatin1Encoding Example E 1 Defining the DECMCS Encoding Vector Cont d on next page Additional Character Encodings E 1 Example E 1 Cont Defining the DECMCS Encoding Vector DECMCSEncoding PS Create DEC Multinational Character Set MCS encoding vector DECMCSEncodi
220. the command for clarity Do not include spaces in your actual command 8 4 Printing Proprinter Files To change the translator from printing on just 10 inches of a letter size sheet to printing on all 11 inches of the sheet create a setup module that includes the following escape sequences Escape Sequence F ormat ESC STX NUL DCl LF ESC ETX NUL EOT CAN ETX Decimal Values 027 096 002 000 017 010 027 096 003 000 004 024 003 This front panel command changes the top offset to 10 points and sets the text length to 11 inches Because most laser printers cannot print on the entire sheet you may need to scale the page using the NUMBER UP or LAYUP parameters to fit within the printable area 8 4 Changing the Printable Area Applications that create files for Proprinter print jobs assume that the entire page is available for printing Dot matrix printers such as Proprinter devices use the full page Laser printers such as those supported by the DCPS software have a printable area that is often smaller than the entire page and leave a blank margin around the printable area The software that translates Proprinter files for PostScript printing formats the text so that it prints only within the printable area on the laser printer Specifically the translator formats the text so that it does not print within 1 4 inch of the left and right edges of the page nor within 1 2 inch of the bottom edge The first line of a file prints with
221. the physical sheet This change does not affect the relationship of the page height to the page width Printing Files 1 5 Figure 1 3 Printing Four Pages to a Sheet NUMBER UPz 4 Chapter 10 PrintServer System Messages d bs MLO 001798 1 7 Printing a Range of Pages You can print a spedific page or range of pages in a print job This feature may be useful for example when you continue a large print job that was terminated in the middle of printing To print only a specific range of pages from the print job include the PAGE _ LIMIT parameter in the PRINT command Include one or two page numbers to specify the range of pages For example to print only the 50th through the 100th page of a print job enter the following command 1 6 Printing Files PRINT PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT 50 100 MYFILE PS Note Quotation marks are required when the parameter value contains a comma as in this PAGE LIMIT parameter The pages you spedify do not correspond to the page numbers in the document They represent the number of pages that have been printed You can print the last portion of this same document by using the following command PRINT PARAMETERS PAGE LIMIT 50 MYFILE PS This command instructs the DECprint Supervisor software to start printing at the 50th page in the document and continue to the end of the document You can print the first part of a documen
222. the printer User Action Use a supported sheet size or use a different printer that supports the specified size OUTTRAY MISMATCH Printer printer name output tray setting does not match requested output tray on printer name Explanation The output tray must be manually selected on the printer The print job requested an output tray other than the currently selected output tray User Action Either manually select the requested output tray and resubmit the print job or resubmit the print job requesting the output tray that is currently selected on the printer OUTTRAYNOTAVL No tray name is installed on printer name Explanation The specified output tray is not currently installed on the printer User Action Install the required output tray and resubmit the print job or resubmit the print job specifying an output tray that is installed System Messages and Error Recovery A 19 PAPERENTRYMIS Paper entry misfeed Explanation A paper jam has occurred in the printer input tray mechanism User Action Clear the paper jam The print job is completed automatically when this problem is corrected PAPEREXITMIS Paper exit misfeed Explanation A paper jam has occurred in the printer output tray mechanism User Action Clear the paper jam The print job is completed automatically when this problem is corrected PAPER AM Paper jam job put on hold Explanation A paper jam occurred at the printer The print job has been put on ho
