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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. About this forum ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

===== OS2PRINT CFORUM created at 01:48:37 on 92/04/08 GMT (by HOPKINS at AUSVM8)
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See OS2PRINT 931CFORU on OS2BBS  for appends to 92/09/04 (4977 lines)
 See OS2PRINT 932CFORU on OS2BBS  for appends to 93/01/22 (4466 lines)
 See OS2PRINT 933CFORU on OS2BBS  for appends to 93/05/16 (4496 lines)
 See OS2PRINT 941CFORU on OS2BBS  for appends to 93/09/21 (4498 lines)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Setting font in OS/2 LS 3.0 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have Lanserver 3.0 basic and OS/2 2.1 and I am trying to change the
font that keeps defaulting each time I print something. Either drop
and drag or copy something to the printer I end up with a font of
courier 10. I have changed the font on the 4029 printer and within
the printer driver. However each time I print I still get the courier
10. HELP!!!! How do I tell OS/2 not to change the font I selected on
the printer.

Peter L. Genova   Long Beach Memorial Hospital
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. PRINT cmd OK, but not drag & drop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Noticed a couple of earlier appends with the opposite
problem, but didn't see a confirmed solution. I am no
longer able to drag & drop print a simple text file. It
appears to work (i.e., it briefly appears in the queue),
but there is no output. This is true for a directlyattached
ProPrinter as well as LAN-attached 4019 and 4039.
I am able to print using the PRINT command from a command
line just fine. I'm sure this was working OK after I
upgraded to 2.1. Although I can't say just when it quit
working, I have installed DB2/2 and LNM 1.1 in the last
couple of days.

Tim Rice  Legislative Information System (Illinois)
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REM out the following line in your config.sys: RUN=<path>EPW.EXE and
place the following line in your startup.cmd: DETACH <path>EPW.EXE.
Running EPW in the config.sys causes all metafiling functions to
fail.  Printing uses metafiles.

Mark
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In addition to Remming out this line I recommend you down load the
selective fixes for DB2/2 and Query Manager from this BBS.
They include more information on what lines to rem out and correct
some bugs in the software.

The update seems to say that it is no longer necessary to add those files
to a startup.cmd.  The fixes applies itself and corrected all the printing
problems. (You rem the lines)

I too had this same problem and called for technical assistance to find
the answer.  Later I discovered the selective fixes for DB2/2 on this BBS
which also explained the problem and the solution.

Jerry Sitbon [phone]
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[Reference to append at 19:06 on 93/09/21 by HAMZY at BCRVMPC1 ]

Mark (& Jerry),

Thanks for the info. 'REMming' out the EPW did the trick.
To be safe, I have also installed the DB2/2 & QM service
packs. Sorry to take so long in replying. Thanks again.

Tim Rice  Legislative Information System (Illinois)
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[Reference to append at 19:06 on 93/09/21 by HAMZY at BCRVMPC1 ]

What is this epw.exe ?
Should the line "RUN=<path>eprout.exe 1" be commented out in config.sys
and put in startup.cmd too ?

Phil Tung
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EPW.EXE is FFST/2, a trace and dump component that is bundled with DB2/2,
CM/2, and other products -- but that's neither here nor there.  The _problem_
is a bug in OS/2 that breaks printing and other things when the first program
to use Presentation Manager is not the desktop.  Moving EPW.EXE from
CONFIG.SYS to STARTUP.CMD gets around the problem.

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. This is a "feature" ?!? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We have an HP LaserJet III printer (one paper tray).  We are also running
some OS/2 programs that print to the printer.

The HP is setup on the LAN as a shared printer, with the correct driver
installed at both the server and the node (this is LS 3).  When the OS/2
program selects the printer and the page size is changed from the default
"letter" to the legal size, the print job is held in queue - with a status
of "RELEASE" and a message of "Forms mismatched"!!

According to the online help; a printer administrator must then go into the
settings for that printer, and change the forms on the printer from letter
to legal!!  Then make sure that the printer has the legal tray in it (remember
this is on a lan, so the printer is not "right there" for the administator to
see).

Anyway, after that mess, the same problem happens when we go back to letter -
an administrator has to open the printer settings, change the form to letter,
then close.

I thought OS/2 was suppose to make things easier -- this is not easier!!  Easy
is looking at the printer and seeing the "load legal" message and swapping
trays, and then seeing the "load letter" message and swapping again!!

Needing to open the printer settings *EVERYTIME* a job requests a different
form is just unacceptable.

Note that the "DOS" version of this program doesn't have this problem!! It
just sends the codes to the printer and "load legal" shows on the printers
display.  That's easy.

Now the question:  Is there *ANYWAY* to disable the usless feature -- without
loosing the capabilities of the printer at the OS/2 level?

Paul Kurr -- Stockholder Systems, Norcross GA
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Problem printing Postscript files after 2.1 upgrade ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have an Apple LaserWriter II NTX attached to a PS/2 model 90; This
combination worked fine under 2.0+SP1 I could d&d postscript files created
by CPOST or LP3820 (IBM EWS) programs and they would print fine.

I have upgraded to 2.1 and now "postscript" files will not print; they go
in the queue and are dispatched from there and I see the light flashing on
the printer as it receives the file; but no output.

If I d&d a config.sys or any other plain text file to the printer; they
will print fine.

Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

Ken Prince EI DuPont
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That is a known problem and there is a fix for it.
Look in Library 17 of OS2SUPPORT forum.

Mark
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I do not have access to IBM internal forums(I am assuming that Library 17 of
the OS2SUPPORT forum is internal). If the "fix" information is not to large;
please post the "fix" here. Many thanks.
If it is easier you may send the information to me via IBMMAIL; send to
IBMMAIL(USDUPGVW).

Again Thanks for the help.

Ken Prince  EI DuPont
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Actually, I was talking about where it is on Compuserve (since this is a
CFORUM).

Mark
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I re-installed the pstscrpt.drv that came with 2.0; and now my printing is
fine. I guess I will keep an eye out for new releases of the postscript
driver and try them as they are released.

Thanks

Ken Prince EI DuPont
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I experienced the same problem using an IBM 4019 w/Postscript option.  The
printer worked fine under OS/2 2.0.  Under OS/2 2.1 it would print in any
mode except Postscript.  I finally resolved the problem by replacing my
existing 25' printer cable with an IBM 6' printer cable.  The OS/2
documentation states that OS/2 2.1 utilizes all 25-pins of the cable and
recommends the 6' length.  I'm sure that my 25' cable did not have all
25 pins wired.  Since the printer worked fine in any mode but Postscript I
would guess that it wasn't the length of the cable that caused the problem but
that in Poscript mode all 25-pins are required.

James W. Sanders IV - Amoco Petroleum Additives Co.
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. MCI interface ? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:   None

From: Korakin Yossi
To:  Phill Billin

Hi PHIL

How can I interface my C-Set++ source to the MMPM digital motion video.
The toolkit headers in the MMPM are empty and the INCL_OS2MM not existing
in my OS2 headers.

Do I have to buy another toolkit ?

thanks.

* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(00080378002C0000 2ca60652)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Problem printing Landscape on OS/2 Version of 1-2-3.... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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 I am having a problem printing landscape on a Hewlett-Packard
Paint Jet printer.  When I change the setting to landscape, the
program shuts down and gives me an error.  This also occurs in
Freelance Graphics.  I installed the device driver using a file
I pulled off of the OS2PROD disk in TOOLCAT.  Is the driver bad?
Is there something wrong the Lotus Applications?  Any help or
suggestions would be much appreciated!  Thanks......

Scally, Charles J.
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Corel Draw 2.5 and legal sized paper. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I'm having problems getting the OS/2 version of Corel Draw to print
legal size document. Like mentioned earlier in another append I get no
print out. I look in the spool and it shows a forms mismatch. I have
set up the print job proerties to print legal, I have my Hewlett
Packard LaserJet IIP set to legal size forms, but I still get the
mis-match. Can any anyone shed some light on this for me please?
Thanks!  Terry Matney
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Make sure that your printer properties are also set to legal.  Open
print object's settings->printer driver tab->open settings on print
icon.

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Enabling Popup Printer Driver Error Message Under 2.1 GA ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Is there a way to enable the popup error message box that came up
under OS/2 1.3 when the printer was switched off?  The box had a stop
sign in it and stated that the printer was not online, giving the
option to retry or cancel the Jobid in question.

Under 2.1 GA, this box only occurs when the printer is switched off
in the middle of the print job.  No error box appears when the
printer is off or offline at the beginning of the print job.

Glenn Laxson  TxDOT
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Corel Draw 2.5 print problems with legal size documents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Thanks for the reply,, I have correctly set up the job properties under
OS/2 for the printer. (At least legal size paper is selected.) The page
def is set for legal and when I pick the Corel Draws print option
I select legal there also. Still have the forms mis-match. As a side
I called IBM's End User Software Support and they said this was a known
problem with Corel. Corel says they do not have a problem. Has any one
else printed legal size documents to a HP LaserJet IIP with the OS/2
version of Corel Draw?
Thanks again....Terry Matney
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. PostScript transformation by PSF/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I want to transform PostScript files to page segments (PSEG3820), and
send them to an MVS system to store (and print under control of a
host program).
Right now, we make that transform step on MVS by "PostScript Inter-
preter", but want to replace it.
PSF/2 has that transformation capability, but it seems very
"hard-wired" into its print functionality. I installed PSF/2 and
saw that to use that transformation, I am obliged to define a 3820
printer (either via channel adapter or communication connected).
As I noticed, I don't want to submit any print jobs on my OS/2, I'd
like to  ONLY USE THE PostScript to PSEG3820 TRANSFORMATION !

Is there a way to do that ? Could a PSF/2 developer tell me, if this
functionality can be excluded ? (some kind of program call - input is
the PostScript file, output is the PSEG3820)

Bernhard Bercher,  IBM Boeblingen
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. OS/2 2.1 Printer Drivers for IBM 3852 Model 2 Color JetPrinter ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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To whoever can help,
  We have an old IBM Color Jetprinter 3852 Model 2 that we would like to
put back in service on one of our OS/2 2.1 machines. Can somebody tell me
if &/or where I can find a driver for it? A WIN/OS2 driver would also be
great. If it's not up here and is on Compuserve, could you please include
directions of where to "GO *.*" and what to do once I get there?

Thanks in advance,

Tim

Tim Thiemel @Kodak [phone]
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A driver can be found on the PCCBBS (aka NSCBBS, aka PCUG BBS, aka "IBM
Atlanta BBS" -- but it's not there any more) at 1-919-517-0001.

John W. Kennedy - Hoechst Celanese, Somerville, NJ (The OS/2 Hobbit\Team OS/2)
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[Reference to append at 12:37 on 93/10/01 by EK13011 at OS2CUST ]

Tim,
There is at least an OS/2 one here, it is in the Selective Fixes area, OS2PDVR.

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Postscript Driver with AES ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have OS/2 2.1 installed with the Automatic Emulation Switching (AES)
software and 4019 with Postscript (4 Meg buffer).  The setup is
physical LPT1: logical PPDS LPT1, HP LPT2, Postscript LPT3.  I have
frequent OS/2 error messages "Printer Offline or out of Paper", and
neither condition is true.  Sometimes the "Retry" option is the correct
choice, but sometimes I lose the rest of the file.  Sometimes the "Ignore
" option will allow the print job to continue.  Sometimes I lose with
a timeout (but the driver is set to 0 seconds, i.e ignore timouts).  The
errors occur with files originating in DOS as well as WIN-OS2 (usually
WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows).  The files can be any size, but it happens
most oftem with large print jobs.

I've found nothing similar in this forum.  Can anyone shed some light on
this problem?  (I'm pretty sure the same problem and symptoms were in
OS/2 2.01.)

Jim Bethell
Consultant, CMR Inc.
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Believe it or not I had a simular problem of losing output from the pC to the 4
029.  I reloaded the system many times.  FInnally I replaced the printer cable
with an official IBM printer cable and all my problems disappeared.  By the way
 I had no printing problems with DOS/WIndows only with OS/2 GA 2.X.  I couldn't
 believe it but that's the story and I now have WP 5.2 Win working with both WP
 drivers and Windows drivers.

Victor M. Yellen,  University of Florida
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Thanks, but my cable is the official IBM part.  I suppose it's always
possible a connector is damaged .... but there are no errors from the
other AES modes.  I'm still looking for a s/w explanation if anyone
has encountered the problem.

Jim Bethell
Consultant, CMR Inc.
(EX-IBM)
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[Reference to append at 15:09 on 93/10/04 by XXCMRO01 at TORVMCOP ]

Update on the problem description:

This problem is not an AES problem, or a Postscript driver problem.
Further testing has determined that it can appear without AES, and
(sometimes) through the native IBM4019 driver.  I have talked to Lexmark,
and am now looking for solutions from "square one".  Have checked the
cable pins, and tightened down the cable ground connection - and am
waiting for any future errors ............

Jim Bethell
Consultant, CMR Inc.
(EX-IBM)
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If you have checked your cable for proper wiring, grounding, and shielding;
and have eliminated the driver timeouts; one of the few things left would be
to make sure that your I/O card is handling interrupts properly.  Make sure
that it is using IRQ7 and nobody else is (like a SB).  Also, what kind of
system do you have (ISA/EISA/MCA) and are there settings (jumpers/CMOS) for
bidirectional operation or dma for your parallel port?

Kenn Martin  Internet: [e-mail]
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[Reference to append at 15:09 on 93/10/04 by XXCMRO01 at TORVMCOP ]

Hi, I have the identical symptoms described in the original append:
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I have OS/2 2.1 installed with the Automatic Emulation Switching (AES)
software and 4019 with Postscript (4 Meg buffer).  The setup is
pmost oftem with large print jobs.
frequent OS/2 error messages "Printer Offline or out of Paper", and
neither condition is true.  Sometimes the "Retry" option is the correct
choice, but sometimes I lose the rest of the file.  Sometimes the "Ignore
" option will allow the print job to continue.  Sometimes I lose with
a timeout (but the driver is set to 0 seconds, i.e ignore timouts).  The
errors occur with files originating in DOS as well as WIN-OS2 (usually
WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows).  The files can be any size, but it happens
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My physical printer is a 4029 server printer shared through the logical
ports lpt2,3,4.  I do not think the problem is HW.  THere seems to be a
large SW hole somewhere in OS/2 2.1 or the AES software.
Any one have any ideas,
or similar experiences???.............Thanks.........BB
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I am getting the same problem under a few different circumstances.  I'm.
not sure the problem is related to AES.  I have a 4029-6P printer
physically attached to LPT1.  I am not running AES at all.  I am using
OS/2 2.1 and the Postscript driver with 39 fonts and 600dpi.  I also
cannot print more than one print job before I get the error box
"Printer offline or out of paper".  Neither is true.  Both choices
Retry or Abort do the same thing.  The job is lost and I have to
reprint it.

Also, I can print one job, but multiple copies of it.  That is, there is
one job in thequeue but its setting notebook shows more than one copy.
I still get the same error.  One copy printe.  While it is printing I
get the "Printer offline or out of paper" error.  The rest of the copies
never print.

So, for me it's not AES.  I only have one printer defined.  Also, it's
not just DOS or WINOS2 applications, but also native OS/2 applications.

I need this fixed!  The printer is slow enough.  But, I wouldn't mind
if I could just queue up print jobs and let it print away.  As it is
now I can only print one job at a time.

Bob Cole - United States Auto Club - Speedway, IN
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I've found that generally (and depending what kind of app is doing the
printing) increasing the port timeout rather that decreasing to 0 will
help with large jobs when getting the 'offline' error.

Larry Leach
Boca Raton, FL
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[Reference to append at 15:09 on 93/10/04 by XXCMRO01 at TORVMCOP ]

We had the same problem back on OS/2 1.3, without the AES software
but using the Postscript option.

The problem was a HARDWARE problem in the 4019 Postscript card.
The service engineer changed the card and it worked fine after that.

I suggest you contact your hardware supplier - he probably knows what
engineering change is required.

Regards. Mark Yudkin

This append was created on the External IBMLink system by
YUDKIN CONSULTING AG
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. 4033 lexmark Oh why on Why must we sign on to another BBS ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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RTK Of RK Associates of Aquidneck Island INC
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John W. Kennedy - Hoechst Celanese, Somerville, NJ (The OS/2 Hobbit\Team OS/2)
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[Reference to append at 02:55 on 93/10/06 by WZ01167 at OS2CUST ]

Because Lexmark is a separate company that IBM only owns 10% (I think) of.

At present, Lexmark has the contractual right to put "IBM" on their products,
and IBM has the contractual right to sell Lexmark products as IBM.  This is a
temporary legal arrangement (although the option to renew exists).  But
Lexmark is still a separate company, and they are the best source for
information on Lexmark products and drivers just as HP is the best source for
HP products.

John W. Kennedy - Hoechst Celanese, Somerville, NJ (The OS/2 Hobbit\Team OS/2)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. 4033 lexmark oh why oh why must we sign onto another BBS ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Oh why oh why must we sign onto the Lexmart BBS to receive the 4033 fixes
for OS/2. Why can't Lexmart put there fixes on this BBS??????

Oh Why oh Why ??????

PS. I thought that Lexmart was still part of IBM, or a sub of IBM.

RTK Of RK Associates of Aquidneck Island INC
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. New CSD available for PSF/2 V1.10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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| All languages now available to order.  Cumulative list of
| APARS is appended at the end.

The following is the set of PTFs for the various languages that PSF/2
supports, for the latest cumulative corrective service:

UR40232 ... English
UR40233 ... German
UR40234 ... Italian
UR40235 ... Spanish
UR40236 ... French
UR40237 ... Japanese
UR40238 ... Chinese

 APAR INFORMATION

 o  IR99523

   Several items were included in this APAR:

   -  Corrections to HELP and MESSAGE files.
   -  Late-breaking National Language Support corrections.
   -  HP-PCL image printing enhancements.
   -  Reinstalls require deleting of print queues first.
   -  Additional application print support.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38483

 o  IR99461 - Type Transformer

   Several items were included in this APAR:

   -  Missing token names on the begin & end structured fields.
   -  Incorrect Hebrew character mappings and missing
     Cyrillic Greek character mappings.
   -  Same character set filename generated for different Type-1
     fonts.
   -  Time out error during host upload.
   -  Storing multiple fonts into an AS/400 folder.
   -  Incorrect copyright statement.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38483

 o  IR99524

   PSF/2 does not work with OS/2 32-bit Graphics Engine.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38483

 o  IR99676

   The following HP-PCL enhancements have been added:

   -  Printing in color with HP-PCL data stream
     printers that support color.
   -  Better printer memory emulation.
   -  Support for offset stacking.
   -  More flexible mapping of bins from an AFPDS data
     stream to actual printer trays.
   -  Allow specifications of media, and logical and
     printable area.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38637

 o  IR99715

   Message AIN0396E indicating SQL problem. SQL error
   SQL0180N.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38637

 o  IR22337

   For USA only, 4019 default paper size is Letter instead of A4.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22334

   4019 devices may overprint at left margin.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22430

   Help panel used wrong word for button name.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR99810

   DPF fonts being deleted from printer between jobs.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22335

   ACIF print support.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22429

   BCOCA and GOCA objects not being positioned correctly.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22298

   LU Alias for Host Receiver does not allow same
   characters as Communications Manager for the name.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22431

   Remove FILE option from list of ports for OS/2
   2.0 for device type 4019.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22475

   Fix DBCS problem which was causing a PSF/2 trap
   when printing jobs received via DPF.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22560

   Fix ASCII Landscape parameter not being accepted
   when printing from the Print Submitter.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22564

   Fix lock that is taking too long for Channel driver
   with OS/2 2.1

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22336

   Update PENNANT Logo.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22499

   Upload fonts to VSE and AIX.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22501

   Font GRID width error in 300 pel fonts.  Fixes the
   formula for calculating Font Width (GRID width) in
   certain font character sets.  We recommend that you
   re-generate all 300-pel fonts that were previously
   created using Type Transformer.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22502

   Several Type Transformer items were included in this
   APAR:

   -  Remove C-PLI runtime library prerequisite for
     storing fonts to VM or MVS
   -  Disallow a blank library name in the Store to
     AS/400 Panel.
   -  Expand the maximum length of the typeface name
     displayed in various panels, from 32 to 128
     characters.
   -  Disallow simultaneous stores to multiple hosts.
   -  Type 1 character name to IBM name (GCGID)
     mapping changes for conformity to the Greek
     Standards Authority for Printing.
   -  Added Cyrillic Greek and Hebrew character lists.
   -  Summary report now displays large FGID values
     correctly.
   -  Detect maximum baseline extents greater than
     256 pels.
   -  Detect character increments greater than 255 pels
     for characters in the 90 and 270 degree rotations.
   -  Online help fixes for French version of Type
     Transformer.
Continue on the next panel.


