[Info-vax] Anyone using Xerox B120 printer with DCPS?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-09-01, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
> On 2021-09-01, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>
>> $ show que PRSEHSQ190
>> Printer queue PRSEHSQ190, idle, on HV06::"IP_LPD/10.32.141.190", mounted 
>> form DEF_CHAR_SW (stock=DEFAULT)
>> $
>>
>> So if the /PARAMETERS=DATA_TYPE=POSTSCRIPT, how to include that
>> in this setup?
>>
>
> You can't (at least not directly).
>

Interesting. It looks like I am completely wrong about this. Sorry.

When I saw the LPD reference, I didn't realise it was now a part of DCPS
until I read the original message. (It's been a number of years since
I used DCPS and LPD was something different back then).

If it works the same way as the DCPS port 9100 printers I used back in
those days, you will be able to alter the DCPS startup command procedure
to include that option on the queue as a default option (which can be
overridden with a specific print command if required).

Sorry for the initial bad advice.

Simon.

> However, if the "force Postscript mode" commands are purely from VMS
> to the printer without needing to process any responses from the
> printer, you _may_ be able to send the same commands using a device
> control library for your form above.
>
> See define/form/setup to get started.
>
> I've used them in the past and they worked well for the various
> types of printer devices I encountered back then.
>
> Is it possible to switch to using DCPS instead of LPD ?
>
> Simon.
>


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