223. ther printing to a printer or saving to a file it is best to avoid both TBCP and PJL If the interconnect is serial or LAT then TBCP may be used If the interconnect is raw TCP IP or AppleTalk then TBCP must be disabled Because detailed information about the printer and queue may not be available to a Windows user HP recommends that TBCP be disabled Disable the Tagged Binary item from the Advanced Options Menu of printer drivers that offer this option This disables TBCP and the TBCP introducer is not included in the file Note that disabling the Performance item Binary in the PostScript Option menu is not sufficient The file will not indude binary data but will include the TBCP introducer which will cause PostScript errors 7 8 Printing PCL Files 7 6 2 2 Problems with PCL DCPS removes all PJ L commands from PCL files which may result in problems when printing these files Because drivers for PCL Level 5 printers use PJ L to select advanced printing features such as the configuration of the Resolution Enhancement hardware RET page protection and print resolution the print job may not print as expected without the PJ L commands Moreover the PCL is sent to the printer only if DCPS supports printing PCL directly to the printer Otherwise the PCL Level 4 translator is used If problems arise with PCL output an alternative would be to generate PostScript output if the application allows for it 7 7 Interaction Between Na
224. tically when this problem is corrected A 18 System Messages and Error Recovery NOT READY Printer not ready Explanation You tried to start a print queue and the printer is not connected or powered on User Action Refer to the troubleshooting procedures in Chapter 17 for ways to diagnose the problem OFFLINE Print engine has gone off line Explanation The printer is off line User Action Put the printer back on line OLDSETUP setup file older than startup file Explanation The creation date of the DCPS startup procedure is newer than its setup file The startup procedure will use the older setup file User Action Check to see if the changes made to the startup procedure would affect the definition of logical names as defined in the older setup file If so create a new setup file by running the startup procedure without the SETUP parameter If not no action is required OPCMARKERR OPC synchronous mark error Explanation The printer has a problem with its OPC mechanism User Action Call HP Customer Services Refer to the LNO3R ScriptPrinter Operator s Guide OPTICERR Print Engine optical unit error FATAL ERROR Explanation The optical unit of the printer encountered a fatal problem User Action Call HP Customer Services Refer to the LNO3R ScriptPrinter Operator s Guide OUTSIZNOTSUP sizename size medium is not supported on printer name output device Explanation The specified sheet size is not supported by
225. tion In general envelope sizes are not supported for stapling If you specify a size that cannot be stapled DCPS issues the error message STPSIZENOSUP and does not print the job Selecting Finishing Options 15 3 15 2 5 Stapling Details Please note the following details when using stapling with DCPS Single sheet jobs are not stapled If no STAPLE parameter is specified the printer s default stapling setting is used If the printer s default is set to staple all jobs and you do not want your DCPS job stapled specify STAPLE NONE If the printer has a tray called STAPLER the printer s default staple position will be used instead of the position specified in the DCPS print command J ob burst and flag pages if any will be stapled to the job If the number of sheets in your job exceeds the printer s stapling capacity usually around sixty sheets your job is printed but not stapled J ob separator pages if any are not stapled File separator pages if any are stapled with your file A file that calls for multiple paper sizes cannot be stapled PCL files will be stapled if requested They will be translated to PostScript using the DCPS PCL4 translator rather than being interpreted by the printer s native PCL interpreter If your PCL file contains any PCL escape sequences introduced after PCL4 the sequences will be ignored When using the NUMBER UP parameter the image orientation on the page may change This affects the re
226. tive PCL Printing and Automatic DATA TYPE Detection J obs that use DATA TYPE ZAUTOMATIC PCL may print with unexpected results In particular files printed as PCL which contain commands to switch to PostScript may be printed entirely as PCL This result occurs if all of the following cases are true e DCPS does not detect the data type of the file by looking at the first few bytes of the file or by matching the file extension to a data type e The target printer can print PCL files as well as PostScript files e DCPS supports use of the PCL language interpreter in the printer e There are no other print qualifiers that require the file to be printed using the PCL translator for example NUMBER_UP or PAGE_LIMIT Under these circumstances DCPS uses the PCL language interpreter in the printer and does not look for a switch to PostScript Also the automatic language sensing feature of the printer is not used to detect the file s switch from the PCL language to the PostScript language because DCPS specifies the file s data type as PCL which disables any auto language sensing by the printer You can use one of the following workarounds 1 Set up the print queue to use AUTOMATIC but select ANSI as the default data type Generally the text part of files that include both text and PostScript is simple ACSII text that is handled properly by both the ANSI and PCL translators 2 Ensurethat the PCL translator is used for all PCL files by se
