[Info-vax] : Welcome to lockdown - HP limiting access to patches

[Dale Dellutri]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:09:06 -0500, Art Wiens <awiens at canwest.com> wrote:
> Anyone else see this at the ITRC main page? :

> Important note: As of September 18 (or shortly thereafter), HP will institute a change in the way that Patch services are accessed. Beginning at that time, Patch access will be through the ITRC support portal. You need to have a valid ITRC user ID and password and ***** will now also need an active HP support agreement that includes Software Updates linked to your ITRC profile to access Patch content and services. *****

> "No patches for you!  Next!" (Patch Nazi)

> And while you're at ITRC staring in disbelief, can you stop in at the VMS Forum and help me with my DCPS problem?

Have you tried to use LPD instead of RawTCP?  I've got one
printer (a Samsung SCX-6555N) that only works with LPD:

$ def/sys/exec dcps$os$wrprd_spool 1    ! Needed for Samsung SCX-6555N
$ @sys$startup:dcps$execution_queue -   ! Samsung SCX-6555N
        OS$WRPRD -                      ! P1 - Execution queue name
        "IP_LPD/WRPRD" -                ! P2 - Interconnect protocol/device name
        DCPS_LIB -                      ! P3 - Logical name for library(ies)
        ""-                             ! P4 - Default queue parameters
        "/SCHEDULE=NOSIZE/NOSEPARATE" - ! P5 - Default queue qualifiers
        ""-                             ! P6 - Communication speed(serial 
          -                             !      devices only)
        "/SPOOLED=(OS$WRPRD,SYS$SYSDEVICE:)" -
          -                             ! P7 - Device characteristics
        ""                              ! P8 - Verify on/off

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