   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22566

   AFPDS Windows Device Driver may create AFPDS records
   too long for uploading to host systems.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22739

   Can't restart a job at current page after printer
   intervention.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22878

   Provide additional exit programs for the samples
   directory for Post Script.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22879

   New functions for using PSF/2 with NOVELL networks,
   with DOS.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22895

   Add a "FILE" option to the list of printer ports
   available for 4019 device type.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR23083

   Delete private resources when no longer needed
   without having to bring Spool Manager down.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR23321

   A job with a host form that is not selected is
   printed via the DPF spool.  Wrong criteria being
   used for determining which jobs to print.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23398

   If an option is not selected for a temporary
   operator message, a bad default is returned.
   This can also occur when a user selects an
   option.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23425

   HP-PCL, PPDS printers have a variety of problems
   when printing from the host, or LAN.  The output
   is incorrect.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23445

   PAGES datastream support for Japan.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23451

   Control panel fixes for FORMDEF that doesn't
   stay changed after being changed.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23466

   When a new spool is created the DPF Class selected
   to print was 'A', has been changed to '*'.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23483

   HP-PCL4 has new default FORMDEFs and new default
   paper sizes.  Fixes a number of problems with
   overlapping text, etc.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23559

   Job is duplex, and only one page is sent for each
   duplex indicator (printing as simplex).  This causes
   an out of storage indication, or trap condition.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23611

   Channel card in highest numbered slot, and with an
   IRQ of 12 (via reference disk) get traps, and hangs.
   This fixes most (but not all) of these problems.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23735

   Ship command line functions to create AFPDS
   documents, segments, and overlays from PostScript.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. How to connect an auto-switch box to OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have a customer who would like to use a black box auto switch  to share a pri
nter between a DOS and OS/2 client. The OS/2 side seems to print garbage at tim
es. What do I need to do to the OS/2 side to get this to work?

Raymond
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You didn't say what type of PC OS/2 was running on but if you have
a PS/2 859x or 95xx you will need to disable parrallel port arbitration.

Keith A. Blake  (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (USPGC9GC/IBMMAIL)
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It was on a 9595. Thanks much!!!!!!!!

Raymond
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[Reference to append at 15:44 on 93/10/07 by IL84743 at OS2CUST ]

To: Raymond

I'm sharing a Epson Action Laser 1000 between two OS/2 machines with an A/B
switch.  So far, there are no problems using the switch and two copies of
OS/2.  There are two explanations I can think of (neither of which may be
the actual problem):  Either one of your cables has a bogus wire and
sometimes drops bits, or one of your applications is leaving the printer in
a strange state.

Rocco Caputo (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. HP LaserJet IIp+ problems ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have a 486/66DX2 local bus compatible PC running OS/2 2.1.
When trying to print to my HP LaserJet IIp+ printer, it fails.
More specificly, the busy light on the printer will illuminate
for a couple of seconds then go off, no printout is generated.
About 45 seconds later, I get an error from OS/2 saying the
printer may be offline or out of paper.

I have windows 3.1 on a separate partion, from which I can print
with no problems.

I have checked the following several times,
  - Correct printer driver
  - Driver settings correct
  - Printer cable/connections
  - Parallel port

Can anyone HELP?
**********************************************************************

Already answered in os2print FORUM; you have an interrupt conflict or loss
problem.

Kenn Martin  Internet: [e-mail]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Primera Hot Wax Printer Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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An acquaintance has the opportunity to purchase a "Primera" printer made by
Fargo Electronics of White Cloud, North Dakota, at an attractive price.  He
tells me that it is shipped with a device driver for Windows 3.1 but that
no driver exists for OS/2 2.1.

The questions are:

o  Does this driver for Windows 3.1 also work with WINOS2?  I think the
  answer is "it should" but "it definitely does" is the answer really
  needed before commiting to the new printer (or to OS/2 2.1, for that
  matter).
o  Does anyone know of a driver for this printer for native OS/2?

A final question, since this hot wax printer is available to this fellow
at a "VERY attractive price," is:  Does anyone have any experience with
this machine and, if so, what is your evaluation?

Jim

J. D. Stuyck and Associates - Member, I. V. League - [phone]
**********************************************************************

I never did find out if this printer (the Primera) had any type of OS/2
support, nor did the fellow that was considering purchase tell me if he
got the thing.  However, the current Byte magazine (December, 1993) includes
it in a review of "Bargain Color Printers" (page 153).  It's a 203 dot per
inch printer with a suggested retail of $995.

Jim Stuyck - J.D. Stuyck & Associates - Member, I.V. League - [phone]
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Novell Netware & OS/2 print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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When you drag a Network Printer from the template, you don't get to pick the
printer driver (unless you're the Administrator) because you're using a
COPY of what's on the LAN.
If you could change the printer driver - you'd also be changing it for
everyone else who uses that same printer...

I don't know about your other question.  I've not used the Novell stuff
very much under OS/2.  If that changes, I'll share any info I get.

David Richard, Print Zombie Deluxe
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Printing with 4039 / PCL5 fonts / Flash ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:   None

From: Herr Welter
To:  All

In cooperation with Lexmark Germany we are developing PCL5 fonts
for the 4039 series printers. We use the toolkit installation
programm for OS/2 2.0 / 2.1 to load the fonts in Flash-ROM.
We would like to know how we can map the fonts to existing
screenfonts (eg. an Futura bold italic font to the built-in
Helvetica screenfont bold italic).
Can we edit any drivers, font tables or font metric files? Must
there be any special entry in the GLUE.TXT or the XXXXXXX.TFM
file? Please answer asap, if possible by fax.

Stefan M. Schwall
s.a.x. software GmbH
Rankestr. 6
D-76137 Karlsruhe
Fax [phone]
Tel [phone]

* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(0057003101000000 2cb5362e)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. WordPerfect 5.1+, AFP data stream and PSF/2 V1.10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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WordPerfect Corp.'s family of PC-based products can now print on IBM
AFP (Advanced Function Printing) printers.  The products supported are:

o  WordPerfect 5.1 (or higher)
o  WordPerfect for Windows 5.1 (or higher)
o  WordPerfect for OS/2 5.1 (or higher)
o  LetterPerfect
o  DrawPerfect
o  PlanPerfect 5.1 (or higher)

The WordPerfect AFP printer driver produces true AFPDS containing text,
it does not convert text to full-page image. The driver supports the
following AFP fonts:

o  Century SchoolBook
o  Compatibility Fonts
o  Core Interchange Fonts
o  ITC Avant Garde Gothic
o  ITC Souvenir
o  Math Symbols Sans Serif
o  Math Symbols Serif
o  Monotype Garamond
o  Sonoran Sans Serif
o  Sonoran Serif

In general all of the WordPerfect print functions are supported.  A few
special functions are not supported where AFP does not have an equivalent
capability. Detailed information about limitations may be obtained from
WordPerfect.

Two pieces are required to make this work:  (1) the IBMAFP.ALL driver
available from WordPerfect Corporation at no charge, and (2) the
latest CSD for PSF/2.

(1) US Customers can order the IBM AFP printer driver by calling the
WordPerfect Orders Department at [phone] and asking for the
IBM AFP driver on Printer Disk 17 for WordPerfect 5.1. They can also
access the driver on WordPerfect's BBS by calling [phone]
and downloading WPLA76.ZIP.

(2) You will also require either of the two last CSDs for PSF/2; they
contain a transform exit which will correct the AFPDS that the
WordPerfect IBMAFP.ALL driver produces. This transform exit is called
WP2AFP.DLL.

Here is how the PSF/2 WordPerfect support works:

Workstation
with WordPerfect ---/---> PSF/2 Server >> Printed output
 (1),(2)      (3)   (4),(5)      :-}

(1) The user is running WordPerfect with the IBMAFP.ALL driver
  installed as the printer. ** WORDPERFECT OWNS AND DISTRIBUTES
  THE IBMAFP.ALL DRIVER.
(2) The user prints a WordPerfect document. The IBMAFP.ALL driver
  generates an 'almost' AFP data stream. 'Almost' in this case
  refers to the fact that this driver generates Map Coded Font
  references at the end of each page - which is not valid in the
  AFP architecture.
(3) The file is automatically routed to the PSF/2 print server using
  LAN services (for the sake of this example).
(4) The PSF/2 print server (with the latest CSD) has been configured
  to use the 'WordPerfect-to-AFP' (WP2AFP.DLL) transform for the
  shared print queue receiving the workstation output. ** THIS
  TRANSFORM IS PROVIDED FREE WITH PSF/2 AND WAS JOINTLY DEVELOPED
  WITH WORDPERFECT.
(5) PSF/2 runs the 'almost' AFP through the WP2AFP transform,
  producing 'true' AFP data stream which is then printed :-}.

Note: The IBMAFP.ALL driver has a 'key' which tells the WP2AFP
   transform to modify the data - data streams without the
   key are not modified by the transform. You must use the latest
   IBMAFP.ALL printer driver in order for the WordPerfect support
   in PSF/2 to work correctly.
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. RPrinter Problems ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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  I am running RPRINTER from my IBM Model 70 using OS/2 2.0.  I was
playing around with the default settings, and I inadvertently set up
as my default an incorrect queue setting.

  My problem is that I cannot delete that default setting.  Now,
every time I start up RPRINTER, there it is.  I have tried to delete
the default setting, but it still initializes itself when I start up
RPRINTER.

  I tried to replace it, but the old settings pop up when I start
RPRINTER.  I and able to close down the connection within RPRINTER
and start up one with the correct settings, but I would like to get
it so that RPRINTER does not initialize with a mis-configured connection.

Patrick Quilty, Syracuse NY
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. HP LJ4M Print Prob. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I recently switched from printing with a 4019E01 to an HP LJ4M with the
pscript option. I set up the LJ to auto switch between pcl & pscript.
However, to get it to print I had to load the LJ 4/4M pscript driver. The
4M laserjet.drv wouldn't print anything. The spooler would show the job
being sent to the printer but it would hang there. I couldn't delete the
job either. I can now print graphics text from help windows but I can't
print a simple text file from a command line.
Could some one help me set this thing up correctly?
Thanks.

Regis Marquette Electronics
**********************************************************************

If the 4M is anything like my IBM 4039-12R then here's my suggestion:
Assuming the printer is not on the LAN.
Configure it by default to be in PCL mode.
Drag and drop three printer templates on the desktop.
For one configure it to use the IBMNULL driver
make this printer the default
For two configure it to be the PCL driver *.drv
For three configure it to be the Postscript driver.
Configure all to be on the same printer port.
For Win-OS/2 if you need it configure only the PCL and Postscript driver
on the same port as OS/2.OS2 ...

This setup will allow you to copy/print from the command prompts and
print from OS/2 and Windows apps without intervention.  There are
other ways to setup the printer in OS/2, but I have found this to be
the easiest for me ...

Keith A. Blake  (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (USPGC9GC/IBMMAIL)
**********************************************************************

Keith, I do almost exactly what you do.  For my HP4M, I configured
a printer icon for HP PCL and one for HP PostScript.  The PCL drive
is the default.  Now all my text printing is done perfectly, and
I use the PostScript driver for all my word processing or graphics
printing.  Works fine.

Janet Gobeille
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[Reference to append at 20:27 on 93/10/22 by DEV2132 at OS2CUST ]

Regis,
Sounds like the HPLJ4 is not configed for auto-switch.  Go through the the
printers setups and make sure it can autoswitch.  Also, the other ideas
presented here are excellent.

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. (no subject) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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LJ4M Print Prob.
This APPEND was deleted at 20:12:07 on 10/25/93 EST.
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. HP Laser Jet Printer problems with OS2 2.1 Window Applications ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have a HPIII compatible laser printer (Raven LP530). Under OS 2.0 I
had no problems printing. However, when I upgraded to OS2 2.1, I can
no longer print Window applications. I have no problem for DOS or
OS2 applications. However, for Windows applications, nothing is printed
nor is there any error messages.

Does any one have any idea of what the problem may be?

Rosemary Fleming
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Did you reinstall the printer driver for the LaserJet IIIafter upgrading.
When you install a printer driver you are prompted whether or notyou would
like the equivalent windows driver. You may want to at leasttry reinstalling
the printer driver to make sure this is not your problem.

Dale Radspinner, Simco Electronics @ NASA/JSC [phone]
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 15:29 on 93/10/27 by XXTDBK79 at TORVMCOP ]

Rosemary,
 It sounds as though this may be the business of 2.1 not handling the
changed print driver names between Windows 3.0 and 3.1.  If so the
answer is to get out the install disks for the OS/2 printer drivers
and install the new printer drivers in WINOS2.  The old named drivers
can be deleted.

Gary Buchanan AOI, Lexington, Ky  CIS 73233,62  IBMMAIL(USAOIXXA)
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Word Perfect 5.2 / Windows, printer problems, document from A: drive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We are having trouble printing Word Perfect Documents across the LAN when they
are RETRIEVED from the A: Drive.

Environment: OS/2 2.1 clients, LAN Server 3.0 in a 6 server DOMAIN. Printers
include HP LaserJet III si and IBM/LEXMARK 4019. Word Perfect for Windows 5.2
is a served application and is run, of course, from the WINOS2 session.

When any document is retrieved from the A: drive and printed, the result is
many (say 20) separate print jobs spooled to the LAN. This "should" have been
a one page output - but due to the problem, the result is many many pages of
unformatted printer garbage.

If the document is retrieved from either a LAN drive or the C: drive, there
is no problem and the document prints correctly.

We called Word Perfect and they are aware of the situation (they do not
consider it a problem). They said that the ENDCAP=NO parameter of CAPTURE
under Netware fixes the problem. We are a LAN Server shop! They have no
suggestions for LAN Server.

As an aside, locally attached printers do not have this problem: only LAN
printers, only WP for Windows under WINOS2, only documents retrieved from
the A: drive. Also, "real" Windows clients do not have this problem.

I feel like the solution is an adjustment to either the SPOOLER, or WINOS2
settings like IDLE SENSITIVITY, etc.

Has anyone seen this problem and solved it in the LAN SERVER environment.

Many thanks!

Kyle Byrd, IBMMail - US5RN87N [phone]
**********************************************************************

We have the same problem with Winword 2.0.

Erik Vander Ahe                 The Mutual Group
IBMMAIL(CAMUTBBT)                Waterloo, Ontario
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 18:15 on 93/10/27 by FFX1001 at OS2CUST ]

Kyle and Eric,
Try runningthe WINOS2 Print Manager.  Let me go check to see if the APAR is
still open...

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited

PJ09479 its still open.
**********************************************************************

Mike & Kyle, sorry I should have mentioned that. I knew there was a
way around it, but I didn't have the info handy (I'm not a Windows
user).

Erik Vander Ahe                 The Mutual Group
IBMMAIL(CAMUTBBT)                Waterloo, Ontario
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 18:15 on 93/10/27 by FFX1001 at OS2CUST ]

Kyle,
 You might want to look at APAR pj10228 (closed as a duplicate of
PJ09479, which also see).  Basically, it's a problem.  Copying the
file to a hard drive is the only real answer at the time, though for
some, enabling WINOS2 print manager helps.

Gary Buchanan AOI, Lexington, Ky  CIS 73233,62  IBMMAIL(USAOIXXA)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29. PRINT W/O EMBEDDED PRINTER CONTROLS? TO A FILE ON DISK ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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IS THERE A WAY OR SPECIAL PRINTER DRIVER AVAILABLE TO ALLOW PRINTING TO A
FILE WITHOUT THE EMBEDDED PRINTER CONTROLS?  A PM APPLICATION IS RUNNING AND
WE WANT THE REPORTS FROM THE APPLICATION PRINTED TO A STRAIGHT TEXT FILE ON
DISK WITHOUT EMBEDDED PRINTER CONTROLS. CANNOT CUSTOMIZE THE OUTPUT FROM WITHIN
THE APPLICATION.

S. Michalik, Kerr-McGee Corp. The Leaders in EIS
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Not at this time.  However, we are aware of the need for a plain text
ASCII printer driver.

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 30. 4216 Personal Page Printer II ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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When trying to print from Word Perfect 5.1 for DOS (running in a 2.1 DOS box)
I must quit Word Perfect before the print job is released.  Is there a
solution to this problem???

Bill Hale, Director AIS, Texas Tech University
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Bill Hale,

Check the PRINT_TIMEOUT value for your WordPerfect 5.1 DOS session
settings.  It  should default to 15 seconds, and the queue should close the
file after a quarter minute without print activity.

If WP doesn't pause in its printer output, you could get away with a smaller
timeout.  But if the timeout is too small, your output will be broken into
separate jobs.

Rocco Caputo (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
(Then again, it could be something entirely different.)
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 15:46 on 93/10/29 by SAMM3RC at OS2CUST ]

Bill,
If Rocco's suggestion does not work, you could also try printing to a file
called LPT1.OS2, or LPT2.OS2, etc. instead of port LPT1, LPT2.  I can't
remember if this helps this problem or not though.  I have never had your
problem, but I have had corrupted print jobs from not doing the above.  Is
you 'Fast printing to port' turned on?

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 31. Printer Driver for OS/2 2.0 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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A customer wants to install a driver for 4039. However this printer
is not on the list of drivers available for OS/2 2.0.
Is there an available printer driver for IBM 4039 or Lexmark 4039 for
OS/2 2.0?
If so could you please tell me where I can get it.

Jose H. Aldana
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The OS/2 2.1GA PSCRIPT driver already explicitly supports the 4039.  You can
get a more up-to-date version from here in the OS2PRNTD package.  You can use
the LASERJET driver from 2.1GA (lie to it and say you have a 4029) or from
OS2PRNTD to cover the PCL mode, but you're better off downloading the IBMPCL5
driver from the Lexmark BBS at 1-606-232-5238, which includes explicit support
of the 4039 and of PCL5.

