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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

1577.0. "%oa-e-nocopy v3.0 port printer" by MSAM03::SOWWAN () Thu Oct 08 1992 07:37

    Hi,
    	My customer has recently upgraded from v2.4 to v3.0.
    	There is a particular WPL document when being printed from a port
    printer EPSON LQ1050 using print style EPS1050, it is ok. But, when
    print style LP11 is selected then the following error is resulted and
    the document is printed partially.
        formatting......    then
    	printing document .. then
    	Problem with COPY function - file  ""
    
    	GOLD-W gives %OA-E-NOCOPY, problem with copy function - file ""
    
        Other documents printed with style LP11 are ok.
    	However, the users have no disk quota enabled.
    	Any suggestions?
    Regards
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
1577.1Could you get the .WPL fileIOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO1-D/4AFri Oct 09 1992 11:2112
I have seen a few reports of this problem but have never been able to
reproduce it.  It appears that the listing files produced by the WPS-PLUS
V3.1 and 4.0 formatters are different, and that the ALL-IN-1 COPY_TO_PORT
function has problems processing some V4.0 files. 

Could you get a copy of the .WPL file that is giving problems so that we 
can investigate this further.


thanks,

Richard
1577.2See 1591.0 for the solutionOASS::BURNAMAN_BAnd now, live, from Atlanta . . . Fri Oct 09 1992 16:119
    Greetings:
    
    I have added note number 1591 which contains a fix for the problem you
    are reporting.  I hope it helps.
    
    Regards,
    
    Bruce Burnaman
    CSC/Atlanta
1577.3Fix will introduce other problemsIOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO1-D/4AFri Oct 09 1992 17:1741
I have been sent another file which reproduces the problem.  There is a
problem in the COPY_TO_PORT port function which causes it to not process
records which are greater than 512 bytes. 

The WPS-PLUS V4 formatter can create files with records which are longer
than 512 bytes.  When creating LP11 files it does bolding by overstriking.
For a line with bolding the WPS-PLUS V3.1 formatter record would consist
of: 

	the normal characters,
	a CR,
	the characters which are to bolded,

For example (where the B L and E are bolded):

	This is BOLDED<CR>        B L E<CR><LF>


The V4 formatter creates a record containing:

	the normal characters,
	a CR,
	the first character to be bolded,
	the second character to be bolded,
	the third character to be bolded,
	etc.

For example:

	This is BOLDED<CR>        B<CR>          L<CR>            E<CR><LF>


If bolding is turned of an off many times in a line the record will be very 
long, and may exceed the COPY_TO_PORT 512 byte limit.


The fix described in topic 1591 will introduce other problems because it 
does not emulate the COPY_TO_PORT /PAGE_EJECT qualifier.  


Richard
1577.4Current StatusKERNEL::SMITHERSJLiving on the culinary edge....Mon Oct 19 1992 10:0011
    Richard
    
    What is the current status of this one now that the problem
    is reproducable?  I have a customer with the same problem and
    although it isn't causing him too much of a problem, it would 
    be nice to give him a definite answer.
    
    Thanks
    julia
    Uk CSC
1577.5Status is...IOSG::NEWLANDRichard Newland, IOSG, REO1-D/4AMon Oct 19 1992 17:1910
The COPY_TO_PORT problem with files having records longer than 512 bytes is
in our problem database to be fixed in a PFR.

I have also submitted a problem report to the WPS-PLUS group requesting 
that they do not create files with such long records, because COPY_TO_PORT 
is not the only thing which can be affected by this difference in the 
WPS-PLUS V3.1 and V4.0/.1 formatters.


Richard