Conference vaxuum::document_ft

54.0. "Am I doing something wrong???" by COSBY::ROMBERG (Kathy Romberg DTN 276-8189) Wed Mar 04 1987 09:37

	 I seem to be having a bit of trouble printing a *small* file on
     our  LN03.  I  seem to be getting nothing but blank pages. The file
     contains the following:

-----------------
<p>
<p>
this is a test of the document installation.
<p>
<p>
-----------------

	 The facts are:

	    1) We have both BL06 and BL07 (T1.0) installed on our
	       cluster. (11780 w/ VMS 4.5)

	    2) The commands used to process the file is:

		$document/noprint test general ln03
		$print/queue=FSELN03/nofeed/passall test.ln3

	    3) The result is the same under both BL06 and BL07.

	    4) If I double the contents of the file, it works fine.

	    5) The text *is* in the .dvi_ln3. 

	    6) The installation happened uneventfully - BL06 and BL07 
	       reside on different disks. 
	       
	    7) The BASELEVEL command procedure mentioned in a previous 
	       note seems to be working satisfactorily.

	    8) Works fine for line printer output.

	 Have I  done  something  wrong?  Is  there some sort of minimum
     character  requirement? Is this a 'feature' telling me not to waste
     LN03  paper on a single line of output ;-( ? Is there something I'm
     missing  that's  in the documentation (that's being reproduced so I
     don't  have  it  next  to  me)? Is this a hardware problem with our
     LN03?  (The  LN03  has 2 RAM cartridges, the base revision level is
     4.4, and the switch settings are correct.)

	 Files available upon request.

 

    A couple more questions:
    
    Does this happen every time you print this file, and not happen
    every time that you print other files? Just thinking about needing
    a reset sequence between jobs. Does turning the ln03 off and on
    affect the printing? (Also, does the dreaded 2-4 sequence appear
    on the printer?)
    
    There is not, to my knowledge, any Save-the-Trees code in Document

    
>    Does this happen every time you print this file, and not happen
>    every time that you print other files?

	 I have  only  seen  it when trying to print out few-line files.
     There  has  been  no problem printing the larger documents that are
     part of our every day life. I was just trying to play with T1.0 and
     see  how the different doctypes looked and didn't want to work with
     a big file.

	 I created  another  file,  only  smaller - a short line of text
     sandwiched  between  two  <p>'s,  and that one gave me blank paper,
     too.

>   Does turning the ln03 off and on affect the printing? 

	No. Same result.

>   Also, does the dreaded 2-4 sequence appear on the printer?

	No.
    

    I tried this file:
    
    	<p>
    	small
    	<p>
    
    running it:
    
    	$ document smallfile general ln03
    
    and it came out fine.  I'll contact you by mail.
    
    Mark