By the way, IBMPCL5 also supports the 4029 (_iff_ the 4029 has the PCL5
upgrade) better than LASERJET does.

Hey, Hank!  Could we have that driver (at least), and preferably all Lexmark
OS/2 drivers, posted here, and kept up-to-date?

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

Was looking for the OS2PRNTD package on OS2TOOLS, but could not find it.
Any idea where it resides ?

Thanks for the help.
Marnix Gillis
IBM Belgium
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Try OS2CSD.  By the way, this is an external forum.

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 32. Printing from PMCHART ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I am trying to print a .GPH file from PMCHART using a network attached
printer on LPT2.  Within Printer Setup the printer name is
'IBM52XX on none'.  If I opt to print to this it informs me that the
printer is not online (it is !).

Can anyone tell me where it is picking this name up from... as it
wouldn't appear to be from the printer settings... and what I can do
to get it to work.

I have no problem printing from other graphics packages (CUADraw,
Freelance etc.)

Many thanks...
**********************************************************************

It looks like PM Chart has a bug printing to network printers.

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 13:05 on 93/11/02 by ABRUCE at GNKVM2 ]

Is the IBM52XX queue have an LPT port assigned to it?  Maybe try assigning
one to see if that helps.

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 13:05 on 93/11/02 by ABRUCE at GNKVM2 ]

PMCHART is a mirrored application and, unfortunately, mirrored
applications only understand printing to ports (not to queues).
Make sure that your network printer object is "attached" to an LPT
port.  There is an "assign port" option on the network printer object.
You could also use a local print queue and from the command line, net
use the LPT port to a network printer.

Mark
**********************************************************************

In my observation, PMCHART doesn't seem to recognize assigned ports, only real
ones.

By the way, PMCHART obviously doesn't _just_ recognize ports -- it lists all
my queues properly, but puts "none" on all the LAN queues, even when a port is
assigned.  Moreover, it can't just print to the port -- surely it has to use
the device driver, since it has no other way of making the graphic data stream
without which it (the name of the program is PM*CHART*, after all) cannot
meaningfully print.  What on earth is Mirrors doing here?

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

PM Chart has the same problem that EPM had back in version OS/2 2.0 GA.
It appears that it will only print to the first printer that is installed
to the desktop if more than one printer is connected to the same physical
port.  EPM was fixed in OS/2 2.1, where by it recongizes printer object
by their names on the desktop.  PM Chart does not recongize desktop
printer objects, just printers connected to various ports.  I have
sent this problem to IBM support but, as with EPM, they consider this
to be a minor program and they have not given any indication
if this bug has been rectified.  I hope it is.

Jerry Sitbon [phone]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 33. How do you delete the printer object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have gone through every procedure I know how but can't seem to get rid of
this ghost object of a printer. Let me explain.  I have deleted the printer
drivers and then the printer objects off of the desktop.  Now I go back
to recreate the object and I try to name the first object PCL (which was the
name of the same object before I deleted it), it then renames the object to
PCL1.  I check the C:\SPOOL directory to see what is there and there it is
a PCL and PCL1 dir.  So then I Remove both directories, physically go to the
C:\OS2\DLLdirectory and delete the associated drivers and remove the
directories. Now all the objects cleaned off the desktop and removed from
everywhere I know to remove them, including the WINOS2 directory.  I then
reboot the machine to get a clean slate and magically the C:\SPOOL\PCL
directory is still there.  If I try to reinstall the printer it again
renames my printer to PCL1 and I also notice in the create printer template
that both lpt1 and lpt2 are still showing that they are in use by a printer.
What is the secret to completely deleting a printer, it's drivers, and
associations/connections.  Can anybody help?

Lorenzo Brizeno  The Continuum Co. Austin TX
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It's supposed to work when you delete the printer object from the desktop in
the usual way, but sometimes it doesn't work very well.

When this happens to me, I use an INI editor to purge all the related entries
from OS2SYS.INI; it's not terribly difficult to identify them all.

The problem, essentially, is that the WPS put a whole new front end onto the
printer interface that existed back in OS/2 1.x, and when WPS forgets that a
printer exists, but the spooler knows it's there, there is no way to get rid
of it, because only the WPS can get rid of it, and the WPS (except when
checking for duplicate names when creating a new printer) doesn't know it's
there.

If you feel up to writing some C code, there are OS/2 functions (in the Spl...
family) that might be able to do this surgery more neatly.  I don't think
DeskMan/2 can deal with this problem at present, but perhaps it's on their
to-do list.

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

In reference to the INI editing and that the printer information is
easy to identify - I have just gone through this task and thought
all the references were removed but the end result was no change.  So
do you need to delete all printer references or all spooler (PM_SPOOL)
references or both.  Is it advised to delete the printers before
attemping this??

Thanks
Susan Watson - IBM Australia
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If you find a way to do this without rebuilding the os2*.ini s please post
the procedure. At one time I had asked if it was possible to just rebuild
the os2sys.ini but the response was that I had to do both INIs. What a pain.
We frequently see this with printers on a Novell LAN. I have used EPM to
show me how many print queues the system thinks it has. When it gets to nasty
we JUST rebuild the INIs. We did at one time try the INI editor tools to
delete the bad entries but got things some messed up a reinstall was
required.

Eric Ilsley
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[Reference to append at 04:24 on 93/11/03 by SWATSON at SYDVM1 ]

It's the PM_SPOOL references where they mostly (perhaps entirely) are.

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 34. PSF/2 and Novell Netware ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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In one of the ASKQ items the 3-port CAPTURE limitation
is described and the hint to an existing work-around is mentioned.

I have a customer situation where this limitation is a hard hit
in the proposal phase.

How can a PSF/2 'print server' drive more than 3 printers in a Netware
V3.11 or V4.0 system? Output is originating both from an
MVS system and LAN applications. Any information would be greatly
appreciated - thanks.....

Werner Herzog, Government & PS Linz, Austria
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 35. Print from A:drive problem ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Print problems with people who do work at home and save their work on a floppy
 and bring it to work to print out.  The same print drivers are loaded on both
machines.  The other catch is, if we save it to the hard drive before we try to
 print it, then it will print fine.  The word processor is Word for Windows 2.0
c.  Anyone with any suggestions.Once I get everyone on Lan Distance this prob
lem will go away. If everyone buys a compatible modem.  The problem with the pr
int out is a few characters on each page with hundreds of pages being printed.

Gary Zimmerman  Southwestern Bell Telephone

Gary Zimmerman   Southwestern Bell
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 36. Access Violation when printing Todo List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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This APPEND was deleted at 08:17:56 on 12/02/93 EST.
**********************************************************************

I have seen this bug before and have had it happen to me.
My fix was to close all applets releated to PMDIARY, like the calander,
Activity list, ALarm clock and so on then SHUT DOWN.
After the system has restarted make sure that none of the applets have
restarted. Shutdown and restart one more time.  Restart the
applet you need first, see if it is alright.
Most of the time it will work.

Hope this helps

Jerry Sitbon [phone]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 37. PSF/2 problems ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We have a PS/2 model 57 SLC2 running OS/2 2.0 (first service pack) Extended
Services 1.0.  PSF/2 is driving an IBM 3835 model 1 printer.  The PSF/2
machine is being driven  by MVS and OS/400.  We are having a few problems
and would like to know if anyone has experienced these and what they did to
fix them.
1.  The printer would be printing along and all of a sudden it would stop for
  no really good reason.  (It has gotten better since the CE has replaced the
  the microcode in the 3835 and the S/370 channel card in the PS/2.)
2.  Assorted traps-(This has gotten a lot better since the latest PSF/2 CSD has
  been put on.)
3.  It takes a long time for print jobs containing overlays and page segments
  to come over from both MVS and OS/400.  There are some tuning paramters
  in PSF/2 and Database Manager that can be tweaked, but I do not know which
  ones to tweak and what to tweak them to.
4.  Occasionaly(once a day or so) the 3835 printer will start truncating the
  right side of the printouts.  This only happens on print outs from the
  AS/400 side.  We have to reboot the PS/2(Shutdown, power off, and turn
  on) in order for the printer to stop truncating AS/400 print.  We have
  open problems with OS/400 printing and the PSF/2 support.
Any ideas on things to try would be appreciated.  Any information on other
users PSF/2 configurations(PC, printers driven, AS/400 operating system levels,
MVS levels, etc) might shed some light on the matter.  Would the second
OS/2 service pack help?  Would OS/2 2.1 help?  Would CM/2 help?
 I don't know how many ideas we can try, but we are just about to run out
of ideas, and any new ones would be appreciated.
Thanks,

Ron Foster  Baldor Electric 501-648-5865
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Call PSF/2 Level 2 at 1-800-237-5511 for help with your questions.
They're assisting on performance and configuration questions in
addition to defect support.  And/or your local Pennant rep will have
access to our ASKQ electronic technical support system.

Kristin Moore
**********************************************************************

Kristin,
 Thanks, I did not know level 2 PSF/2 would respond to configurations and
performance questions.

Ron Foster  Baldor Electric 501-648-5865
**********************************************************************

From: Tim Snape
To:  All

Hello

Over the last few weeks I've had lots of people asking for an API to
set printer properties. What I'd like to know is : is it theoretically
possible (sensible) to kludge a solution by programatically patching
os2sys.ini with a desired binary value.

You would need to establish what the valid binary sequences were for a
specific
printer type/job property, but that should not be a problem. Once you
know the setting could/should an app be able to modify the printers
job property without the need for that user to use the printer properties
dialog.

I understand that this deficiency will be addressed in a future release
of OS/2, but in the meantime, has anyone got any thoughts on this.

TIA Tim Snape
EMEA DAP Device Driver Support

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* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(0057002C01000000 2cf5499e) reply to (0008037800580000 B40C4AA0)
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 20:36 on 93/11/24 by IL76623 at OS2CUST ]

From: Tim Snape
To:  All

Hello

Over the last few weeks I've had lots of people asking for an API to
set printer properties. What I'd like to know is : is it theoretically
possible (sensible) to kludge a solution by programatically patching
os2sys.ini with a desired binary value.

You would need to establish what the valid binary sequences were for a
specific
printer type/job property, but that should not be a problem. Once you
know the setting could/should an app be able to modify the printers
job property without the need for that user to use the printer properties
dialog.

I understand that this deficiency will be addressed in a future release
of OS/2, but in the meantime, has anyone got any thoughts on this.

TIA Tim Snape
EMEA DAP Device Driver Support

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* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(0057002C01000000 2cf5499e) reply to (0008037800580000 B40C4AA0)
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 20:36 on 93/11/24 by IL76623 at OS2CUST ]

From: Tim Snape
To:  All

Hello

Over the last few weeks I've had lots of people asking for an API to
set printer properties. What I'd like to know is : is it theoretically
possible (sensible) to kludge a solution by programatically patching
os2sys.ini with a desired binary value.

You would need to establish what the valid binary sequences were for a
specific
printer type/job property, but that should not be a problem. Once you
know the setting could/should an app be able to modify the printers
job property without the need for that user to use the printer properties
dialog.

I understand that this deficiency will be addressed in a future release
of OS/2, but in the meantime, has anyone got any thoughts on this.

TIA Tim Snape
EMEA DAP Device Driver Support

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* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(0057002C01000000 2cf5499e) reply to (0008037800580000 B40C4AA0)
**********************************************************************

There is no way that this can be done.  Each printer driver places
different information in different places using different strategies
(get the picture ;-).  DevPostDeviceModes is the same call for every
OS/2 printer driver but your function would be different for every
printer driver with no guarantee that it would would 100 percent.

Mark
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 10:13 on 93/11/26 by EMEADAP at WINVMB ]

Tim,

  Unless I totally misunderstood your problem, you should be able to use the
PM Spooler functions SplSetDevice(), SplSetJob(), and/or SplSetQueue() to
accomplish your goal.

David Padgett
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[Reference to append at 10:13 on 93/11/26 by EMEADAP at WINVMB ]

The way we did it in Communications Manager/2 for AS/400 printer
support was store away the job property packets in our own .INI
file.  This means that the user has to configure each "combination"
(portrait, drawer 1; landscape, drawer 1; etc.) once, and then we
just pull the desired combination out of the .INI and pass it in
on the DevOpenDC call.

Not an elegent solution, and open to several problems (for example,
if the printer driver changes the structure of its internal data).
But we had no other solutions.

Gary L. Mullen-Schultz
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[Reference to append at 20:36 on 93/11/24 by IL76623 at OS2CUST ]

Normally, Level 2 for the various software products just handles
defects.  However, PSF/2 with Distributed Print Facility (DPF)
crosses so many product boundaries (VTAM, JES, LAN, OS/2, Comm Mgr)
that the PSF/2 Level 2 folks decided that one-stop shopping was
in order.  I hope they were able to help.

Kristin Moore
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 38. (no subject) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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 Is there a way to print INF files on a postscript printer
 such as the QMS 2000?  I have already installed the driver
 for the QMS 2000 printer on my OS/2 desktop.  My objective
 is to use the View facility of IPF to print an online book
 on the QMS 2000 printer.

 Thanks,

 Al Rotondaro
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Al,

You can print individual sections of the book by making the QMS printer the
default printer,  using View to look at the section you want to print,
then using View's print pushbutton.

Ron Foster  Baldor Electric 501-648-5865
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 39. PM_SPOOLER_PRINTER info ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:

When querying printer information using PrfQueryProfileString with
an application name of PM_SPOOLER_PRINTER and a an actual printer
name as the key name, I get the value of 45 in the last field
of the returned buffer.  Can someone explain this value--I don't find
it documented in the OS/2 Technical Library.

   Thanks in advance!
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 40. EPM PRINTING ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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UP TILL RECENTLY, EPM WAS MY TEXT PRINTING MEANS OF LAST RESORT. WHEN ALL
ELSE FAILED, I COULD USE EPM TO PRINT TO OUR NETWORK 4019 WITHOUT ANY PROB.
RECENTLY I STARTED TO GET BLANK SHEETS AS MY OUTPUT. PREVIEW WORKS FINE, THE
PRINTJOB MAKES IT TO THE SPOOLER QUES AND THE 4019 GOES THRU THE MOTIONS BUT
NOTHING BUT A BLANK SHEET APPEARS. THE 4019 RUNS THE 39 FONT POSTSCRIPT DRIVER.
RUNNING OS/2 2.1 AND LS 3.0. THIS COMBINATION ALL WORKED FOR OVER A MONTH ON
THE CURRENT SOFTWARE. IDEAS GLADLY WELCOMED.  THANKS. JON

JON
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 41. Quietwriter driver ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Does anyone have any idea what driver you would use to drive a Quietwriter 8
typewriter with the parallel port option?
Thanks,

Ron Foster  Baldor Electric 501-648-5865
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 42. OS/2 2.1 PRINT DRIVERS FOR HP500 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I HAVE JUST PURCHASED AN HP 500C TO BE USED PRIMARIALY WITH WORDPERFECT FOR OS/
2.  THE PRINT COMES OUT GARBLED.  I TRIED PRINTING WITH THE OS/2 EDITOR AND THE
 SAME THING HAPPENS.

ANY IDEAS?

MIKE MORALES - THE PMA GROUP
**********************************************************************

If you are connected via a serial port, verify that the settings
are the same on the printer and the system.

Bob Plyler
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 43. NEC P5XL drivers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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| Hmmmm - found the driver on the disk after all - just had to figure
| out that there are OS2 drivers & OS2-WIN drivers & that the driver
| I wanted was the latter & had to be installed using OS2-WIN session.
|
| I still have no idea what I am supposed to do for a printer driver
| for NEC printer for OS/2. The help docs are helping me get dizzy.

I have just talked my wife into moving to OS/2 2.1 from WIN 3.1 -

She has an NEC P5XL 24-pin dot matrix printer.  WIN 3.1 had drivers
for it - where can I get an OS/2 driver (couln't find it on the
Printer Drivers Diskette )

Tks in advance

Doug Marker
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 44. Can't seem to print from OS/2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have been desperately trying to set up OS/2 2.1 to print to a
Brother HL-8PS Postscript Printer under both OS/2 and WIN-OS/2.

I must have tried installing the recommended "Apple Laserwriter Plus"
postscript driver as well as the IBMNULL driver. However, whenever
data gets sent to the printer, the DATA flashes in the normal way
for a few seconds as if it's receiving data and then an IGNORE DATA
message comes on and the printer goes idle.

I am trying to print from a Thinkpad 720C and the simple command that
I issued from an OS/2 Fullscreen was "PRINT CONFIG.SYS". Any help
to solve this would REALLY be appreciated} Thanks.
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PRINT won't work to a PostScript printer.  You need to use
drag&drop from the WPShell, or get TEXTORPS from OS2TOOLS.

PRINT will assume that the file is formatted as PostScript, and
the required commands are not sent to the printer to get this
to print.

(BTW, you can't use PRINT in DOS to print to a PostScript printer
either).

Bob Plyler
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[Reference to append at 12:40 on 93/11/21 by 86670854 at EHONE ]

You can't use the PRINT command to print to a PostScript printer.  If you
want to print a document, use drag and drop.  Drag the object to the
printer, select "Plain Text" and the document will print.

PostScript printers expect PostScript commands, not plain text.  Using
PRINT sends the data as plain text, not as printer-specific commands (in
this case, PostScript).  Drag-drop sends the data through the PostScript
driver.

BTW, there will be support for the Brother 8PS printer at the next
release.

Larry Moore
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Try downloading the TEXT2PS program on this BBS Software section.  You can
set fonts font size etc.  I use it for print, type, etc and works wonderfully.

Victor M. Yellen,  University of Florida
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[Reference to append at 13:48 on 93/11/23 by LMMOORE at BCRVMPC1 ]

Arn't you guys getting tired of explaining this one?  The PRINT command
does not print, it just sends bits to the printing ports, which may
or may not print anything.

Why not change the name from PRINT to NOPRINT?  or maybe to COPYLPT
which is what it realy is...a program that copies to the printer port.

You do not realize that 35% of our help desk calls on OS/2 are printer
related.  Do you how we explain to secretaries that the PRINT command
does not really print???  Have you ever put the OS/2 Printing through
your wonderful user inetrface testing lab???

Mike Felix
**********************************************************************

I believe that you can blame this one on DOS...  DOS does not have a
concept of a printer driver, so all PRINT.COM would do would be to copy
the file to the LPT port.

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 45. DOS only printer driver ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have spent about 20 hours tying to get my 4216 mod 020 working
with OS/2. I've read the 4216 forum and talked to several
people. It looks like I need to buy a $200 DGA driver. I QUIT!

I would be happy to just use the printer from a DOS or OS2-WIN window.
I've tried installing the device in the DOS config.sys. But when I
try to use it I get a message that it is encountering interference.
I suspect this is from OS/2.

My question:  Is there a way to disable the OS/2 printer and queue
support so the DOS driver can be in complete control ?

I'm using OS/2 2.1, IBM DOS 6.1, and an IBM model 95. The printer
works just fine when I boot with DOS only.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Bruce Knaack
**********************************************************************

DOS and Windows printer output do not go through any OS/2 printer
drivers, but go directly to the output port (which is usually the
spooler).

To diable the spooler, go to the "System Setup" menu, display the
popup menu from the "Spooler" icon, and select "Disable Spooler".

