[Info-vax] Setting up LPD postscript printer (DCPS v1.3, UCX v4.1, OpenVMS v6.2)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-10-04 12:10:12 +0000, Andrew Rycroft said:

> I am trying to set up a LPD POSTSCRIPT printer using DCPS v1.3, UCX 
> v4.1 and openVMS v6.2 on a VAX system.

LPR/LPD is not how DCPS is usually configured.

Which vendor and model of printer?  A Xerox printer of some sort, apparently.

> The LPD printing works as I can print text files.
> 
> I can also print Postscript files from SYS$HELP and they print 
> correctly when I submit them to the LPD server queue.

Then your printer auto-senses and auto-switches, and which means you 
don't necessarily need DCPS here.

> Is there anybody who can advise me on how to set up DECps. I have tried 
> to create a DECPS execution queue. My command is:-

DECps is completely different than DCPS.  I'll assume that's a typo, 
and you meant DCPS.

> $ @dcps$execution_queue lpdps "IP_LPD/xeroxprnt:lp" dcps_lib 
> /Default=(form=dcps$default)
> 
> It tries to create the queue, but then aborts. It is looking for the file:-
> 
> sys$library:dcps$be_ip_lpd.exe

Again, using raw access is more common than LPD.

> I have checked the latest version of DCPS and the distribution does not 
> list the file DCPS$be_ip_lpd.exe

Off the top, I don't recall what the latest DCPS version is, but there 
are much newer versions of DCPS around.  You'll want to upgrade DCPS.

> I would appreciate any advice that you can give?

The U-word, again: upgrade DCPS.  DCPS V2.0 and later are licensed with VMS.

I don't recall what the most current DCPS version is (nor what version 
will work as fafr back as V6.2), but it has far better support for far 
more printers.

And if you have a license for it, upgrade TCP/IP Services to V4.2 plus 
patches, too.

> Is it possible to get DCPS to output to a PS file that I cna then print 
> manually?

AFAIK, no.  There are some open-source tools around that can convert 
various files to Postscript, though.


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