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Conference 44.370::system_management

Title:	system management communications forum

Moderator:	CHEST::THOMPSON

Created:	Fri Mar 21 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jul 08 1993
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	490
Total number of notes:	2018

128.0. "LN03 Readable Job Pages ?" by FOOT::NICHOLSBY () Tue Mar 22 1988 12:16

    Jerry,
    
    	Is it posible to modify the queue on the LN03 so that a readable
    job page is produced ? If this were so it would be easy to place
    printout in the correct pigeon hole rather than leave it all spread
    out on the table.  
    
    	Are there any others that share my wish ?
    
    						Ta,
    							Alan

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
128.1		RDGE43::BARKER	Campaign for Left Hand Smileys (-:	`Tue Mar 22 1988 12:41`	12
	Good Idea! Recently some jobs have been coming off with no header pages at all. This makes them very difficult to do anything with. Even stranger... Last week I got a readable job header sheet. It seemed to be printed with width 120, which meant only 1 or 2 lines wrapped round. The trailer page was just the usual old rubbish though. Copies available on request. Chris.
128.2	Yes, but	FOOT::THOMPSON		`Tue Mar 22 1988 18:11`	7
	Excellent idea! Buttt, shoreley shumbody has solved this little chestnut before us. Print/forms=xxx can be used to affect the content of the stuff you send to a printer, but I think he no affect de header etc.
128.3	Patch kit A	RDGE28::THOMPSON		`Wed Mar 23 1988 12:57`	12
	I've set the terminal port serving LN03$Q2 to have a width of 80 columns and this seems to produce a more readable header/trailer page. At least you get the first half dozen or so characters printed clearly and should help, unless your user name is PERKINS or PERKINST when you'll have to check the small print at the bottom of the trailer to see who printed it (Sorry Nicola, Tony) I don't expect this change to have any nasty side effects on the format of the file that is printed, but I'm sure you'll let me know if it does. Anybody out there ever done anything with printer form libraries?
128.4	final release ?	BACK::HAYCOX	Jaguar Le Mans winners 1988	`Wed Jun 29 1988 14:37`	70
	yes, below is the setup I use and the header page comes out 80 columns width with the WHOLE banner on it. Terminal queue LN03$Q2, on BACK::LTA100:, mounted form LN03_PORTRAIT (stock=DEFAULT) /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FLAG,FORM=LN03_PORTRAIT (stock=DEFAULT)) /LIBRARY=SYSDEVCTL Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=LATSYM /PROTECTION=(S:E,O:D,G:R,W:W) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE) /SEPARATE=(RESET=(LN03_RESET)) *** notice the reset module and forms Terminal: _LTA100: Device_Type: LN03 Owner: No Owner Input: 9600 LFfill: 0 Width: 255 Parity: None Output: 9600 CRfill: 0 Page: 72 Terminal Characteristics: Interactive Echo Type_ahead No Escape No Hostsync TTsync Lowercase Tab Wrap Hardcopy No Remote Eightbit No Broadcast No Readsync Form Fulldup No Modem No Local_echo No Autobaud No Hangup No Brdcstmbx No DMA No Altypeahd Set_speed No Line Editing Overstrike editing No Fallback No Dialup No Secure server No Disconnect Pasthru No Syspassword SIXEL Graphics No Soft Characters No Printer Port Numeric Keypad No ANSI_CRT No Regis No Block_mode No Advanced_video No Edit_mode No DEC_CRT No DEC_CRT2 No DEC_CRT3 Device spooled to _DUA0: ** Notice term type and width page etc... $ show queue/form gives... Form name Number Description --------- ------ ----------- DEFAULT 0 System-defined default LA75_132 (stock=DEFAULT) 204 LA75_132 LA75_80 (stock=DEFAULT) 203 LA75_80 LN03_132 (stock=DEFAULT) 202 LN03_132 LN03_LANDSCAPE (stock=DEFAULT) 201 LN03_LANDSCAPE LN03_PORTRAIT (stock=DEFAULT) 200 LN03_PORTRAIT * contents of device library Directory of TEXT library SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSLIB]SYSDEVCTL.TLB;1 on 29-JUN-1988 14:25:21 Creation date: 16-APR-1988 15:46:18 Creator: VAX-11 Librarian V04-00 Revision date: 16-APR-1988 16:42:19 Library format: 3.0 Number of modules: 6 Max. key length: 39 Other entries: 0 Preallocated index blocks: 1 Recoverable deleted blocks: 0 Total index blocks used: 1 Max. Number history records: 20 Library history records: 2 LA75_132 LA75_RESET LN03_132 LN03_LANDSCAPE LN03_PORTRAIT LN03_RESET With the queue set up I can print/queue=ln03$q2/form=??? where ??? is portrait or landscape and it does it. After the job has finished the printer is reset to the factory settings. SYS$LIBRARY:SYSDEVCTL.TLB just contains the escape sequences for the printer controls etc IAN.