Here are two other suggestions you can try out:
- Do you have a long printer cable?  Since OS/2 sends data faster than
DOS, the longer the printer cable, the greater the chance of data not
being received by the printer.  If you know someone else who is running
OS/2, try their printer cable.
- If you have any DOS drivers for this printer, have you tried putting
them in the DOS_DEVICE listbox in the "Dos Settings" dialog box?

Changing OS/2 printer drivers won't help since DOS and WIN-OS/2 print
data do not use them.  DOS and WIN-OS/2 rely on their own drivers.  This
is to maintain compatibility with Windows and DOS.

Larry Moore
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 46. Palladium Printer and Spool mgmt. standards ? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:   None

From: Mario van GILS
To:  All

* Original Area: C.OS2QANDA
* Original To  : All (87:44/256)

Hello there..
We searching for information about Palladium OSF Printer and Spooler
management standards. Did anybody knows where we can get this kind of
information ?
Many thanks...
Ciao Mario...

* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(0057002C01000000 2cf53128)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 47. Lexmark 4033 software ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Could someone tell me what the latest version of 4033 software is. I
think that I am running V1.1.  This is for Lan Server over T/R. TIA.

Julian Swales
ISM - Information Systems Management Corp. CAWSTSDT @ IBMMAIL
Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 7H1, Phone #:[phone]
**********************************************************************

Current as far as I know is 2.4 (thats what we are running here at Ford.
Got it from the LEXMARK BBS.  The number is listed in the PS/2 Assistant
GENERAL->Phone numbers area.  HAs some new features over the old stuff.

Scott E. Trosien  -  Ford Motor Co.
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 48. Modifying LP3820.PRO File for PostScript Use ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have a HP IIP with the HP PostScript Cartridge, and after installing LP3820,
I made only the basic modification the LP3820.PRO File to change my default
printer to "ps".

When I printed the documentation for the program, it looked pretty good.  When
however I printed the documentation for Passport/2, the font was VERY small,
and text had a left margin of >1/2" and a right margin of 3 1/2".  In spite of
reading the documentation several times, I am confused about how to modify
this file further.

It appears that the entry "option = center" in the LP3820.Pro file has the
effect of centering the scaled page contents on the paper vertically.

I would like to also have the text centered horizontally on the page at least,
and better yet to be offset slightly to the right so that I could punch holes
in the left side for notebook mounting.

Also can I specify the fonts in my Postscript Cartridge (which I believe are
somehow stored in a chip in the cartridge) to use, or at least the point
size, or are the fonts and point size in each document predetermined by the
AFP Document.

Any advice that anyone can give me on this would be greatly appreciated!

Dave Martin (Honolulu, Hi.)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 49. Alternatives to AES ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Hi,
A customer who is evaluating PSF/2 wants to do the following:

Print Oject     +-----+    +-----+
          |Prt1 |    |Prt2 |
          +-----+    +-----+
           |       |
          +------+    +------
Print Driver    |IBMAFP|    |PCL5  |
          +------+    +------
           |       |
          +--------+   +------
Queue Driver    |PMAPRINT|   |PMPRINT |
          +--------+   +------
           |       |
          +-----+    +-----+
Logical Port    |LPT1 |<------|LPT6 |
          +-----+    +-----+
           |
         +---------+
         |  4033  |
         +---------+
           |
         +---------+
         | 4039   |
         +---------+

He wants to route one LAN queue and one host queue to the SAME logical
port.  This enables him to use the native 4039/PCL5 driver for LAN
printing and shares with the host print queue.  The only thing that we
found to do this is Lexmark's AES utility.  However, not
all his printers are Lexmark and he wants a more native function to
OS/2 to do such a thing.

Does anyone know another technique for doing this?  Any input would be
much appreciated.

Simon Kwok
Sydney, Australia
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 50. Problems with HP Deskjet 310 and OS/2 V2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have been unable to print correctly from OS/2 V2.1 with a
Deskjet 310 portable.  I have tried the HP Deskjet protable
driver that comes with OS/2 but when I print I either get extra
characters or double printed lines.  If I use DOS only then
everything works fine.

Does anyone know if their is a OS/2 driver available for the 310
or a recommended driver other then the deskjet portable.  I guess
the other possibility could be the cable, but the one I am using is
only 6 ft.  Any suggestions would be welcome.

John Wolff
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 51. Postscipt Printing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have a huge postscript (.PS) file what I'd like to print out.
After two hours of printing , it stops and prints out an error message.
Is there ANY way to skip that page and resume printing?
Can I print just certainn pages?

Geza Szivos <TEAM-OS2> IBMMail(CANOVXVV) The Phoenix Alliance
NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 Fax [phone]
NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
**********************************************************************

>I have a huge postscript (.PS) file what I'd like to print out.
>After two hours of printing , it stops and prints out an error message.
>Is there ANY way to skip that page and resume printing?
>Can I print just certainn pages?

Shame on you!  Anybody knows that Alan Turing proved you can't do that, back
in the 30's.

In all seriousness, PostScript is a programming language.  There's a goodish
chance you (a human) can figure out how to modify the PostScript code to skip
the page in question, but I conjecture that a corollary to Turing's Theorem
could easily be proven:  that there exists no program that can predict whether
any arbitrary piece of any arbitrary program will be executed or not.

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

Come on John,
  It's a nice 6.5 Meg .PS file (Ultimedia Manager's manual).

I did try to edit the file and I searced for the 'Page' (page numbers.)
No luck . (I should search for the 'strokes').
It looks like an ASCII dump.

Geza Szivos <TEAM-OS2> IBMMail(CANOVXVV) The Phoenix Alliance
NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 Fax [phone]
NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
**********************************************************************

Ugh!  If you can't find any ASCII text, then it's probably a series of
PostScript-encapsulated bitmaps of a 3820 printout.

Unfortunately, my original point still applies; the only computerized way to
filter a PostScript file of unknown content is to write a whole bloody
PostScript interpreter and run it to see what happens.

For what it's worth, when I complained about the PS files for C Set++ not
printing on my printer, IBM ran off new ones....

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 52. HP LaserJet IIP ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have a customer that previously installed OS/2 2.1 on his workstation.
He also installed the printerdriver for HP LaserJet IIP that
was shipped with OS/2.

But when he try to drop objects on his (correctly created) printer
object, nothing happens. The lamp on the printer flashes and
that's all. The job stays on the queue (of course it's not hold).

Have anybody experienced problems with OS/2 and this typical printer?

Hans Kalderin
Responsor AB (IBM)
Sweden
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Which printer driver are you using?  Is it LASERJET.DRV or PSCRIPT.DRV.
If the printer is in Postscript mode, then it will discard all jobs
that are not in the postscript language.

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 53. Printer offline problem ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I saw this problem mentioned in some earlier appends but I need some help
again.  I've got an IBM 4029 LaserPrinter with the Postscript option.
Whenever I print ANYTHING to that printer, whether in PPDS or in Postscript
mode, whether from an OS/2 app, Win-OS2 app, or DOS app, I cannot print
more than one copy of anything, nor can I queue up more than one job.
Whenver the system gets to printing the second job I get an error window
in OS/2 that tells me the printer is offline or out of paper.  It's not.

The previous appends suggested setting the printer timeout value to
something real high.  I can't find the printer timeout value.  I looked
through the settings notebook for the printer object, couldn't find it.
I looked in the parallel port settings in the Reference Disk.  Couldn't
find it.  Where do I find the printer timeout value?  Thanks!

Bob Cole - United States Auto Club - Speedway, IN
**********************************************************************

Assuming a normal attachment, open the printer and go to the Output tab.  Open
the LPTx or COMx port.  Voila!

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 13:29 on 93/12/03 by IL74545 at OS2CUST ]

Keep in mind that most of the icons that you are seeing are actually
objects.  Each object has its own settings.  Therefore, go to the
output tab of the print object's settings.  Then, right click on the
LPT port object and open its settings.

Mark
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 54. 3270 Shift PrintScreen = ERROR ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I'm running OS/2 2.1, LAN Server 2.0 and CM/2.  My printer is a 4029 on a
print server.  I've got the Emulator Print Control to look for the network
printer.  But when I press Shift PrintScreen the Print Status shows as an
ERROR and it hangs up the 3270 session.

Is it possible to print to a network printer??  If so, any ideas as to what
is happening and how to correct it??

Byron Campbell   Cagle & Associates, Inc.  Champaign, IL
**********************************************************************

Yes, CM can print to a network printer, and to a PPDS 4029 in particular.  The
first thing that comes to mind is that you may not have the same level of
IBM4019.DRV on both the requester and server systems.  (One of the _very_
_few_ nice things about Windows Goo Technocracy is that the printer drivers
stay on the server.)

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 20:14 on 93/12/03 by IL39787 at OS2CUST ]

What level is your server at?  Does the printer driver.device name
exactly match on both the requestor & server?  Can you print to that
print queue with other OS/2 programs such as EPM in WYSIWYG mode?

Mark
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 55. TI PS23 LaserPrinter sypport ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Does OS/2 2.1 have support for the Texas Instruments PS23 laser printer ?

If not, is one in the works ?

Bill Dickenson
**********************************************************************

The only ones that I see listed are the PS17 and the PS35.

Kenn Martin   internet: [e-mail]
AiC Lexington
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 56. QMS ColorScript 1000 Printer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

 We've just installed a QMS ColorScript 1000 Laser Printer. Can anyone help
me regarding the possible availability of a specific driver for this printer
or advice as to which of the many existing OS/2 2.1 QMS printer drivers
would be best to select ?

Jeff Klein - Federal Reserve Bank NY
**********************************************************************

 I used the QMS100 Colorscript driver and it mostly seems to work. I
still have some jobs "hang up", but I am not sure if it is a driver
issue or Novell 4.0 print server problem. Did you find anything else?

Ed Houston
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 57. Problems with Deskjet 310 and OS/2 V2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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For anyones information, this problem turned out to be a problem with
the THINKPAD 720.  The 720 has a general problem with its parallel port
when using OS/2.  If your 720 is exhibiting any strange printing
symptoms under OS/2 go into set features and change the parallel port
arbitration level to disabled and that will clear up the problem.

John Wolff
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 58. post32 & post16 updates ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Hello,

I recently downloaded both the 16 and 32 bit versions of the latest
postscript printer drivers.  I noticed that on my machine there are
two files by the name of pscript.drv.  One in \os2\dll\pscript and
one in \os2\mdos\winos2\system.  They are NOT the copies of the same
file since they have different dates and sizes.  What I want to know
is whether I need to install the 16-bit version at all.  The
installation instructions appear to be identical.  So it would seem
that if I did, install both of them, one would over-write the other.
Also, why are there two different pscript files on my machine and
what bearing does THAT have on my problem.Thank y ou for any help.

Larry
**********************************************************************

The printer driver in \os2\mdos\winos2\system is a Windows printer
driver.  The printer driver in \os2\dll\pscript is the OS/2 printer
driver.  They are written for two different operating systems (or GUIs
for those easily offended).
The 16-bit Postscript printer driver is for OS/2 1.3 and 2.0 GA.  The
32-bit version is for 2.0 GA+SP and above.

Mark
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 07:16 on 93/12/08 by WZ01304 at OS2CUST ]

Larry

The PostScript drivers you saw are the OS/2 version (located in \OS2\DLL\
PSCRIPT) and the WIN-OS/2 version (located in \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM).

When printing from a WIN-OS/2 session (seamless or full screen), the job
is processed through the WIN-OS/2 driver and bypasses the OS/2 driver.
This allows WIN-OS/2 to be compatible with standard Windows.  You do not
need the WIN-OS/2 driver unless you are planning on printing from a WIN-
OS/2 session.

There is a 16-bit version of OS/2 PostScript available, but this is for
users who are still running 2.0.  If you're using 2.1, use the 32-bit
version.

Larry Moore
**********************************************************************

Hello,

Thanks for the info, I'll install the 32-bit version and trash the other one.

Larry
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 59. Lost printout ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I am appending a copy of a question that I have put on an AS/400 forum
in the hope that someone following this forum will be able to help. For
example if someone is able to tell me what the significance of 'text'
versus 'formatted' options when printing a file such as CONFIG.SYS from
OS/2 1.3 File Manager is, it might give me a clue as to the cause of
the problem.
Thanks - Nick

Subject:OS/2 1.3 123G Virtual Printing

I am trying to print from Lotus 123G under OS/2 1.3 to an AS/400
SCS printer. I have tried using both the IBMNULL and 4201 printer
drivers in Print Manager with the same results. The file appears
as spooling and then printing in OS/2 Print Manager, and appears
in the stats on the SETVPRT screen as a closed output file, but it
never appears on the AS/400 spool queue!
I have a clue that I hope will point someone to where I am going
wrong:
If I print a file (say CONFIG.SYS) from the OS/2 File Manager,
I am prompted to specify whether the file is 'formatted' or 'text'
only. If I choose 'text' then nothing prints on the AS/400, but
if I choose 'formatted' it prints fine.
Another potential clue is that if I use TYPE CONFIG.SYS>LPT3 then
the file also prints on the AS/400.

Any suggestions that may help me please?
Thanks,
Nick
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 60. Help -  Priniting feom WIN-OS2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have the following setup but just can't seem able to get WIN-OS2
to print as I am expecting it too........

OS/2 2.1   TCP installed    A laser printer on the Server.

I installed a printer object that matches the printer & when
requested asked for the WIN-OS2 printer driver as well.

I can create a std text file (actually config.sys) and a PostScript
file (written to disk).  I also have the tcp program lprmon running
and this program intercepts output to a given LPTx (actually LPT1)
and routes it to the server printer queue.

If I drag either file to the printer object they correctly get
spooled to the server & printed ok after I get asked what type of
date is being printed (text or printer-specific) this question
appears to come from the 'lprmon' task.

If I invoke WIN-OS2 & try to print (say from WRITE accesory) it
all appears to as though it is printing but nothing appears anywhere.

I have tried switching the 'print direct to port' button on & off & have
tried turning PRINT MANAGER on and off but nothing.  If I print to
a file then go to OS/2 & drag it to the printer it prints ok ?.

I would welcome any **any** clues to what might be happening.

Tks in advance  (PS pls don't suggest appending in OS2TCPIP Forum
after 2 weeks I can't even get someone to acknowledge I exist).

At a brick wall  -----  Need help

Doug Marker
**********************************************************************

Doug,
what is the Windows print destination?

Is it LPT2.OS2? or is it just LPT2?

Is the OS/2 spooler on or off?

dIon
<Multitask Consulting>
**********************************************************************

dIon,  The spooler is not active in OS/2 but 'lprmon' (monitoring
LPT1) is.

The Win printer destination is LPT1.OS2

I will check the spooler - this might be what it is !

Tks  Doug
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 12:34 on 93/12/08 by AS400013 at SYDVMOLS ]

DiON, Am not sure of the significance of which file to select for
output a) for WIN printer  vs  OS2 printer.

When I select LPT1.OS2, what is this actually doing - selecting a port
or somehow connecting to the OS2 printer object I created when I
established both (OS2 & WIN printer & driver).

If I look at the printer object settings (for the laser printer I
| created) it was set to LPT1. If I set output to \pipe\lpd0 and then
set it to go to lp0 on host risc01  how does WIN know where to send
its printer output to ?

| I may be confusing what happens with the output of OS2 printer
| vs what happens to the output of WIN printer - the docs aren't much
| help in trying to figure out how they all relate.
| I just tried several more experiments a) tried to set OS2 print
| output to /pipe/lpd0 lp0 on risc01 - but nothing seems to print
| - reverted back to OS2 printer going to LPT1 & 'lprmon' sending
| LPT1 to lp0 on risc01 & it prints again   :-(
Tks in advance  - Doug
**********************************************************************

Doug,
can you try sending the output to just LPT1 and not LPT1.OS2.

You may also need to disable Windows Print Manager...

Hope this helps,

dIon
<Multitask Consulting>
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 61. Printing to PaintJet XL OS/2.1 - LS3.0 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We have a custom SAS-application, which prints line graphs and bar
graphs to a HP PaintJet XL 300 -printer. The workstation which does
the printing, has a printer object on the desktop (not a network printer)
which uses the SMXGPJET.XL PaintJet Xl -driver. The operating system is
OS/2 2.1 and LS3.0. The PaintJet -printer is connected to the LAN with
the IBM4033 LAN Connection box so the printer server uses the REDIRECT -
program for printing to this printer. The server is a PS/2 85 machine
with OS/2 2.1 and LS3.0 and has the same driver, same version in the
queue as the workstation.

When the workstation user sends, say 10 printouts to the PaintJet, it
always results in the server's halting. We have tried this and that
but have not found any solution to the problem.

Another thing about printing in OS/2 2.1 : If a user has opened the
Network folder and from there on the server and finally the printer
alias object and the server halts, the workstation hangs also until
the server is up working again. It seems the workstation hangs because
the Workplace Shell sends a message to the alias-object, but it can't
handle the message before the server is up again. This seems much like
a bug to me.

Markku Vieri, Oy Tietokonepalvelu Ab, Finland
tel. [phone]

This append was created on the External IBMLink system by
Oy Tietokonepalvelu
**********************************************************************

It seems the trouble was with the 40MHz MicroChannel of the PS/2 85-1NG.
We are not sure of this but have found no other solution.

M. Vieri / TKP

This append was created on the External IBMLink system by
Oy Tietokonepalvelu
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 62. Failure to Print in OS/2 2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:
Can anyone help ? The print job appears in the printer folder for a
second or so with the arrow pointing to the document (not to the
printer) and then dissapears (even with processing held enabled).

I have checked that the printer is defined to LPT1 and is plugged in !
It seems to me it doesn't finish formatting the document and bombs out
but with no error msgs.

I never had these problems until I installed os/2 stacker on my machine
but there is no reference in the stacker documentation regarding printing
therefore this maybe co-incidental.

I have re-installed the printer and driver (IBM 4070IJ) but still no joy.
I can print a file on the PC via an OS/2 command prompt no problem but
in any application such as Lotus 123G, PCPRINT, AMIPRO, HPS it has this
problem.

Anyone in foraland have any idea ?
Many thanks, Mark McMurrugh , IBM (UK) Ltd
**********************************************************************

Well, I see that Mark has a similar problem to one I'm
experiencing. The disappointing thing is that no one has
responded to him, and it's been over a month.

My problem is with a ProPrinter II on a 2.1 GA system.
I can print to it from an OS/2 command line but not from
an OS/2 app. I can drag-&-drop print a text file if I
select 'printer-specific' but not 'plain text'. I can
print to it from a DOS command window and from a DOS app
(running under OS/2).

I have deleted and recreated the printer object, as well
as reinstalled the IBM42XX.DRV from the install disks,
to no avail. I've got the feeling that this isn't that
tough, but I've struck out so far.

Tim Rice  Legislative Information System (Illinois)
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 15:13 on 93/12/08 by 86641587 at EHONE ]

Look for a line in your config.sys that says RUN=<path>EPW.EXE and REM
it out.  Place a line in your startup.cmd DETACH <path>EPW.EXE

Mark
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 16:39 on 94/01/20 by IL22458 at HONE82 ]

Look for a line in your config.sys that says RUN=<path>EPW.EXE and REM
it out.  Place a line in your startup.cmd DETACH <path>EPW.EXE

Mark
**********************************************************************

Does anybody out there in forum land use a gsx240 printer....?
If how did you get the gsxset program to execute correctly???