227. to the printer and printer options that you ultimately intend to use Alternatively attempt to select a generic printer optimized for portability with few options to increase your chances of being able to print the file on multiple printer configurations Also see Section 4 5 2 Use of FeatureSpecific PostScript Code Printing PostScript Files 4 1 Windows and Macintosh applications and printer drivers often create PostScript code that is specific to a set of printer features that you select when you create the file for example which tray to use the number of uncollated copies simplex or duplex etc When your PostScript file contains explicit requests for such features the corresponding DCPS parameters for example INPUT TRAY OUTPUT TRAY SHEET COUNT SIDES etc have no impact on your print job If your application and printer driver allow you to default certain settings for example the input tray to the current printer setting do so and then specify the desired setting using a DCPS parameter Otherwise use your application or driver to specify the feature and omit the corresponding DCPS parameter 3 Assumptions about Printer Specific Setup The physical setup of a printer can vary from printer to printer and over time For example you might create a PostScript file to print to the top input tray because you know that the top tray on your printer contains yellow paper and you want to print on yellow paper However if
228. tput then specify a font that is in the font library or have the system manager install the missing font Refer to Appendix D for more information about ordering optional font kits FPGGTPPS First page gt pages per sheet First page set to 1 Explanation Your print job includes a layup definition file that uses the FIRSTPAGE and PAGESPERSHEET options However the FIRSTPAGE option requests that the first page be printed in a page spot that is beyond the number specified with the PAGESPERSHEET option User Action No action is required if you want the pages to be printed at the page spots given with the PAGESPERSHEET layup option For example if PAGESPERSHEETS the first page on the first sheet will print in the fifth page spot If you want a different spot edit the layup definition file and resubmit your print job FTLDEVCTL Fatal device control library problem Config error configuration error on printer name Explanation The device control library has a fatal error User Action Report this problem the HP Customer Support Center FUSCOPEN Print Engine fuser cover is open Explanation This message is sent when the paper exit cover is open User Action Close the paper exit cover FUSINGERR Print Engine fusing error FATAL ERROR Explanation There is a fatal error in the fusing mechanism User Action Call HP Customer Services See the printer operator s guide for information A 8 System Messages and Error Recovery
229. ts the width of the page in columns or characters INOJWRAP Wraps lines wider than the page to the next line Note These form definitions are useful only with ANSI files because other types of files have internal controls for these attributes 12 3 Using Forms with All Types of Files There are two qualifiers that the system manager can use with all types of files SETUP and STOCK The following sections explain what those qualifiers do 12 3 1 Using Forms that Invoke Setup Modules SETUP Your system manager can associate a setup module with a form To see if a setup module has been included in a form definition issue the SHOW QUEUE FORM FULL command and look for the SETUP qualifier in the descriptions of the forms For example SHOW QUEUE FORM FULL Form name Number Description CONFIDENTIAL stock DEFAULT 15 Prints CONFIDENTIAL LENGTH 66 SETUP PRIVATE STOCK DEFAULT TRUNCATE WIDTH 80 In this example the setup module called PRIVATE is included in the form definition 12 3 2 Using Forms that Specify the Paper Stock STOCK Your system manager can use the STOCK qualifier to specify a type of paper that must be used when a form is invoked When you use that form you must ensure that the the specified stock is in the printer Otherwise the job is held in the queue until you load the specified stock or use a different form definition 12 2 Using Forms in Your PRINT Command To see if a form requires sp
