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

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-09-02 kl. 09:35, skrev 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.
> 

Yes, if the emulation automation in the printer workz fine and is bug-free,
this usually works OK. We have had few issues with the Xerox "Phaser" and
"WorkCenter" families of printers.