Cliff  McCullough
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 18:49 on 94/01/20 by HAMZY at BCRVM1 ]

Mark,

Thanks, that did the trick. Seems like I've come across this
before and should have remembered it, but . . . Can't say that
I understand the connection between EPW and certain print
functions, but that's far from all I don't understand!

Thanks again.

Tim Rice  Legislative Information System (Illinois)
**********************************************************************

EPW causes all metafiling to fail and printing uses metafiling in an
intermediate step of the printing process.

Mark
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 63. Proprinter 1 prints ssslllooowwww ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Its been about a month and I am still trying to figure this out. The
proprinter is attached to an IBM AT with a 386 ISA motherboard.  I have
OS/2 2.1 installed and BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS in my config.sys.  I
checked all the cards and there is no IRQ collision.  Luckily I have
MOST installed and can boot pure DOS 5.0.  I can print anything VERY
fast from pure DOS.  Under OS/2 I get a single line with a pause and
then the head moves back to the left margin without any printing
(bidirectional printing appears to not work).  Anyone know of any
solutions?  Thanks...

Kurt Ruby
**********************************************************************

Kurt - I also had a problem like this on my laser printer at one stage
it seemed to be printing 1 linr per page.  I had though it was to do
with the drivers but I got past the problem without knowing how.

Doug Marker
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 13:33 on 93/12/09 by KWRUBY at RCHVMV ]

There was a problem with the parallel/serial card on my machine not
sending interrupts back to the system (none at all).  I did the
following:

1. Replaced the Parallel/Serial card with a Monochrome/Parallel card
2. Enabled COM2 on the vendor asnch card so it could drive my mouse
3. Swapped the location of the old Parallel/Serial card and the vendor
  asnch card

After this, I found out via a DOS program (run under pure DOS) that
the parallel card was sending int7's back to the cpu.  Printing now
works MUCH MUCH faster.

Kurt Ruby
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 64. Garbage printing with NEC P6+ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:
I have a friend who just changed from DOS/WIN to OS/2 2.1 who
has problems making his NEC P6+ work under 2.1. The printer works fine
booting DOS, booting OS anything goes wrong. With the NEC drivers in OS
there was only garbage output, using the EPSON driver (NEC P6+ can
emulate it), the output is better readable, but there are still output
errors. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem ore where to get a
driver for the printer ????

Many thanks in advance,
Stephan
**********************************************************************

Stephan,

I get fine printing using the NEC P6 printer with OS2 ver 2.1

I use the Epson 24pin 80 column driver with only these shortcomings:

    Can't use the Publisher Powerpak by Atech Software for enhanced
    printing from within Microsoft Word.  Have to do a native
    MSDOS 5.0 boot to do that.

    Can't print "mail merge" routines from within Microsoft Word
    and my TAS database manager with the Spooler enabled.  Have to
    disable spooler or use the IBM default driver.

I can do fine graphic printing from within applications like FAXWORKS and
printing of the OS2 documents which are in bitmapped form.

The garbled printouts you report suggest to me a faulty installation
rather than a basic inability within OS2.

Ken Hammer, St.J., VT
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 65. Installing 4019 drivers package - no DDP ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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***REMOVED - wrong forum***
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 66. HP Paintjet XL300  Driver version ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We have some Hp Paintjet XL300 printers. We have used
HP PaintJet Driver by Micrografx: PaintJet XL (SMGPJET.DRV)
driver which version is 3.9.P2.

Becauce we have had problems with it I would like to know:

1. Which is the latest version of it and where I could find It ?

2. Is  the HP PaintJet XL300 PS v2011_112 better driver If you
  use OS/2 2.1-version ?

Timo Ketola
Oy Tietokonepalvelu Ab
Finland

This append was created on the External IBMLink system by
Oy Tietokonepalvelu
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 67. Print in Japanese Language ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I can't print LISTPS files on 4019 Postscript printer; the number are
OK but text words no.

I need to know the way to print these Japanese files.

Francisco Murcia Puerta
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 68. Subject: Banyan Vines and OS/2 2.1 along with TCP/IP for OS/2 ver 2. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Hello,
   We need help. We have Banyan Vines network and we are using
OS/2 2.1 on 30 or so systems. We are experiencing unexplained
problems on the network. such as:
Printer acting up; not sending the print job or sending the wrong
messages on the screen
DOS app. acting differently on two different systems
MS Mail not seeing the network
MS Excel not working on one of the system
Could we find out how to go about getting the help on this kind
of problem?
Thanks in advancefor the prompt attention in the matter

Vern Dickerson (313) -936-0900
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 69. 3270 Printing from TSPRINT in MVS ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have tried to print from TSPRINT to a printer-LU which is on a
OS/2 2.1 workstation with either ES1.0 Communications Manager or
Communications Manager 1.0. With both configurations the result is the
same :
1. One blank page comes with the actual print job after all the data.
2. The SCS -control commands (Set Horizontal Format, Set Print Density
etc.) create three additional print jobs into the spooler.

The problem didn't occur with OS/2 version 2.0. Is there a problem with
the 3270 Print Control using OS/2 version 2.1. The printer driver in use
doesn't seem to have any effect on this. Anybody have a clue ?.

Markku Vieri, Oy Tietokonepalvelu Ab, Finland
tel. [phone]

This append was created on the External IBMLink system by
Oy Tietokonepalvelu
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 70. Virtual LPT3 causing a problem! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I need to be able to start a VDM (or do a VMB) without LPT3.  I only have
2 real printer ports, and am trying to run a marvelous (under real DOS!)
2-computer networking shareware program ("Network-on-a-Disk",
UNET/ATTACH) which automatically selects the last LPTx port as its
"Network Interface Card".  Guess what happens under OS/2?  It goes off
into the "virtual UNreality" of LPT3/3BC, and never responds to the
DOS/286 machine connected to LPT2.  HELP!

Rory O'Connor, OS/2 Sympathizer
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 71. Supressing Seperator pages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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   There must be a way to suppress the seperator pages on LAN Server
attached printers. I have a customer who can not use recycled paper in
thier printers. They get a seperator page from PC prints and host prints
and they want to stop wasting paper. Is there somebody out there that can
me out?

They are on OS/2 2.1, but I have the same problem on some of my 2.0
servers as well.

JOHN HOWARD -- CITY OF MESA
**********************************************************************

What exactly do you mean by separator pages?  Is it just a blank
page, or is it filled out with information about the user?  If it is
the former, then check both the job and printer properties for a
form feed control section and set it to none.  If it is the latter,
then open the print object and select the print options tab.  Remove
the filename in the separator file entry field.

Mark
**********************************************************************

  Unfortunately I mean the blank pages that come out in between print
jobs.

JOHN HOWARD -- CITY OF MESA
**********************************************************************

Getting rid of those blank pages is the job of the individual printer driver.
It has to be, because the only way it can be done is to be sensitive to the
data stream of the individual printer.  Some printer drivers do it well,
some do it poorly, some do it not at all.  Some printers nowadays simply won't
produce a blank page.

The blank pages are produced when a job ends with a form feed.  Some DOS
programs will produce them; some won't.  Because some (many) don't, OS/2
perforce puts out a form feed at the end of each job.  SOME drivers are smart
enough to watch for that trailing form feed, and when there is one, skip
putting out the redundant one.  Unfortunately, it's not as simple as just
watching for X'0C' or looking at the last byte; many printers have escape
sequences with embedded binary data, so a X'0C' may not be a form feed; and
many programs, out of carelessness, or because of a restriction in the
programming language involved, put out a form feed that is followed by a few
extra bytes.

Some drivers (IBM42XX, for one) have an option to control the interjob form
feed. Have you looked?

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

  Thank you for the information. Let me get even more specific and see if
you can make any other suggestions. The main complaints come from printing
host prints through CM/2 on the the server to server "attached" printers.
(They are attached via 4033s.) Is there something in CM/2 that would be of
assistance?

JOHN HOWARD -- CITY OF MESA
**********************************************************************

You'll have to be more exact.  Are we talking about a CM/2 328x printer
session, or are we talking about the users snapshotting their screens?
Neither one of these will normally produce entire blank pages in the middle,
though, because these are both PM printer operations, unless, perhaps, you are
using the feature of CM/2 that lets you use PC/3270 printer drivers; that
_might_ produce blank pages, and might be adjustable by fiddling with the PDT
files or by changing to GPI mode, which is more OS/2-friendly anyhow.

If what your users are complaining about is not blank pages, but the fact that
the page ejects between print-screens, you've got something that _could_ be
changed in CM/2, by adding a batch-screen-printing feature.  It _would_ be a
design change, and it would complicate the print-screen process, since you'd
have to use one of these two schemes:

Start print              Print screen (repeat)
Print screen (repeat)   -or-     End print
End print

The second is superficially simpler, but the first has the advantage that a
Print-screen request without a Start-print could be understood as an isolated
print, requiring no End-print to finish, whereas the second requires an
End-print every time.

If you do want to raise this, we should move the discussion to the CM CForum.

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

  The blank page is between 3270 host prints directed from CICS regions on
our MVS host. Even the screen prints are directed from CICS to host printers
that connected to a server that is running CM/2 to provide the host address.

JOHN HOWARD -- CITY OF MESA
**********************************************************************

OK, if your problem is blank pages between host printouts, see whether your
printer driver has a "form feed Control" option you can change.  Then how is
the CM 3270 printer session set up?  Does it use GPI or PDT?  If PDT, see
whether the PDT file is issuing a redundant form feed.  Check out the
possibility (especially if you have a laser printer) that your printer may be
able to suppress blank pages.  Finally, your only option may be to change the
host program to not put out a form feed at the end of the job.  (This may
involve only a change in your CICS TCTTE.)

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 72. PSF/2 information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I'm new to the forum, but this seems to the only place PSF/2 has been

 mentioned.
 Is there anywhere on the forum where marketing info or announcement letters ar
e stored?  I'm trying to find the data on PSF/2 V1.1 in regard t

but haven't found
anything, and the announcement letter isn't on the 415-xxxxx fax number
(granted, it's not exactly a new product).  Any direction one can point
me in would be appreciated.

Thanks
**********************************************************************

Your append got somewhat chopped up, so I can't tell exactly what
information you're looking for in relation to PSF/2.  If you'll
let me know what you're looking for, I'll try to get you the
information.

There aren't currently any CFORUMs on PSF/2, but we are looking
at a number of ways to facilitate technical support for all
Pennant products; my manager has been tasked with that project
project.  I will post any information here when it becomes available.

I will also post some information on the latest PSF/2 CSD shortly.

Kristin Moore, Pennant Systems
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 73. PSF/2 CSD UR40768 (12/93) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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PSF/2 APAR INFORMATION, U.S. CSD UR40768 (12/93)
(Warning: Long append)

APARS are shown in chronological order (oldest to newest).
(To obtain the CSD diskettes, contact IBM Support; in the US, call
1-800-237-5511.)

Additional function (in addition to fixes) added in UR40768:

1) Support for new Pennant printers (3930-02x and 3916-xS1 attached to
  LANs via new i-data 7913 IPDS Printer LAN Attachment (comes in both
  Token-Ring and Ethernet models; older coax and twinax IPDS printers
  like the 3812, 3816, and 4028 are also supported via the 7913),
  and the 3930-02x and 3916-xS1 attached to the PSA card.

2) New Windows AFP driver for Windows 3.1 (including OS/2 2.1 WIN-OS),
  that generates text and image (instead of full page image).

3) Re-release of the IBM Core Interchange fonts with appearance
  improvements.

****************************************
 o  IR99523

   Several items were included in this APAR:

   -  Corrections to HELP and MESSAGE files.
   -  Late-breaking National Language Support corrections
   -  HP-PCL image printing enhancements.
   -  Reinstalls require deleting of print queues first.
   -  Additional application print support.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38483

 o  IR99461 - Type Transformer

   Several items were included in this APAR:

   -  Missing token names on the begin & end structured fields.
   -  Incorrect Hebrew character mappings and missing
     Cyrillic Greek character mappings.
   -  Same character set filename generated for different Type-1
     fonts.
   -  Time out error during host upload.
   -  Storing multiple fonts into an AS/400 folder.
   -  Incorrect copyright statement.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38483

 o  IR99524

   PSF/2 does not work with OS/2 32-bit Graphics Engine.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38483

 o  IR99676

   The following HP-PCL enhancements have been added:

   -  Printing in color with HP-PCL data stream
     printers that support color.
   -  Better printer memory emulation.
   -  Support for offset stacking.
   -  More flexible mapping of bins from an AFPDS data
     stream to actual printer trays.
   -  Allow specifications of media, and logical and
     printable area.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38637

 o  IR99715

   Message AIN0396E indicating SQL problem. SQL error
   SQL0180N.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR38637

 o  IR22337

   For USA only, 4019 default paper size is Letter instead of A4.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22334

   4019 devices may overprint at left margin.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22430

   Help panel used wrong word for button name.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR99810

   DPF fonts being deleted from printer between jobs.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22335

   ACIF print support.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22429

   BCOCA and GOCA objects not being positioned correctly.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22298

   LU Alias for Host Receiver does not allow same
   characters as Communications Manager for the name.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22431

   Remove FILE option from list of ports for OS/2
   2.0 for device type 4019.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22475

   Fix DBCS problem which was causing a PSF/2 trap
   when printing jobs received via DPF.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22560

   Fix ASCII Landscape parameter not being accepted
   when printing from the Print Submitter.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22564

   Fix lock that is taking too long for Channel driver
   with OS/2 2.1

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39260

 o  IR22336

   Update PENNANT Logo.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22499

   Upload fonts to VSE and AIX.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22501

   Font GRID width error in 300 pel fonts.  Fixes the
   formula for calculating Font Width (GRID width) in
   certain font character sets.  We recommend that you
   re-generate all 300-pel fonts that were previously
   created using Type Transformer.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22502

   Several Type Transformer items were included in this
   APAR:
Continue on the next panel.


   -  Remove C-PLI runtime library prerequisite for
     storing fonts to VM or MVS
   -  Disallow a blank library name in the Store to
     AS/400 Panel.
   -  Expand the maximum length of the typeface name
     displayed in various panels, from 32 to 128
     characters.
   -  Disallow simultaneous stores to multiple hosts.
   -  Type 1 character name to IBM name (GCGID)
     mapping changes for conformity to the Greek
     Standards Authority for Printing.
   -  Added Cyrillic Greek and Hebrew character lists.
   -  Summary report now displays large FGID values
     correctly.
   -  Detect maximum baseline extents greater than
     256 pels.
   -  Detect character increments greater than 255 pels
     for characters in the 90 and 270 degree rotations.
   -  Online help fixes for French version of Type
     Transformer.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22566

   AFPDS Windows Device Driver may create AFPDS records
   too long for uploading to host systems.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22739

   Can't restart a job at current page after printer
   intervention.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22878

   Provide additional exit programs for the samples
   directory for Post Script.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22879

   New functions for using PSF/2 with NOVELL networks,
   with DOS.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR22895

   Add a "FILE" option to the list of printer ports
   available for 4019 device type.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR23083

   Delete private resources when no longer needed
   without having to bring Spool Manager down.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR39825

 o  IR23321

   A job with a host form that is not selected is
   printed via the DPF spool.  Wrong criteria being
   used for determining which jobs to print.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23398

   If an option is not selected for a temporary
   operator message, a bad default is returned.
   This can also occur when a user selects an
   option.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23425

   HP-PCL, PPDS printers have a variety of problems
   when printing from the host, or LAN.  The output
   is incorrect.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23445

   PAGES datastream support for Japan.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23451

   Control panel fixes for FORMDEF that doesn't
   stay changed after being changed.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23466

   When a new spool is created the DPF Class selected
   to print was 'A', has been changed to '*'.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23483

   HP-PCL4 has new default FORMDEFs and new default
   paper sizes.  Fixes a number of problems with
   overlapping text, etc.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23559

   Job is duplex, and only one page is sent for each
   duplex indicator (printing as simplex).  This causes
   an out of storage indication, or trap condition.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23611

   Channel card in highest numbered slot, and with an
   IRQ of 12 (via reference disk) get traps, and hangs.
   This fixes most (but not all) of these problems.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR23735

   Ship command line functions to create AFPDS
   documents, segments, and overlays from PostScript.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40232

 o  IR24290

   Type Transformer - DUVSREB reblocking program
   generates a B37 ABEND on MVS.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24287

   Type Transformer - Miscellaneous fixes:
   1) Selection multiple typefaces locks up system
   2) SYS3175 System Message when performing the filter
     function and no characters are left to be built
     into a character set.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24289

   Type Transformer - Code Page names are padded
   incorrectly in the coded font object.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24292

   When processing an ASCII image and creating IOCA,
   a NACK from the printer at this time is not handled
   correctly, and causes a TRAP D.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24293

   JISCII is not being invoked correctly on machine
   with Japanese code pages.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24217

   Re-release of Core Outline fonts, contains
   appearance improvements.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768
Continue on the next panel.


 o  IR23709

   Formdef changes for Message, Accounting, and
   Auditing exits.  This uses the least common
   denominator in printable area so that all printers
   can print generated text.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24252

   Support of new printers.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24250

   Migration of device profiles so that PSF/2 devices
   do not need to be destroyed and recreated.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24136

   Redid Control Panel so everything is now indexed
   off of attachment type.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR23886

   WP transform required to be first in the list of
   transforms when it is used.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR23893

   Screen focus not returned when message displayed
   by Control Panel

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24015

   Can't install third CSD diskette when PS and HPFS
   are used.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR22963

   Windows AFP driver fixes:
   1) WINWORD footer outside of VPA
   2) Page Segment generated incorrectly
   3) TIFF file not used correctly
   4) File option not handled correctly when disk is
     full

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24137

   New Windows AFP driver for Windows 3.1, generates
   both image and text instead of just image.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR22880

   JISCII Transform fixes:
   1) First line garbled
   2) Image data is shifted

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24028

   Changing attributes of Print Driver in Lotus
   screen, did not change how job printed.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768

 o  IR24438

   PTF UR40525 had problems with some EUI code.

   APAR initially fixed in PTF UR40768
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 74. Download fonts to an X24E printer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ref:   New

Does anyone know where I can get/order/buy a font to download to a
X24E proprinter that is for the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet?

I have checked the PCTOOLS and PCVEND disks without any luck.
Even advice about what to buy and where would be appreciated.

NATALI at wasvmic1  335-5625
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 75. PSF/2 transform exit HPPCL to Postscript ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Hello,

We have a label printing system that produces HPPCL output.  We would like
to have this data stream printed on PSF/2 printers.  Any ideas.

Thanks,
Ron Foster

Ron Foster Baldor Electric 501-648-5865
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 76. NEED HELP IN USING DEC LN03R SCRIPTPRINTER ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

We are attempting to use DEC LN03R scriptprinter via serial port.  When we
submit print job it spools ok but we get a message that the printer is
offline or out of paper.  Can anybody help with correct setting for
switchpack on printer and COM1? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

PAUL WYLIE  M. BRYCE & ASSOC.
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 77. Print Screen from CM/2 screen ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   I set up a printer to use for Print-Screen on the host sessions.
The problem is that it prints the background as black and I can hardly
see the rest of the print. In OS/2 1.3, the Print-Screen looked like
it printed just the text. Now, the text can hardly be seen since the
background is now printed. Can this be changed?