230. tting up the print queue with a qualifier that requires the use of the PCL translator include the PAGE LIMIT parameter as a default queue parameter Note however that the PCL translator interprets PCL level 4 The printers for which DCPS supports printing in native PCL mode have PCL level 5 language interpreters 7 8 Native PCL Mode Concatenates Files If the PCL language interpreter in a printer is used to print PCL files and a job indudes multiple PCL files the PCL files are concatenated DCPS does not ensure that the files begin on new pages or even that the last line of the first PCL file does not get printed over by the first line of the next PCL file Concatenation can occur if Printing PCL Files 7 9 e The files do not ensure that the page is ejected from the printer To print PCL files correctly Hewlett Packard recommends that the files begin and end with the PCL reset sequence lt ESC gt E Multiple files are specified and two or more files in sequence are PCL e COPIES is used on a PCL file JOB COUNT is used and two or more PCL files are printed in sequence If concatenated PCL files are not acceptable the following workarounds can be used e Create and use a PCL setup module to include the PCL reset sequence in the data stream before a file prints e Print using the PCL translator by specifying a parameter that forces DCPS to use the PCL translator for example NUMBER UP or PAGE LIMIT e Print the job and sp
231. ty designation and severity code are not shown If the facility designation is other than DCPS refer to the HP OpenVMS System Messages Companion Guide for Help Message Users for the message description or use the online help message utility with the command HELP MESSAGE BAD DATATYPE Unexpected data type data type at line n in DCPS FILE_ EXTENSION DATA TYPE file Explanation A data type given in the file SYS LIBRARY DCPS FILE _ EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT was not expected There will be no attempt to match the file extension to a data type User Action The system manager should correct the problem data type in the file The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET and started START QUEUE for a new file to be read A 2 System Messages and Error Recovery BAD DEVCTL Bad library device control specification string Explanation This message appears when an error occurs in the specification of a component indicated by string in the logical device control library User Action Change the specification and restart the queue BAD FILETYPE Unexpected file type file extension at line n in DCPS FILE_ EXTENSION DATA TYPE Explanation A file extension given in the file SYS LIBRARY DCPS FILE EXTENSION DATA TYPE DAT DEFAULT was not expected There will be no attempt to match the file extension to a data type User Action The system manager should correct the problem file extension The queue must be stopped STOP QUEUE RESET an
232. ues available with your printer enter the HELP PRINT _ PARAMETER SHEET SIZE command and select the subtopic that describes your printer Some sheet sizes are known by multiple names as listed in Table 10 2 You may use any of these names to specify a sheet size to DCPS The DCPS term is the term that DCPS prints on the trailer page and reports in error messages Table 10 2 Sheet and Page Size Synonyms DCPS Term Synonym Business Envelope Com10 7 Envelope Monarch Halfletter Statement 10 6 Using Advanced Page Layouts 10 5 Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet You can print more than one page on each side of a sheet of paper Printing this way saves paper and provides customized printed documents Figure 10 4 shows four pages on each side of a sheet Use the NUMBER UP parameter in the PRINT command to specify the number of pages to print on each side of a sheet of paper For example PRINT PARAMETERS NUMBER UP 4 MYFILE PS To fit multiple pages on a side the DECprint Supervisor software changes the size of the logical pages in the document to fit in the area on the physical side This change does not affect the relationship of the page height to the page width 10 5 1 Using NUMBER UP with Input Tray Selection Operators If you specify NUMBER UPzl for a file that has input tray selection operators the printer changes paper trays but the image is not resized to fit the new paper Input tray selection command
233. ule A file in a device control library that is sent to the printer before the files in the print job shared network printers Printers on the network that are accessible from more than one computer this indudes PCs and time sharing systems sheet A physical piece of paper simplex printing Printing on one side of each sheet of paper soft font PostScript font families that emulate the physical font cartridges used in DIGITAL LNO03 and DEClaser printers See also font cartridge SPD Software Product Description This document is supplied with HP s software media and documentation kits to describe the supported configurations and required products for running the software TCP IP The Internet Transmission Control Protocol Tektronix 4010 4014 file A data file created by Tektronix 4010 and 4014 systems Glossary 7 Glossary 8 trailer page An optional print job page that follows each file printed The trailer page is often printed even if the print job fails and contains messages to the user explaining the reason for the print error translator A program that changes the data syntax of the user s file to a form that can be output to the printer tumble printing A printing method in which the space left for binding or hole punching alternates along the two short edges of a sheet Right hand pages are printed on the first side of a sheet so blank left hand pages are inserted where necessary usable area The ar
