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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <sgpsq4$2ka$1 at dont-email.me>,
=?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
writes: 

> Den 2021-09-02 kl. 02:31, skrev Paul Anderson:
> > On 9/1/21 12:20 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> > 
> >> So if the /PARAMETERS=DATA_TYPE=POSTSCRIPT, how to include that
> >> in this setup?
> > 
> > Try setting parameter P4 in DCPS$STARTUP.COM to "DATA_TYPE=POSTSCRIPT" or 
> > define a system logical name DCPS$queuename_PARAMETER to 
> > "DATA_TYPE=POSTSCRIPT".  These should be applied to the DCPS queue, not the 
> > LAT queue.
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> OK, That will force DCPS to Postscript, if I understand correctly.
> Will try that and we'll see if that forces the printer over to PS
> emulation.
> 
> Is there a similar way to force DCPS to send plain text? The real
> printout doesn't need Postscript. But then, one could just as well
> use a non-DCPS queue, I guess, such as TCPIP$LPD_SMB.

I haven't followed this thread in detail.  A few months ago, I bought a 
Brother printer and set up a TCPIP queue.  It prints plain text as plain 
text and PostScript as PostScript.