Thanks,
Tony Lambert  --*-- Tape Automation --*--
**********************************************************************

You have to use SHIFT-PrintScreen to get the output you are expecting.
This puts the output out in Text mode.  What you are getting is the
output printed in Graphics mode....

Julian Swales
ISM - Information Systems Management Corp. CAWSTSDT @ IBMMAIL
Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 7H1, Phone #:[phone]
**********************************************************************

| Never mind. I tried it and it printed correctly. I didn't know it
| would do this since both keys were defined the same. Thanks again.

   Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, I imported the keyboard
map from 1.3 and I defined both the base and shift for PrtSc as Print.
What is the function for text print? I looked at the functions and
tried PrtH, but that locked the host screen. Do I have to define a
seperate printer for this function? If so, how?

Thanks,
Tony Lambert  --*-- Tape Automation --*--
**********************************************************************

Base should not be defined at all, so that it does the standard OS/2
print-window function.  Shift should be defined as НPrint┘, to get the 3270
print-text function.

You may get better results if, in addition to this, you go into the Emulator
Print Control session and pick out fonts, etc..

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 78. HP 550C Support under win-os/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Is there a win-os/2 driver available for the HP 500C? From previous submissions
to this Q/A section, Someone suggested using the windows driver shipped
with the HP 550C. Sorry, but that did nothing but spit out garbage and paper.

Any suggestions?

Gene Wicker/Ray Smith - Burlington Industries
**********************************************************************

That's suprising because WIN-OS/2 was designed to work with actual
Windows code.  Except for the WIN-OS/2 drivers that come with the
system diskettes, there are no 'WIN-OS/2' drivers available.  Just
drivers for OS/2 and for Windows.

Assuming that your printer and system settings are correct and that the
printer works fine in OS/2, either try your printer on another system,
if possible, or try a driver from Windows that you're sure does work.

Larry Moore
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 79. OS/2 Printer Driver for IBM2205 PS1 Printer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

I could not find the printer driver for my IBM 2205 PS1 Printer.
Windows 3.1 has one. OS/2 2.1 has none. Is there any other place I
could look for it.?
Kurt TENHAVEN
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 80. jobs in que  but will not print. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

I have a user running os/2 2.1 with a hp ljet 2 attached to lpt1. He has the no
vell requestor setup in private mode. The user is not logging into the lan. The
 hardware is a ps/2 mod 90 with 12 meg of ram a 16/4 token ring card and a sony
 cdrom attached to the IBM SCSI adaptor and a INTEL satisfaction card.

The users machine is running Faxworks fax software setup for auto-recieve. The
machine's print que appears to hang with no common application causing the prob
lem. Doing a shutdown and a warm boot starts the printer printing.

Any suggestions...

Eric Decker
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 81. Printer driver for Okidata 931 for OS/2 2.1. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Is there a printer dirver available for the Okidata 931 for OS/2 2.1 and if so
where can I get it from?

David Stockwell
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 82. OS2 2.1 and AES 3.3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

I have just recently upgraded to a Think Pad 720 which came loaded with
OS2 2.1.  The 720 is connected to a 4029 Mod 6 laser printer and as long
as I use PPDM mode all applications work.  I have since loaded AES 3.3
to print postscript files created in OS2 Freelance and now the results
are unpredictable.

   o  The file may print fine... or
   o  The file may just flush... or
   o  The file may print with large areas in black or pieces
    of the text or graphics moved or missing with alpa characters
    thrown throughout the page.

I have reviewed both the 4029 forum and the OS2PRINT forum and find I
am not alone.  The one thing we all have in common is that no one seems
to care that we have these problems.

Before my upgrade to the 720 I was runing OS2 2.0 on an 8580 with AES
installed using the same 4029.  All worked great.

I am currently working with the Lexmark Support Center to try and come
up with a solution to the problem.  I have re-installed all the print
drivers and AES with the latest and greatest, but to no avail.

Is anyone looking into the problems of printing postscript files using
OS2 2.1 and AES 3.3.

By the way, when I try just using a 4029 postscript driver with AES
removed I have the same unpredictable results.

Thanks for an ear.

Jack Hogan
**********************************************************************

I am having a similar problem printing from OS2 2.1.  I have a PS/2 Mod 70
running Lan Server 2.0.  I am using AES 3.3 supporting PPDS, Post Script, and
HPGL.  Everything worked well until I upgraded the Mod 70 to the new IBM BL2-66
mother board.  Now I get garbled print on the first page which Lexmark says is
missing a control character (ESC).  I removed and reinstalled OS/2, AES, and
All Print Drivers.  I even down loaded the latest Lexmark drivers from their
bulletin board with no change.  I have run all the diagnostics that came with
the board and several other third parties'.  The board checks out perfectly.
I changed the print driver to IBMNULL and issued DIR C:\*.* >LPT1.  This
printed correctly.  I then tried to run a PPDS spool file from another client
PC on the LAN to LPT1 on the server.  The problem returned.  I have also
noticed characters being dropped at random on the text being printed.  This
seems like a timing problem.  Printing works under DOS/Windows (Dual Boot not
WINOS2).  HPGL prints with similar problems; Post Script just flushes.

James P. Miller
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 23:53 on 94/01/15 by JHOGAN at CHGVMIC1 ]

Make sure you turn OFF the Automatic Mode Switching in both the PPDS driver
and the PostScript driver when running with AES.

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
**********************************************************************

I have completely removed AES and still get same problem.

James P. Miller
**********************************************************************

Make sure that your parallel port arbitration is disabled (see your
documentation for details).

Mark
**********************************************************************

Unfortunately there does not appear a way to disable arbitration on this board.
I have read every word of documentation that came with IBM's upgrade and while
other adapters support this feature, the parallel port does not unless there is
some secret key to the hidden world somewhere.

James P. Miller
**********************************************************************

Do you have a bootable reference partition?  That is, <Ctrl><Alt><Insert>
when your system is powering up?
When I do a search on previous appends for 720 it seems that two other
people had problems printing and they solved it by disabling DMA
DMA transfer.

Mark
**********************************************************************

This board is a typical IBM microchannel mother board.  The only reference is
off the Reference Diskette.  There is no option to turn off DMA on the setup
menus although you can set up many more things than on the old Mod 70.  I did
turn off Caching and it helped a little.  It is still failing however.  I
noticed that every 50 - 150 characters one of the characters would be replaced
with a blank.  A hex dump actually indicated that the character was x'FF' not
ASCii x'20'.  This character is not in addition to but rather replaces exactly
one character from the expected data stream.

James P. Miller
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 03:48 on 94/01/18 by IL51040 at OS2CUST ]

James,

I've had a couple of unexplained errors like yours that cleared up
when we replaced the separator pages on the print server.  The
affected files hadn't been edited or changed as far as we knew,
but they were clearly damaged in some way (maybe a soft sector on
the drive or something).

Paul V. ЫTeam OS/2|
**********************************************************************

I tried printing with and without sep. pages and have also replaced them.  Same
 results.

James P. Miller
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 83. OS/2 Driver for an MVP ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

SYS 1815 WHEN PRINTING WITH MOD70-A21 AFTER UPGRADING FROM OS/2 2.0 TO
OS/2 2.1. CANNOT PRINT FROM ANY APPLICATIONS. APPEARS THAT THE PARALLEL
PORT IS NOT BEING RECOGNIZED. REINSTALL 2.0 AND CAN PRINT FINE. POSSIBLE
CHANGE IN THE PARALLEL PORT DEVICE DRIVER? PRINT02.SYS????
PLEASE SEND PROFS NOTE IF ANSWER IS KNOWN,  THANKS
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 84. HP 550C printing from WIN-OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The driver shipped with the HP550C does work under WIN-OS/2. The problem
we were having was related to which connection you used with the driver.
Choosing OS2.LPT1 works fine, but choosing LPT1 does not. I should also
mention that this is across a Novell network.

Everything working fine now.

Thanks for the help.

Gene Wicker/Ray Smith - Burlington Industries
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 85. Ami Pro for OS/2 Printing Won't Work ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

I've gone from having WordPerfect crash when I print to having Ami Pro send
garbage to my printer.  I just finished writing a 6-page report containing
four graphs imported from 123.  My only printer is an HP LaserJet 4L with
2MB of memory.  It prints OK (though be it extremely slow) up to and through
the first graphic.  After that, all text is magically changed to what looks
like overlapping 36-point junk.  Then the next graphic comes through, only
printing half of its detail.  Each page thereafter, all I get are black
smudges at the tops of the pages.  What in the world is going on here?

I've tried printing one page at a time, but if it has both a graph and text,
it does not work.  I have also tried printing two copies of a single page
containing only a graph (no text).  The second one does not print!!

With 2MB that printer is supposed to handle just about anything, and these are
just simple line graphs!  Under Mathematica I can print **multiple** complex
3-dimensional plots with no trouble whatsoever.

I hope I am doing something wrong (please tell me I am).  I have a PS/2 77
with 16MB of RAM.

Aaron Gaalswyk
**********************************************************************

Can you try something simpler, such as printing from EPM in WYSIWYG
mode or a print screen of the desktop or printing from the help files?

Mark
**********************************************************************

Mark,

Everything else works.  It is only an Ami Pro problem.  It's almost as if once
Ami Pro starts spooling the graphics part of a file, everything else gets
screwed up.  I tried to make it clear before that it isn't the printer.

Aaron Gaalswyk
**********************************************************************

Can you try installing the LASERJET.HP Laserjet Series II device?
Your 4 printer can understand the data that is generated by the II
driver.
What I am trying to see here is if it is a problem with a particular
device of the printer driver.  The 4 is a 600 dpi device.  Also, try
varying the fast system fonts and HPGL/2 options in the job properties
(turn both off, turn one on and one off, etc).

Mark
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 23:38 on 94/01/19 by WZ01311 at OS2CUST ]

We have had problems with Lotus for OS/2 printing.  They can be fixed for the
most part by changing the printer settings under Queue Options to select
Printer-Specific Format.  You may want to see if this helps your problem.

Bruce Shaver - Columbia Gas Sys Service Corp.
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 14:49 on 94/01/20 by HAMZY at BCRVM1 ]

Well, I tried toggling the settings for Fast System Fonts, Printer Patterns,
HP-GL/2, Image Adapt, and Printer Specific Format.  Then I installed and tried
both the HP LaserJet 3P and Series 2 drivers, but still no go.  Finally, in
a fit of delusion, I once again opened the Ami Pro printer settings box.  This
time, for no logical reason, I switched from portrait to landscape
orientation.  **PROBLEM SOLVED!!**  It still prints in portrait, but now
everything works right.

OK, new problem:  Can't print in landscape.  Oh, never mind.

Thanks for trying,

Aaron Gaalswyk
**********************************************************************

Please call both the OS/2 customer support center and AMI's customer
support center and report this problem.  It sounds like a bug to me
and hopefully we can fix it.

Mark
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 86. Can Occasionally Print From OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

We have a Compaq Deskpro 466 which refuses to print when running OS/2... most
of the time.  All the hardware checks out, the printer port, the cable and
the printer (an HP LJIIP Plus).  The way I have gotten the PC to print is
by deleteing everything in the \OS2\DLL\HP directory and below.  Then it
will print... sometimes and only for a while.

When I have a printer driver installed, I get a "printer offline or out of
paper" error.  When the HP directory structure is gone, the OS/2 command
line session where I am trying to print (a very basic "copy config.sys lpt1"
or "dir > lpt1") will hang or come back with an error saying there is no
LPT1 device ..or it print once or twice with no problem.

I am thinking there is some sort of  conflict with Interupt 7 or some basic
EA corruption.  Any ideas on how to trouble shoot this?  MSD hangs the
machine so I can't use that...  I did run it under DOS and MSD did not
show any int 7 conflicts.

Any ideas on this will be appreciated.

Thanks!

Matt Hickman  Internet: [e-mail]   [phone]
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 87. Printer Driver for NEC P3800 printer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Can anyone please point me to a source for the above printer driver
or to an alternative that works? If I have appended the wrong forum
(ther are lots) please point me to the correct one...

Thank you,

Peter Salmon (Australia)
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 88. Print to File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Hello,
Is there a print driver that allow me to:

1) Print to file as flat text
2) Print jobs are to be accumulated (append from end of the previous job)
  rather than written over

Any help would be much appreciated.

Simon Kwok
Sydney, Australia
**********************************************************************

I would like to find an answer to the same question.  I know that
I can specify Output to File, however, I get prompted for the filename
each time.  Is there any way to "hard code" the desired filename.  I would
like to use more than 3 LPT ports.  I see that I can perform an "Install"
on the ports page of the Print Settings notebook, but can't seem to find any
"installable printer port drivers" beyond COM1-3, LPT1-3 anywhere.  I would
like to NET USE to a printer on LPT5:, for instance, and set up a printer
queue poinitng to LPT5:.  I would also like to be able to set up a print
queue and point it to a pipe name (i.e. \\MIS-PRN1\LPT4Q) w/o having to
burn a LPT #.  Any ideas?

Scott Atwell - Analyst Programmer - Farmland Industries, Kansas City, MO
**********************************************************************

The following REXX program adds entries to the appname PM_SPOOLER_PORT.
You can easily change this to a file system filename such as a file
(c:\file), a pipe name (\PIPE\PIPENAME), a unc name (\\SERVER\QUEUE), or
even to the bit bucket (NUL).
The next time you open the print object, you will see more entries.

Mark

/* REXX script to add more ini file entries to PM_SPOOLER_PORT */
call RxFuncAdd 'SysIni', 'RexxUtil', 'SysIni'

szEntry = "PM_SPOOLER_PORT"
szPort  = "LPT"
szValue = ";"

do i = 4 to 9
  say "Adding" szPort || i
  call SysIni 'SYSTEM', szEntry, szPort || i, szValue
  say "Result = " '"'Result'"'
end

/* Now... enumerate all PM_SPOOLER_PORT keys and print them out!
 */
call SysIni 'SYSTEM', szEntry, 'ALL:', 'Keys'

if Result = "" then
do
  do i = 1 to Keys.0
   say Keys.i
  end
end
else
  say "Could not read entry" szEntry
**********************************************************************

Thank you, Mark.  This is exactly what I have been looking for.

Scott Atwell - Analyst Programmer - Farmland Industries, Kansas City, MO
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 89. Freelance printing "handout" hangs 2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

I have some users that get hung out to dry when they try to print
"handout" mode on Freelance for OS/2 release 2.0.
They are trying to print to a HP LJ III and a OS/2 1.3 lan.
There is no problem printing a single presentation per page.

Jorge Lopes
Royal Bank of Canada
**********************************************************************

Jorge,

I have Freelance for OS/2 under a LS3.0 lan.  I haven't tried to print to a
lan printer (as I have a color printer on my workstation).  But, if you can
give me some details on the type of presentation (format type, page count, etc)
I'll try it.

Chuck Heltzel, Tritec Info Svcs  (Team OS/2)
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 90. Separator Page as HP Control & IBM Null Printer Driver ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

To: ALL IBM OS/2 2.1 Printer Support People

I have been fighting (since 2.1 went GA) with the use of a
separator page to control current margin settings on an HP II.
My objective when I moved to OS/2 in March of last year, was to
be able to use all of my individual .BAT files in DOS VDMs and
yet be able to take advantage of the OS/2 spooler.

I keep 3-hole paper in my LJ II and have a 7 byte file which
contains the appropriate escape sequence to set the left margin
to 4 (i.e. ^E^&a4L ). My AUTOEXEC.BAT sends this as does the end
of each .BAT file which knowingly send ^E (reset) to the printer.
As others have mentions, this was negated by the OS/2 spooler
system - with or without a page separator file.

I have played with both the HP laserjet II and IBM NULL printer
drivers as the default printer and I am NOT satisfied with the
way the print system works. Also, I have read the appends close
to the top of the available appends in this CFORUM (e.g. OS2PRINT
CFORUM appended at 03:45:32 on 93/05/16 GMT (by 36601341 at
EHONE) ) regarding this matter.

As was stated correctly in the May, 1993 appends, the LJ II
driver does insert numerous PCL 4 escape sequences both before
and after any data printed by the page separator file. Any data
from the page separator is followed by: ^E^&k0G which kills any
characteristics set by the page separator file.

The HP LJ II driver problem can be circumvented by using the IBM
NULL printer driver. This permits characteristics set by the page
separator file to be retained between jobs. However, the IBM NULL
driver leads to another problem which is inconsistent with a non-
spooled environment needlessly.

In the non-spooled DOS environment I described above, the escape
sequence I send to the LJ II to assure the margin is set
correctly will cause any partially printed and non-fed page to be
printed and ejected. If there is no data in the LJ buffer, no
blank or additional pages are ejected. When this same escape
sequence is sent to the LJ II via the IBM NULL driver, a blank
page is ejected because the IBM NULL driver is inserting a
formfeed '0C'x after the separator data - WHERE NONE IS CALLED
FOR.

This method penalizes a well thought out printer management plan.
Dick Goran - CIS 72200,347
author "REXX Reference Summary Handbook"
**********************************************************************

Open the IBMNULL's printer properties and set the FORM FEED CONTROL
option to NONE.  This will stop the form feed character from being
appended after the raw job.
Unfortunately, the separator page is a different print job that is
connected to the normal job.  We are aware of this problem and the
need to insert control characters into jobs.
Currently, OS/2 printers do not know the state of the printer so they
will reset the printer to place it into a known state.

Mark
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 09:42 on 94/01/25 by DEV4672 at HONE82 ]

Change IBMNULL's printer properties option "Form Feed Control"
from its default value of "Conditional" to "None"

Matthew F. Rutkowski
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 13:04 on 94/01/25 by HAMZY at BCRVM1 ]

To: Mark ?

   > Open the IBMNULL's printer properties and set the FORM  <
   > FEED CONTROL option to NONE.               <

Thanks for the prompt response. The "Form Feed Control" section is
grayed out and inopperative. Next suggestion please.

Dick Goran - CIS 72200,347
author "REXX Reference Summary Handbook"
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 14:22 on 94/01/25 by MATTR at BCRVM1 ]

To: Matthew F. Rutkowski

   > Change IBMNULL's printer properties option "Form Feed  <
   > Control" from its default value of "Conditional" to   <
   > "None"                          <

Thanks for the prompt response. The "Form Feed Control" section is
grayed out and inopperative. Next suggestion please.

Dick Goran - CIS 72200,347
author "REXX Reference Summary Handbook"
**********************************************************************

Have you pressed the "Job Properties" button instead of double-clicking
the IBMNULL printer driver, which will open the printer properties
and allow you to disable Form-feed control.

Pat Nogay
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 16:59 on 94/01/25 by DEV4672 at HONE82 ]

Please change PRINTER properties NOT job properties
you are changing job props where this is grayed out

Matthew F. Rutkowski
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 16:28 on 94/01/25 by DEV4672 at HONE82 ]

That is because you are looking at the JOB properties.  To access the
PRINTER properties, open the print object's settings.  Go to the printer
driver tab.  Open the IBMNULL printer icon's settings.

Mark
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[Reference to append at 17:19 on 94/01/25 by NOGAY at BCRVM1 ]

To: Pat Nogay, Matthew F. Rutkowski & Mark ?