234. ult forms 12 3 QUEUE qualifier B 9 Queues displaying 2 3 R Range of pages printing 1 6 10 11 RELEASE qualifier 2 2 2 5 Remote printer B 9 REMOTE qualifier B 9 REQUEUE qualifier 2 4 RESTART qualifier B 9 RETAIN qualifier B 10 S Separation pages displaying 14 2 setbottomtray operator 5 4 SET ENTRY command 2 4 setenvelopefeedertray operator 8 9 setlcittray operator 5 4 setmanualfeedtray operator 5 4 setpapertray operator 5 4 settoptray operator 5 4 8 9 Setup modules custom 13 2 definition 13 1 displaying the contents of 13 2 for DECimage 13 3 for PCL print jobs 7 7 for Proprinter print jobs 8 9 induding B 10 locating 13 1 printing complex pages on DEClaser 5100 18 5 used with form definitions 12 2 using in print jobs 13 1 SETUP qualifier 12 2 13 1 B 10 Sheet margins setting 11 9 Sheet size specifying 10 6 SHEET COUNT parameter 1 4 SHEET SIZE parameter 3 1 10 6 10 12 SHOW ENTRY command 2 1 2 2 SHOW QUEUE FORM command 12 1 SHOW QUEUE command 2 3 SIDES parameter 1 2 10 1 values 10 1 with multiple PostScript files 10 6 Simplex printing specifying with ANSI escape sequences 5 4 SINCE qualifier B 10 SoftFont kit 5 3 Soft fonts for PCL print jobs 7 7 including in PCL print jobs 7 8 Soft fonts cont d induding in Proprinter print jobs 8 9 SoftF onts for ANSI print jobs D 1 spedfying 5 2 SPACE qualifier 5 2 B 10 Spacing
235. ult setpapertray Value Upper tray settoptray 1 Manual input setmanualfeedtray 0 Manual envelope input setmanualfeedtray 0 Lower tray setbottomtray 2 Optional large tray seticittray 3 Envelope feeder setenvelopefeedertray 3 7 5 Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Print Jobs If your PCL file requires soft fonts to be loaded in the printer or macros for defining forms or raster graphics you can download the font or macro using PCL setup modules It is not necessary to declare the fonts and macros permanent You must declare fonts and macros permanent only if the setup module or file contains a reset escape sequence The system manager must create a device control library designated for PCL setup modules and include that library in the search list in DCPS STARTUP COM as described in the DCPS System Manager s Guide PCL setup modules from the PCL device control library are handled differently from ANSI and PostScript setup modules Records from a PCL module are not appended with carriage control characters lt CR gt lt LF gt because PCL setup modules can include binary data such as PCL fonts and raster graphics If the PCL setup module contains lines of text that must be separated by carriage control characters you must explicitly specify them in the PCL setup module You can include a soft font or macro in a print job by Using a setup module see Section 7 5 1 e Including the font or macro file in the print job see Sect
236. upplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report A 10 System Messages and Error Recovery INVFONT invalidfont Bad font name or dictionary offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the PostScript command represented by string User Action If this error occurs during the printing of a file with a data type other than PostScript an error exists in the translation process If the translator is supplied by HP report this problem to the HP Customer Support Center If the error occurs during the printing of a PostScript file either the PostScript file or the application that generated the PostScript file is in error If the application is supplied by HP contact the HP Customer Support Center and submit a problem report INVIMGPRM Invalid DDIF image parameters image frame ignored Explanation Your file contains unsupported image parameters User Action Correct your file to include supported image parameters and resubmit the job INVREST invalidrestore Improper restore offending command is string Explanation The PostScript interpreter sensed an error while trying to execute the Po
