[Info-vax] Brother Color laser with DECPRINT SUPERVISOR (DCPS)

[1tim....@gmail.com]

On Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 4:52:55 AM UTC-7, Norbert Schönartz wrote:
> Am 24.08.2023 um 19:19 schrieb 1tim.... at gmail.com: 
> > Cannot get duplex printing to work - get the cover page and nothing else was using "/para=sides=2" 
> > The printer will do duplex printing - I use it all the time on my Mac.
> Duplex printing, grey bars fpr text printg etc. do work here. I checked 
> my settings in DCPS$STARTUP.COM again and found that I changed the 
> DCPS$COLORLASER_PRODUCT_NAME definition and the port number compared to 
> what I had written in 
> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/d33o-PBctjo/m/YgQ2WdNAAgAJ. 
> 
> So here are my current settings: 
> 
> $ DEFINE /EXECUTIVE_MODE /SYSTEM DCPS$COLORLASER_PRODUCT_NAME - 
> "HP Color LaserJet CM6040 MFP" 
> $! 
> $ ON ERROR THEN CONTINUE 
> $ IF .NOT. SETUP_MODE THEN @SYS$STARTUP:DCPS$EXECUTION_QUEUE - 
> COLORLASER - ! P1 - Execution queue name 
> AUTO=(RX2660,ZX2000)::"IP_LPD/brother-mfc-l3730cdn:515" - ! P2 
> DCPS_LIB - ! P3 - Logical name for library(ies) 
> "" - ! P4 - Default queue parameters 
> "/SEPARATE=(NOBURST,NOTRAILER)" - ! P5 - Default queue qualifiers 
> "" - ! P6 - Communication speed (serial only) 
> "" - ! P7 - Device characteristics 
> "" ! P8 - Verify on/off 
> 
> And I think the correct syntax for duplex printing is /para=(sides=2) 
> 
> -- 
> Norbert


Those settings didn't change anything.

I have a work around for duplex with portrait or Landscape - I print with the data type set to PCL, and have defined a set up for both cases that accomplishes what I want:

$       PDL             :==     "PRINT/PARA=(DATA_TYPE=PCL)/SETUP=DUPLEX_LANDSCAPE"
$       PDP             :==     "PRINT/PARA=(DATA_TYPE=PCL)/SETUP=DUPLEX_PORTRAIT"
$!

not ideal, but workable for now...
thanks for your help!