   > Have you pressed the "Job Properties" button instead  <
   > of double-clicking the IBMNULL printer driver ...   <

I found it; of course it was as clear as mud without your specific
direction.

After making the appropriate change, I began to build test cases
using what documentation I had on the page separator escape
sequences. This includes the 2.0 Redbook and the online "Separator
Page Codes". The online reference fails to mention the first line
of the separator page file being used to define the character which
will be used as the escape character on the following lines.

I have a 7 byte file (C:\BAT\MARGIN.SET) which contains the HP
escape sequences of:

   ~E~&a4L  (where ~ is the HP escape character '1B'x)

without any terminating carriage return / line feed or EOF. In a
simple DOS environment, setting the HP LaserJet margin is
accomplished with a command of:

   type c:\bat\margin.set > lpt1

While trying to build the OS/2 page separator C:\BAT\HPMARG04.SEP,
I found that creating HPMARG04.SEP with:

   @
   @F"C:\BAT\MARGIN.SET"

results in bb~E~&a4L preceding the printer data. The lowercase b
represents a blank. I do not know where these two leading blanks
come from. Generally they will have no negative effect unless they
happen to result in the printers buffer overflowing a page boundary
in which case they will force an unwanted, and unexplainable, blank
page.

Dick Goran - CIS 72200,347
author "REXX Reference Summary Handbook"
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[Reference to append at 13:04 on 94/01/25 by HAMZY at BCRVM1 ]

>>Currently, OS/2 printers do not know the state of the printer so they
>>will reset the printer to place it into a known state.

Can you PLEASE give us an option of resetting the printer
or not, like you did for formfeeds at the end of the print job?
I also have a problem with the Epson and Proprinter drivers
sending a NASTY reset to my printer.  What if I don't want my
printer reset?  Granted, "it's a problem with your printer" but
I don't want to boot DOS/Win to print on that printer either.
It seems like an option like this would allow everyone to get
their print jobs like they need them.

Aud :)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 91. Making title in FT32 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Thank you, Mr. Rutkowski for your understanding of the above subject.
At the first stage, I'd like the title to be placed on the center of the
top.  I think it will also look better for the title to be placed on
every page.
If it is possible, at the second stage, we can have options that the
title is placed justified in 3 ways(centered/left/right).
If you allow me go further, at the third stage we can have font & size
of the title text independently from the font & size of the whole data.
By the way, is it possible for us to have a preview window before making
the report printed?

Thanks in advance for your kind reply.

GI Kang,
**********************************************************************

Yes, I have thought about all these things.  Then I sit back and
think... "Are you going beyond the realm of applet and becoming
a word processor? :)"  If so why not just use a word processor?
Perhaps for cmd line/ease-of-use sake.

Actually FYI I have had the start of code and some hidden
windows/dialogs ready for a print preview already :)

Matthew F. Rutkowski
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 92. PRINT SCREEN FROM 3270 HOST SESSION ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We have OS/2 2.0, Lan Server 2.0 and Comm Mgr 1.1 installed.  We have not been
sucessful in getting print screen to work when we are at the host screen.

Raceen
**********************************************************************

You're going to have to be more specific.

   What printer?
   What driver?
   What options do you have set in Emulator Print Control?
   Are you printing over the LAN?
   If so, do the two systems (the one running LAN Server and
    the one running LAN Requester) have the same level of
    the PM printer driver?

John W. Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese -- The OS/2 Hobbit\Team-OS/2
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 93. Driver to use a NEC P2200 under OS/2 2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Which driver should be used to print to this printer?. My customer has
told me that any 'generic pinwriter' printer driver could be used.
Has anybody used this printer with OS/2 2.1?
Thanks in advance.
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 94. Printing with the IBM 4019 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have a question about the 4019 using Describe.
If my 4019 is set to PPDS mode (native mode) and I have a bit map on the
screen, then I press Print Screen, The output on the printer is very good.

If I import the bit map to Describe and print on a 4019 the image is very
poor. (This is pronting from Describe)

If I change the 4019 to a Postscript printer and print the same image from
Describe, the image appears very good.

Is there any way to correct this problem.  Is it a bug in Describe or is it
a problem in the way the printer driver is setup.

I find it hard to believe that the 4019 PPDS mode can't properly print
a bit map.  Yet a print screen of the desktop looks great.

Please can any one give info.

Jerry Sitbon [phone]
**********************************************************************

Contact OS/2 Warranty Support and have a PMR opened up.  It sounds like
it might be a problem to me...

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 95. HP LaserJet 4 ML ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Does anyone has any experience with the HP4ML printer?

1.\ OS/2 does NOT comes with the ML driver. In PCL mode I can use the 4L
driver but what should I use in PostScript mode?

2.\ Does this printer has an auto emulation switching? Will it recognize
the PS vs. PCL and print properly?
(My favorite daler can not answer for this:-((

Geza Szivos <TEAM-OS2> IBMMail(CANOVXVV) The Phoenix Alliance
(403)-290-6583 Fax [phone]
**********************************************************************

Geza-
 I use a 4M.  It will autoswitch between ASCII, PCL and Postscript. I have
not used any postscript drivers, but the service pak beta has 4ML postscript
drivers.

Matt Hickman  Internet: [e-mail]   [phone]
**********************************************************************

>service pak beta has 4ML postscript

Thanks. This is good news.
(The 4L series is controlable from DOS/Win TSR-s or drivers, it
has NO control panel on the printer.)

Geza Szivos <TEAM-OS2> IBMMail(CANOVXVV) The Phoenix Alliance
(403)-290-6583 Fax [phone]
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 96. 4216 supplies part numbers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I inherited two 4216 printers which need toner / photoconducters, but I have
no documentation on the printers.  Does anyone have the part numbers / prices
to order these from LEXMARK?

Ken Sissors
Navy Systems Software Support and Control, IBM FSC, Manassas
**********************************************************************

From the Personal Page Printer II Guide to Operations:
(It's scary that I actually have this)

            IBM Order
             Number

Toner Cartridge     6190603
(order in multiples
of 6 cartridges)

Photoconductor kit    6190604

Cleaning unit kit    6190605

Sorry, but no prices were given.

Brent Allen - IBM Personal Systems Competency Center   Southlake, TX
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 97. Printing with HP4 with Win/OS2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Need to see if anyone else is having a problem with the HP4 printing out of Win
/OS2.  I am using office 3.0 and ms office 4.0 and the biggest problem I am hav
ing is drag and drop printing.  I have made sure that the file was last touch i
n the win/os2 session with the proper default print driver, but when I drap and
 drop from the OS/2 desktop I get junk printed out.  I have alot of testing to
still do, I have already found out about the proper parallel cable that the HP4
printer requires.  I have a deployment in about a week and need to get this res
olved.  I have also tested this on a HP3Si with the same results.  I also poste
d a note on November 7th about not being able to print from the a: drive.
This problem is when my clients work at home with Word 2.0x and save their docs
 to the A: drive and bring them in and try to print them from the A: drive we g
et trash on the printer.  Now if they save it to the hard drive before they pri
nt and print from the file on the hard drive it prints OK.  You may have guesse
d this but all the machines are HPFS.  We have not tested this on a FAT formate
d system.  These are becoming big issues with us and hope someone out there has
a solution for me.  I am having fun showing all the nice things OS/2 2.1 can do
but the clients want the printing to work with can packages.  It's all of a sud
den a big deal that OS/2 can give them something that they would never use in W
indows but if they cantuse it for everything then OS/2 it not a solution for th
em.  Image that......Thanks, in advance.

Gary Zimmerman   Southwestern Bell [phone]
**********************************************************************

>Need to see if anyone else is having a problem with the HP4
printing out of Win >/OS2.  I am using office 3.0 and ms office 4.0 and the biggest
problem I am hav >ing is drag and drop printing.  I have made sure that the file
was last touch i >n the win/os2 session with the proper default print driver,
but when I drap and > drop from the OS/2 desktop I get junk printed out.  I have alot of testing to

Correct me if I'm wrong:
  Win print using true type fonts--the output becomes a printer specific
   bit map
  OS/2 Drag and Drop is expecting a text file and get a binary bitmap
For printing to succeed, wouldn't the printer have to be reset to receive
a printer specific file instead of the default text.  ie. IBMNUL

If that's the case, I've recently heard there can also be problems doing
that--seems an extra form feed can end up in the chain...sorry I can't be
more specific as it wasn't a topic of interest at that moment.

Ken Prevo
**********************************************************************

Yes, I think you are right. The only way I have been able to get it working is
to get the latest (Jan) print driver from HP (OS2 and Windows), Spend several h
ours with both Microsoft and HP and a little luck.  The only way I can drag and
drop a word, excel, etc is to save it a print file. Then drag and drop it.  Als
o the HP4 Windows setup is very specific.  Thanks for the input.  This is not t
he cleanist solution but it works.

Thanks for the input.

Gary Zimmerman   Southwestern Bell [phone]
**********************************************************************

Could anyone please provide a number for HP BBS to get latest drivers for HP
4Si?  I'm also having problems printing under Win-OS/2--just get garbage.  Prin
tscreens from CM/2 work fine, tho.  Thanks.

Reynold Tung
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 98. Print Screen Resolution ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I am trying to send a "print screen" to an HP Laserjet III on a netware
3.11 network.  Unfortunately, the resolution is not very good; the
resolution appears to be at 150.  However, the printer driver says that
the resolution is at 300.  Furthermore, I have printed other documents on
this printer through DOS machines, and the resolution was better.

Melisse Leib
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Do the job properties for that print queue say 300 dpi resolution?

Mark
**********************************************************************

Yes.  The job properties says 300 resolution.  In other words, when I go
into the printer setting under "printer driver" and click under "job
properties", the resolution(graphics) value is 300.

Melisse Leib
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 99. (no subject) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Hello,
We have an RS/6000 spooling output to an LPD print server running
under OS/2 over the token ring.  When printing to a HP-III or HP IV
through the parrallel port, everything print fine.  When we redirect
printing to a LAN attach HP-IV via the 4033.  Initially, we found that
a form was printed as it should but the data that suppose to overlay
on top of this was printed on the next page.  When we applied the
latest 4033 driver, the electronic form disppeared altogether!

If anyone out there who have similar problem, please
let me know how you solve it.  Many thanks in advance.

Simon Kwok
Sydney, Australia
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 100. Problem Determination(Pd) in OS/2 either version ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I would like some PD ideas.  When you have printers that were working
on a Lan Server and all of sudden stop...or you have a job that is
waiting in the queue or printing and nothing is happening.  You check
the spool files, the spool name matches icon name, the queue is released,
the right output port is chosen, the right driver is installed,
everything looks good......what do you check next?  You try a print from
an OS/2 window and it works, but the job is stuck and nothing else?
Another scenario involves a 4033 and the ptr adapter utility, which you
do both a hardware and software reset and still nothing works?
What else is there to check?
Jane McLaughlin
SI SE Toronto
416-946-6490
**********************************************************************

Jane,

There's only one thing I didn't see in your question.
If you open the settings for the job, does the driver
shown there match what's set up on the server?  If that
matches, what about form size and/or resolution?

We've have a number of problems with print jobs sent from
requesters set up with slightly different versions of the
print drivers (e.g. QMS ColorScript 100/30i rather than
QMS ColorScript 100/30).  We've also had several instances
in which users have sent jobs after selecting unsupported
form sizes, or form sizes which the printer object on the
server was not configured to support.

Also, if you're supporting OS/2 1.3 machines, you need to
make sure they're at CSD WR05050 or higher.  Earlier version
of the 1.3 printer drivers didn't work well with OS/2 2.x
servers.

Paul V. ЫTeam OS/2|
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 101. Network Printing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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At a VERY high level:

When printing to a network-attached printer, what tasks do the server
and workstation print objects/drivers perform respectively?
And how do the OS/2 and WINOS/2 print drivers coexist?

My concept of what happens is that the w/s print driver does all the
appropriate massaging of data (PCL code, etc.), and then it gets sent
off to the LPTn device.  The print driver is the OS/2 driver for OS/2
apps, and Windows apps that specify LPTn.OS2 as the output device,
and the Windows driver for Windows apps where LPTn.OS2 is not used.
The LAN code intercepts the data and ships it over the network to the
printer server which merely handles the spooling.

This is likely wrong, since I've heard that the level of driver must
be kept in sync between w/s and server.

I've been unsuccessful printing 2-sided to an HP-Laser IIISi and a IV Si
after changing the setting only at the w/s (using PMWord and WPWIN 5.2).
And also had trouble getting legal printing working from MS Excel for
OS/2.

My environment is OS/2 2.0 /2.1, LAN Server 3.0A, HP Laser III, III Si,
and IV Si using PCL.

I hope that some kind soul can rescue me from my ignorance! :-)

Mike McVarish - LAN Specialist, Workers Compensation Board
**********************************************************************

I don't know if you are ignorant but I know for fact (confirmed by HP
and IBM) that you can never sucessfully get a PM app to print 2 sided on
a HP printer with the GA drivers unless you have the printer configured to
print duplex by default ... we use word for windows and I don't think the
same problem exists but I'll have to verify ... we just had to change our
4SIMx to simplex from duplex by default ... we use MS WFW though.

Keith A. Blake  (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (USPGC9GC/IBMMAIL)
**********************************************************************

Thanks Keith, too bad duplex printing can't be controlled from PM
applications.  I'll have to experiment to see what can be controlled
by the user from the workstation without having to change either the
settings physically at the printer, or the printer server driver
settings.

Mike McVarish - LAN Specialist, Workers Compensation Board
**********************************************************************

 I think my statement may have led you to the wrong interpretation:

 OS/2 PM apps CAN do duplexing ... its just that the CURRENT GA
drivers provided by OS/2 are BAD ... HP  and IBM have sent me drivers
that they claim should correct this and other problems I've been experiencing
with PM apps but I can't say if they work or not because my manager has
decreed I need to focus on more important work for now ...
In my current setup MS Word for Windows can generate duplex output.

Keith A. Blake  (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (USPGC9GC/IBMMAIL)
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 01:56 on 94/02/06 by XXWCBDD2 at TORVMCOP ]

Mike,
I have had better luck duplexing than Keith.I have successfully duplexed
with Ami Pro OS/2, WPOS2 5.2, and other DOS & Win apps.  WPOS2 is using
OS/2 printer drivers.

I did have some difficulty with Ami Pro if a Local Printer Object was
redirected over the network instead of using a real Network Printer object.
Then the first page was not duplexed, and the rest were ok.

WPOS2 is what I use most, and it has duplexed ok from day one.  Just open up
the printer setttings and click on the proper button.

Excel for OS/2 has always been very touchy (along with PMWord) about being
able to print in Legal or Duplex.  Sometimes we had to do check off printer
specific, sometimes we had to go into the printer object and set the setting we
wanted in both the Job Properties and Device Defaults.  Whatever it takes
to make it work and then don't touch it.I never use PMWord anymore (for 2
years).
Your WPWIN52 should be able to Duplex too, if you are using either the WP or
Windows drivers.  Just have the Paper Size/Type set at the top of the page to
be Duplex.

Windows and DOS programs when run under OS/2 are printing just as you describe,
they are generating PCL and sending it to the redirected LPT port.  So if you a
re having trouble here, look at your WINOS2 and DOS printer drivers for the
cause of the problem.

OS/2 PM printing works differently.  When a PM program creates a print job,
it creates a quick, small CGM-type (I think) files that is shipped off to
the Server.  The Server takes this file and creates the actual PCL that gets
sent to the printer.  This frees up workstation CPU cycles and results in a
smaller amount of data being sent to the Server.  If you check off Printer
Specific, you are creating the PCL on your workstation instead of letting the
Server do the work, the spool file will be larger and it will take longer to
leave the workstation.  This does use less CPU cycles on the Server though.
This is my understanding of how PM printing works. I am just a LAN
Administrator, not a PM Programmer/Printer driver developer or anything like
that.

You can pause the queue and send your print jobs through with Duplex on,
and then HEX edit the spool files and see if you are actually getting the
escape code to turn duplex on is there.  This will only work if the spool
file is a PCL file.

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 20:47 on 94/02/08 by PGID006 at OS2CUST ]

Now I understand your first append. ... Thanks

Mike McVarish - LAN Specialist, Workers Compensation Board
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 08:05 on 94/02/09 by IL19543 at OS2CUST ]

Thanks Mike, your suggestions and insight could resolve my problems.
If the 'Printer Specific' setting works as you describe, then you
don't have to worry about the server and workstation printer drivers
being kept at the same version level.

Mike McVarish - LAN Specialist, Workers Compensation Board
**********************************************************************

Mike,
I don't know if you can assume that - that Printer Specific will allow you to
have different driver levels.  I think it is good practice to try and keep
the same versions on requester/server.

I just printed in another PM application in duplex today with no problems.
Just went into the Printer Object, set the Job Properties and Device Defaults
to duplex, and printed.  The program was the ICPAUSA PS/2 Configurator.

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 102. Printing from the A: drive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Never hear anything on printing from the A: drive problem I asked about in Nove
mber..  Can anyone at IBM give me a update.  Is this a HPFS / FAT problem.  I w
ould like to know is this too much to expect......

Gary Zimmerman   Southwestern Bell [phone]
**********************************************************************

Gary,
Turn on the WINOS2 Print Manager, or call IBM and have them send you a new
GDI.EXE file.

This can also happen on Real DOS/Win/DLR too.

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 103. Printer output problem ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:   None

From: Klaus Stenzel
To:  All

The application, I'm developing must be able to print single lines direct to
the printer. To realize this function I'm writing the line contents in the
device context of the choosen printer port. To do this, I use the API
function DevEscape( hdcPrinter, DEVESC_RAWDATA, (LONG) strlen( Line), (PBYTE)
Line,
(PLONG) NULL, (PBYTE)NULL)                    .

After writing the contents in this way, I will flushout the contents direct
to the printer by using the adjustments of the printer driver. To realize
this action I'm taking the API function
DevEscape( hdcPrinter, DEVESC_FLUSHOUTPUT, 0L, (PBYTE)NULL, (PLONG)NULL,
(PBYTE)NULL)                           .

Before I'm doing this action there is no close of the device contect or a new
created frame.
In the OS/2 version 2.0, the DevEscape-API with the parameter
DEVESC_FLUSHOUTPUT works without problems by using the EPSON printer driver.

After installation of the OS/2 2.1 version with the appropriate EPSON printer
driver there was no action by using the DevEscape API with the parameter
DEVESC_FLUSHOUTPUT. It seem to be that the new EPSON drivers ignore this
parameter. When I use the old EPSON driver with the 2.1 version the
FLUSHOUTPUT parameter will be supported.

Is the behavior a error of the new EPSON driver and is there a solution to
remedy this problem?


* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(0057003101000000 2d577244)
**********************************************************************

Here is what the documentation says on DEVESC_FLUSHOUTPUT in the
Presentation Driver Reference:

This function flushes any output received for the current document.
The handling routine discards all data (such as data stored in a spooler
buffer or journal file) received for the current document.
Note: This escape code is implemented by old hardcopy drivers and is
being phased out.

Are you using the Epson driver for any thing else besides DevEscape (
RAWDATA)?  You could set the Epson printer/job properties for form feed
control = NONE, open the job as OD_DIRECT, have a function that takes
a line and calls DEVESC_STARTDOC, DEVESC_RAWDATA, DEVESC_ENDDOC.  This
should effectively bypass the Epson's buffering mechanism.  However,
every time you start a job, the Epson driver will send some escape codes
that will reset the printer and place it into a known state.

