[Info-vax] Printing logo file from VMS

[Bob Gezelter]

On Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:20:22 PM UTC-5, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> wrote:
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> > On HP LaserJets, one of the most common problems has been the use 
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> > of the "%!" in Autosense mode to automatically distinguish between 
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> > raw text/HP PCL and PostScript jobs. It is a setting that is 
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> > easily forgotten, and can cause significant mayhem.
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> Where is this setting?
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> I found out not so long ago that, at least the HP1320, uses
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> just the % to distinguish postscript mode.
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> I was trying to print a file starting with % that wasn't PS, 
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> and nothing came out. I tried again and again.
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> There was not %!, but just %.
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> -- glen

Glen,

I am not near my LaserJet at the moment. It has three modes (PCL, PS, and AUTO). AUTO is the one that can cause mayhem if your PostScript file does not begin as expected (it was, if I recall, documented correctly in the printer manual). It was accessible from the configuration menu (front panel).

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com