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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Carl Friedberg skrev den 2015-03-10 12:24:
> Jan-Erik,
>
> I am following this closely. I too have a couple of 6500's. They use a huge
> amount of expensive toner, but have been good quality and reliable. I have
> not been successful with DCPS either.

OK, well nice (in a way) to hear... :-)
Do you get similar error printouts?
Any other symptoms?

Jan-Erik.


>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Jan-Erik Soderholm via Info-vax <
> info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
>
>> Jan-Erik Soderholm skrev den 2015-03-06 13:38:
>>
>> I think I wrote earlier that the printer didn't print
>> anything at all. Now, with another guy on-site, it seems
>> as that was wrong. The operator had simply tossed the
>> error-printout and said that "nothing was printed"... :-)
>>
>> Here is a copy of what actualy *is* printed:
>> http://jescab2.dyndns.org/pub_docs/wp_20150310_10_26_18_pro.jpg
>>
>> Picked up from the dustbin from last week... :-)
>>
>> The queue looks like this (name and address protected):
>>
>> $ sh que <queue_name>/fu
>> Printer queue <queue_name>, idle, on HV06::"IP_LPD/<IP-address>",
>> mounted form DEF_CHAR_SW (stock=DEFAULT)
>>    /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEF_CHAR_SW (stock=DEFAULT))
>>    /NOENABLE_GENERIC /LIBRARY=DCPS_LIB Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM]
>>    /PROCESSOR=DCPS$SMB /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)
>> $
>>
>> The test print was a simplt textfile:
>>
>> $ type a.txt
>> Testfil... Testfil...
>> Testfil... Testfil...
>> Testfil... Testfil...
>> Testfil... Testfil...
>> Testfil... Testfil...
>> Testfil... Testfil...
>> Testfil... Testfil...
>> $
>>
>> and it was printed using:
>>
>> $ print/que=<queue_name> a.txt
>>
>> This works OK using another queue with exactly the same setup,
>> apart from the IP-address, of course. But in that case there is
>> a Xerox 3250 instead of the new Xerox 6500.
>>
>> To me it looks as some minor incompatibility between DCPS
>> and the new PS emulator in the Xerox 6500.
>>
>> The 3250 says:
>> "PostScript Version PS3 1.94.06 12-22-2008"
>>
>> The 6500 says:
>> "PostScript (PS) Interpreter Level 3 201103101130"
>>
>> The "quick-fix" right now is to setup a 3250 besides of
>> the 6500 and use that for VMS printouts. But of course
>> they'd prefer to use the faster 6500 for all printouts...
>>
>>
>> Jan-Erik.
>>
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