[Info-vax] Xerox Phaser 6500N and DCPS issues.

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Paul Anderson skrev den 2015-03-06 02:54:
> In article <mdapsc$cgd$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm
> <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>
>> A few days ago a Xerox Phaser 6500N was installed and
>> we set it up as we use to do with a Xerox Phaser in DCPS.
>>
>> Nothing prints but there is a log in the logging part of
>> the printer itself just saying "error" with no expanation
>> on what the error might be.
>
> Do you use LPD spooling in DCPS?  I don't recall that the Phasers
> required it, but that many of the larger Xerox printers needed the byte
> count for the whole job sent at the beginning of the job.  This is
> something that defining spooling (system-wide or by queue) does.  Check
> the DCPS documentation about defining the DCPS$SPOOL logical name.
>
> Does this printer work with jobs from other environments?  Does it have
> PostScript?  Is that the default?  Unfortunately, LPD can fail silently
> if there is a problem, which makes it harder to troubleshoot.
>
> Paul
>

Yes, DCPS$SPOOL is globaly setup.

How is it, are there a way to keep the DCPS spool file?
The files on the queue are deleted and they are also
non-directory scratch files, so that are a bit hard
to look at.

The DCPS spool file is after DCPS processing, right?

I have just asked about other environments, but that is
how some of the other printers are used. Thay also have
print queues on some Windows servers. Now, this one was
a totalt new install and I think the first 6500N (I'll
ask about that also...).

Some of the smaller table-top Xerox'es are only used
by DCPS.

Yes, is has the normal suite of emulatorns, PS, PCL5,
PCL6 and so on. I did not find any setting for "default
emulator" on this model. Maybe it is avaiable on the
front panel of the printer. I'll check.

We are looking for a new modell of the 3250 (3260)
for a test with another newer table-top modell...

Many thansk for your input!

Jan-Erik.