237. upported on the following printers PRINT PARAMETERS file name Compaq Laser Printer LN32 Compaq Laser Printer LNM40 GENICOM Intelliprint mL450 GENICOM LN45 GENICOM LNM40 GENICOM microLaser 320 GENICOM microLaser 401 HP 9085 MFP HP Color Laser et 9500 HP Color Laser et 9500 MFP HP Laser et 4200 HP Laser et 4250 HP Laser et 4300 HP Laser et 4345 MFP HP Laser et 4350 Selecting Finishing Options 15 1 HP Laser et 8000 HP Laser et 8100 HP Laser et 8150 HP Laser et 9000 HP Laser et 9000 MFP HP Laser et 9050 HP Laser et 9050 MFP HP Laser et 9055 MFP HP Laser et 9065 MFP Lexmark W820 Xerox DocuPrint N24 Xerox DocuPrint N32 Xerox DocuPrint N40 Xerox Phaser 7750 15 2 1 STAPLE DCL Syntax Stapling is specified with the PRINT parameter STAPLE LEFT_CENTER TOP_CENTER PRINT PARAMETERS STAPLE TOP LEFT file name TOP RIGHT NONE These values specify the position of the staple with respect to the orientation of the image on the paper When NONE is specified the job is printed without stapling overriding the printer s default staple setting 15 2 2 Stapling Positions Some of the values for the STAPLE parameter are not always possible depending on the direction in which the paper is fed through the printer See Table 15 1 for possible stapling positions depending on your job s page orientation and the printer s paper feed direction In the table Port and Land refer
238. without any file selection qualifier the file creation time is used For example the following print job includes only the files named GROTON that were backed up before J une 20 2009 PRINT BACKUP BEFORE 20 MAR 2009 GROTON BEFORE time NOBEFORE default Prints files dated before the specified time of file creation backup expiration or modification You can enter a keyword TODAY TOMORROW or YESTERDAY instead of a time Use this qualifier with one of the following qualifiers to change the file selection mode BACKUP Selects files based on the time they were last backed up CREATED Selects files based on the file creation time This is the default if no file selection qualifier is included EXPIRED Selects files based on the file expiration time MODIFIED Selects files based on the time the file was last modified If you omit the BEFORE qualifier the specified files are printed regardless of file creation backup modification or expiration times For example to print only the files named GROTON that were created before J une 23 2009 use the following command PRINT CREATED BEFORE 23 MAR 2009 GROTON BURST keyword NOBURST default Specifies file burst pages printed before each copy of each file The keyword ALL prints a burst page before each file the keyword ONE prints a burst page before the first file in the job This qualifier does not affect job burst pages Refer to the DCPS Syste
239. y the appropriate PCL 5 escape sequence Figure 7 1 shows how DCPS software processes PCL files Printing PCL Files 7 1 Figure 7 1 How DCPS Processes PCL Files User submits a PCL print job Does the print job require PostScript processing Does DCPS support the printer in PCL mode Yes DECprint Supervisor DECprint Supervisor switches the printer translates the PCL to PCL mode file to PostScript and and prints the file prints the file in PostScript mode MR 6350 AI 7 2 Processing Files in Native PCL Mode To take advantage of native PCL mode without jeopardizing any of its own functions the DCPS software does the following l Prints the initial information about the print job including the job and file flag pages in PostScript mode 2 Sends a control sequence to the printer that changes the printer to PCL mode Sends the PCL file directly to the printer and prints it Switches the printer back to PostScript mode and prints the trailer page if any You can include both PostScript and PCL setup modules with your print job but the effects may vary from what you would get with a translated print job Most of the settings in a PostScript setup module do not affect PCL printing The settings in a PCL setup module affect the printed output as if they were included in the print job file Setup modules can be invoked explicitly by using SETUP or implicitly by using
240. you then send the file to another printer of the same brand and model or even the same printer at a later date the top tray may contain other media For printer features that DCPS does not allow you to specify and that your application and printer driver also do not allow you to specify for example media type verify that the physical setup of the target printer is as you desire before sending your file to it If not you may have to recreate the file for the reasons given in items number 1 and 2 above 4 4 Creating Printer Specific PostScript Documents Each model of PostScript printer recognizes some unique operators that are not part of the standard PostScript language The PostScript extensions for each PostScript printer may be described in the printer owner s manual Many commercial applications and printer drivers on PC and Macintosh systems allow you to specify printer features that depend on printer specific extensions see Section 4 3 For example you can create a PostScript file that requires the use of the top input tray on a particular printer If you try to print the file on another type of printer the file may print from a different tray or may even fail to print 4 5 Creating Portable PostScript Documents To create documents that are independent of printer type make sure the application that you use to create the PostScript file has printer setup options that do not conflict with the PRINT parameters that you specify

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