If you do not use the presentation driver, you could disable the spooler.
and use the DosOpen ("LPT1", OPEN_FLAGS_NONSPOOLED); DosWrite (); and
DosClose () calls.

Mark
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 104. How to attach a file from an application to the printer? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Any ideas on: how is it possible to attach a file name
(i.e. MyFile.TXT) with a printer device (i.e. LPT1) from within
a program (using OS2 API's and/or C Lib. functions)?

Thanks.

  .....Best regards, Shahriar

[e-mail]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 105. (no subject) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I originally left this append in the mini-apps CFORUM, but no answere
yet.

 ---- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 03:07:24 on 94/01/27 GMT (by
WZ01459 at HONE83) Subject:Printing Montly/Daily Planner

For some reason when I call up the print function in the daily
calander display, it says I don't have any print queues defined.
I have a ton of them defined, well ok four. Any ideas?
<< John Darbyshire  --  Darby Systems, West Hills, CA TalkLink
WZ01459 >>

I have printer objects set for a HP LJ4 on lpt1, the default, an
Okidata 320 on lpt1, (I use an AB switch) and FAX WORKSD on lpt3
I show PMPRINT as the queue driver. When I go to print in any of the
mini-applets, I get the "No printer queues defined" All other
application work great. All other printer options work great.  I am at
a real loss.

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 106. Which is the best  colorprinter  ? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Can you recommend some colorprinters to the LanServer-network with
OS/2-workstations?  (under 10000 dollar)

Have you connected any intelligent copier to the Token-Ring ??

Timo Ketola

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Oy Tietokonepalvelu
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Scott Trosien,  Ford Motor Co. by day & HAK Systems by night.
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[Reference to append at 17:54 on 94/02/16 by FINTKP17 at ELINK ]

Textronix has some nice color printers, I am not sure what $$$ range, but
the output is real nice.  QMS has some decent models too.
sorry I can't give more details, We have some at another building, but
the guy who bought em is on vacation.

Scott Trosien,  Ford Motor Co. by day & HAK Systems by night.
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[Reference to append at 17:54 on 94/02/16 by FINTKP17 at ELINK ]

Timo,

Given te under $10K price range, you'll probably have to go with
a thermal wax type printer.  Good dye sublimation printers were
still well above that range the last time I checked prices.
I've put both Tektronix and QMS color printers on a LAN Server
LAN (using the Lexmark/IBM 4033).  Under $10K is doable - I'd
specifically recommend the Tektronix Phaser III PXi.  With the
release of the newer Tektronix 300, Tektronix dropped the price
of the Phaser III PXi to somehwere around $7K.  The major advantage
to the Tektronix Phaser III PXi is that it uses regular paper,
supports simultaneous input from different input sources (LocalTalk,
E-Net, Serial and Parallel), and handles routine cleaning tasks automatically.  The disadvantage of the Tektronix is its
size and appetite for its relatively expensive refill crayons. ,
supports simultaneous input from different input sources (LocalTalk,
E-Net, Serial and Parallel), and handles routine cleaning
Less expensive alternatives (all of which require special paper)
are the Lexmark/IBM 4079, the QMS ColorScript 200 series and
the HP color ink-jet printers. rom different input sources (LocalTalk,
E-Net, Serial and Parallel), and handles routine cleaning
For more information and other possible candidates, I strongly
recommend you check the recent PC Magazine big printer issue
(Vol 12, No. 20, Nov 23, 1993).  rom different input sources (LocalTalk,
E-Net, Serial and Parallel), and handles routine cleaning
Paul V. ЫTeam OS/2|
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 107. Win-OS2 printing to IBM 4039 Laser ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have setup MS-Works on my OS/2 2.1 Machine.  I am haveing problems getting
the product to print.  It comes up with a message telling me that I do not
have a printer setup.  I am using the IBM 4039-10R laser printer.  I have my
printer Objects setup on the desktop.  As long as I print from an OS/2 app I
print fine.  Do the windows applications use Print Manager for printing and
not the OS/2 printer Objects?  Do they use a combination of both Print Manager
and OS/2 printer object setup? Are the two ways of printing independent of one
another?

W. Allan Brewer
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You need to install the 4039 in OS/2 AND Win-OS/2.  I recommend that
you configure WIN-OS/2 to use print manager ... I you did not get prompted
to install the WIN-OS/2 print driver when you defined the 4039 to OS/2 then
you should consult the doc that came with it to find out where the drivers
for WIN-OS/2 (Windows) are.  I've got a 12R and its been working just fine
for me so far ...

Keith A. Blake  (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (USPGC9GC/IBMMAIL)
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[Reference to append at 13:46 on 94/02/21 by IL33367 at OS2CUST ]

From: Phil Spencer
To:  IL33367 at OS2CUST╨╢

IO>I have setup MS-Works on my OS/2 2.1 Machine.  I am haveing problems getting
IO>the product to print.  It comes up with a message telling me that I do not
IO>have a printer setup.  I am using the IBM 4039-10R laser printer.  I have my
IO>printer Objects setup on the desktop.  As long as I print from an OS/2 app I
IO>print fine.  Do the windows applications use Print Manager for printing and
IO>not the OS/2 printer Objects?  Do they use a combination of both Print
IO>Manager and OS/2 printer object setup? Are the two ways of printing
IO>independent of one another?

I use MS Works for DOS all the time with no such problems - you have to
install printer driver supplied with Works and all should be fine.  Having said
that, I've just replaced my old dot-matrix printer with a PostScript laser
and I haven't checked that configuration yet - I will let you know

Phil
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From: Phil Spencer
To:  IL33367 at OS2CUST

Hi,

PS>I use MS Works for DOS all the time with no such problems - you have to
PS>install printer driver supplied with Works and all should
PS>be fine.  Having said
PS>that, I've just replaced my old dot-matrix printer with a PostScript laser
PS>and I haven't checked that configuration yet - I will let you know

I just installed the OS/2 PostScript Driver and the Works PostScript driver
and Works prints just fine - even to a remote printer over TCP/IP

Phil
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 108. Multiple Printer Objects ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I'm not sure how to ask my question so I'll just state what I want to do.

I have an Epson AP-5000 24-pin dot matrix printer. This printer has several
internal fonts (Draft, Courier, Roman, etc.) that I would like to select at
print time. From a DOS or OS/2 window I'm trying to print a ascii text file
using the PRINT command (eg., PRINT C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT). I would
like to be able to print the document sometimes in DRAFT mode, sometimes in COURIER
mode, sometimes . . ., but OS/2 ALWAYS selects ROMAN Letter Quality. Under native
MS-DOS, I can  issue a command to the printer to select the mode I want and then issue the
PRINT command. I've tried this technique in a DOS window under OS/2 and, even
though the first command will set the printer to the mode I want, the PRINT
command changes the mode back to the settings of the default Printer Object.
Therefore, the document doesn't print as intended.

Is there a simple way of setting the mode that I want to use? Perhaps defining
multiple Printer Objects? (I tried this, though maybe incorrectly. No matter
what change I made to one of the objects, all objects were changed.) Do I have
to install the SAME printer driver MULTIPLE TIMES?

I'm SO confused. As I said, this is VERY easy under DOS, and I'm hoping it is
just as easy under OS/2, if done correctly. Thanks in advance
for any assistance that can be given. By the way, I am using OS/2 2.1.

Tom Twaro
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Tom:  I'm an amateur so don't quit on my account but here is another
way I tried without success.  Open the printer object folder.
Choose the driver page.  Open the default object.  (In my case the
Epson 24pin 80col).  Change the pitch (10,12,15 are available),
change the resolution (hi, med, low are avail).  Close the
object.  Print from the DOS window command line.  No change in print.

Since I usually work from the command line and am not comfortable with
all these icons yet, I decided to try the above by drag & drop.  No
matter what I set, I got a very wonderful, and usless, hi-resolution
printout with 1" high characters.  "@ECHO OFF" is beautifully
rendered across 8" of paper.  I specified the file as plain text,
not "printer specific".

As a last resort, you might want to keep a specific version DOS VMB
on your desktop as a place to do so of those neat and easy things
that command line people became accustomed to over the years.

Let's hope others can educate us both to better ways.

Ken Hammer, St. Johnsbury, VT
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 109. Printer to Use with OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I would like to purchase a laser printer to use with my PS/2 with
OS/2, Version 2.1.   Since this will be a major purchase for me,
I would like to make the very best decision possible.   Although
I have been considering a HP Laserjet 4, I would also like to
consider the Laxmark printers.

The Lexmark printers that I think that I should be considering are
in the 4029 and 4039 family.   These are IBM 4029, Model 20, 4029
Model 30; also, 4039, 16L; 4039, 12L; 4039, 12R; 4039, 10R; and
4039, 10R/Duplex.

I have the following questions:

 Q1.  Which of the Lexmark/IBM printers most closely equates to
    the HP Laserjet 4?

 Q2.  Using the information in Q1, how would you compare cost
    versus reliability/functionality between the HP Laserjet 4
    and Lexmark/IBM laser printer?

 Q3.  Make make suggestions regarding a) Memory, b) PLC Font cards
    and c) PostScript options

                    Thank you.

                     Bud Bradford
                     Austin, TX
                     512-823-8094
                     T/L 793-8094
                     HOB AT AUSVM8
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Bud, I have a 4039/12R and have been very pleased with it.
Since you're appending to OS2PRINT I'll assume you're going to
run the printer under OS/2. If so, you'll love the installation
program and the support you get from Lexmark for OS/2. Their automatic
emulation switching makes it easy to drive the printer in both
PostScript and PCL5 mode. My guess is that HP will provide you
nothing in terms of an OS/2-specific install package. At least
they didn't with my HP-550C inkjet printer.

Ignoring the issue of OS/2 support, from what I've heard the
Lexmark machine compares favorably with HP's offering. I have
a friend that works for HP in printer development, and he has
a lot of respect for Lexmark and for their printers. I'm sure
you'll be satisfied with either machine, but I can enthusiastically
endorse the Lexmark machine. Don't get a 4019 or 4029, though.
The operator panel and performance of the new 4039's is much better.

Jim Askew; Advanced Information Technologies Education; Boulder
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[Reference to append at 20:34 on 94/02/21 by HOB at AUSVM8 ]

Jim Askew,

  Thank you for your informative response and the suggestion to get
the Lexmark 4039/12R.  I have a couple of questions on the printer
you suggest since you convinced me to get the 4039/12R.

  Q1.  The Product List I have shows that there is a 4039/12R,
     4039/10R and 4039/10R/Duplex.   Does the 4039/12R have
     the 'duplex' feature built-in or is that an additional
     option?  It seems like it would be a nice thing to
     have in a printer.

  Q2.  I have a list of 'features' which I would like for you to
     address for the 4039/12R:

     1. Flash Memory Option:     (Jim, what is this?)
        a. 1 MB
        b. 2 MB

     2. Printer RAM:         (Is this add-on to std. 4 MB?)
        a. 2 MB
        b. 4 MB
        c. 8 MB

     3. An array of the following: Sheet Duplex, Sheet Extra Duplex,
       Sheet Extra Drwr, Envelope + Feeder, Sheet Auxillary Feeder,
       Sheet Extra Tray and so forth.  The 'Sheet Duplex' seems to
       imply that duplex is a standard on this model, which is Q1.
       There are lots of choices here.   What do you think?

     4. PCL Font Card
       a. For Publication  (Purpose/Application/Value?)
       b. For Presentations  (Purpose/Application/Value?)
       c. For Word Processing (Purpose/Application/Value?)

     5  Font Card Adapter for the 12R (Required if 4. selected?)

     6. Maintenance Kit for the 12R (Worth getting?)

     7. Serial Cable - 20 ft.

     8. Parallel Attach Cable

Jim, I numbered these features except for 3. to minimize your effort in
addressing them.  Would you indicate the 'numbers' of the features you
suggest.  I'm sure some (really all) depend on what I want, but I'm
looking for suggestions.  If 4MB of RAM is standard, would you get 8 MB,
for example?   Any other comments will be appreciated.

                       Thanks again.

                       Bud Bradford
                       512-823-8094
                       T/L 793-8094
                       HOB AT AUSVM8
                       AIX-RS/6000 Support
                       Austin, Texas
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Bud, Oh boy--you're asking me for more details than I can provide!
When I bought my printer I had the same questions but it's been
long enough that I'm rusty now. I realize this is an external
forum but since you're an IBMer, you should lurk on IBM4039 FORUM.
The Lexmark folks have access to that forum, plus there's a lot of
knowledgeable users on the forum. The header contains a REQUEST
that you can issue to get ivory letters on the 4039 series.

I would like to have a duplex option but I didn't want to spend the
money for it. I am able to duplex manually by printing all my
odd-numbered pages, then reinserting them into the feeder to print
all even-numbered pages on a second pass. (Some desktop publishing
packages let you do this. I use FrameMaker, and it has this feature).

I'll try to answer some of your questions:

1) The 12R does not have the duplex option built in, but it is
  available as an option. I had considered getting the 10R with
  duplex, but decided in favor of the 12R without duplex for about
  the same price. I wanted the higher performance, and the extra
  memory offered by the 12R. I figured I could buy a duplex option
  later if I decided I really needed it.

2) Flash memory is memory that keeps its information even when power
  is turned off. It's useful if you have a lot of fonts that aren't
  normally in the printer and you want to save the time of downloading
  them to the printer whenever you power up. If you're using the
  machine at home as a single user, save your money. If you have
  the machine on a network and have some frequently used fonts
  (like the extra fonts BookMaster needs), spend the money.

  The 12R comes with 4MB of regular memory. Extra memory means you
  can print more complex pages at 600dpi resolution, especially in
  PostScript mode. I've fed some pretty complex graphics at my
  machine with the standard 4MB and never had a problem. However,
  I've heard that you may run into problems with complex graphics
  in 600dpi mode using the standard 2MB that comes with the model 10.

Don't get any extra font cards. You won't need them. I don't know
about the maintenance agreement. My printer is six months old
and has run 20,000 plus copies without problems.  You need to buy
a parallel printer cable to connect the printer to a normal LPT1
port. I'm still using the same parallel printer cable I got with
my single-sided drive, 64K, monochrome monitor, genuine original
IBM PC ten years ago.

You can also use a serial cable to connect to a COM port on your
machine. In fact, you can connect one computer using the parallel
port, a second printer using the serial port, and the printer will
take input from both machines without any extra hardware!

You might also want to call Lexmark. I got a nice glossy brochure
from them showing all the models, including feature comparison
tables.

Good luck!

Jim Askew; Advanced Information Technologies Education; Boulder
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This discussion of Lexmark laser printers is very timely.  I
have also been considering getting one for home; mostly for use
with OS/2 2.1, Comm Mgr v 1.1 connecting to an AS/400 and less
often with Windows and Rumba (also to the AS/400).  My choices
seem to be wavering between the 4037-05E with all the possible
extra memory, the 4039-10R with an extra 2M of memory, or
the 4039-12R with no extras.  I don't really do a lot of graphics
at home, actually almost none.  I do use LP3820 a lot though to
print list3820 files and use Word for Windows 2.0c under WINOS2.

I would also appreciate any suggestions or perspective.  Thanks.

Vic Abeloff  Computer Aid, Inc  IL34289 at HONE81
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I do what you want to do today with a 4039/12R and then some at home I'm
very happy with it I would suggest that you might consider the duplex option
if you want to save on paper (we have to think about the environment and
those poor old trees sometime (g)) ...

Keith A. Blake  (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (USPGC9GC/IBMMAIL)
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[Reference to append at 03:08 on 94/02/22 by IL34289 at HONE82 ]

Vic, I also use LP3820 at home to print AFP files. In the 600dpi
mode of the 4039, and using Lexmark's "Print Quality Enhancement
Technology," my opinion is that LIST3820's look better on this
printer than they do on a real 3820.

LP3820 does have /even and /odd options so that you can manually
duplex output. However, I'd love to have a duplex feeder for my
printer. It would save a lot of paper swapping, and save money
on paper.

Jim Askew; Advanced Information Technologies Education; Boulder
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[Reference to append at 20:34 on 94/02/21 by HOB at AUSVM8 ]

Jim Askew/Keith Blake,

  Thank you both VERY MUCH for responding to my question.  Jim,
thanks for the detailed answer.  Keith, thanks again for calling
me at my office yesterday.

  I'm glad to know there is a IBM4039 Forum.  I will also
'take a peek' in there to see what I can learn.  Overall, I
feel that I have the answers to my questions.  I will go with
the IBM 4039/R12.

  Although I already had the Lexmark brochures, I did want to get
the thoughts from others who might have had experience with the
Lexmark printers.  This is particularly true since I had previously
decided on the HP Laserjet 4.  That decision was solely based on
the positive experiences that I have had with HP laser printers and
was not based on a comparison with the Lexmark laser printers or
anything else.  I just felt that the HP laser printers are of a good
quality.  I can just as easily feel the same thing about the Lexmark
products, but I have had less experience with them.

Jim and Keith, again thanks!

                     Bud Bradford
                     Austin, Texas
                     HOB AT AUSVM8
                     512-823-8094
                     T/L 793-8094
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[Reference to append at 16:47 on 94/02/22 by ASKEW at BLDVMB ]

Keith and Jim;

Thanks for your responses.  I have to revisit the budget, but
the 4039 is leading the pack.

Vic Abeloff  Computer Aid, Inc  IL34289 at HONE81
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[Reference to append at 20:34 on 94/02/21 by HOB at AUSVM8 ]

From: Phil Spencer
To:  HOB at AUSVM8╨╢

HA>I would like to purchase a laser printer to use with my PS/2 with
HA>OS/2, Version 2.1.   Since this will be a major purchase for me,
HA>I would like to make the very best decision possible.   Although
HA>I have been considering a HP Laserjet 4, I would also like to
HA>consider the Laxmark printers.

If price is an issue you might want to look at the HP Laserjet 4ML.  A
stunning little 4Mb/4PPM/PCL5/PostScipt2 printer with absolutely no
competition I could find in the price range.

Phil
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 110. Copy to LPT1 - OS/2 Session vs. DOS Session ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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To: ALL - Append created on 94/02/21 at 20:41 PST

I know that some may find this question a little strange; however, has
anyone else experienced a problem copying a PCL 4 file (HP LJ II) file
to a LJ II directly (no spooling)?

I don't usually need to do this; but had occasion to create a PCL
file with WP 5.1. I tried copying it to LPT1 from an OS/2 command line
and got only part of the first of 36 pages.

Same copy command in as DOS session produces all 36 pages.

Dick Goran - CIS 72200,347
author "REXX Reference Summary Handbook"
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I may be off base but I thought it was:

  LaserJet II  PCL 3
  LaserJet III PCL 4
  LaserJet IV  PCL 5

Keith A. Blake  (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (USPGC9GC/IBMMAIL)
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[Reference to append at 05:06 on 94/02/22 by DEV4672 at HONE83 ]

PCL data is binary.  You should use the /b option with the copy command
because the end of file indicator can appear in binary data.

Mark
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[Reference to append at 15:31 on 94/02/22 by PGID006 at OS2CUST ]

To: Keith A. Blake - Append created on 94/02/22 at 13:30 PST

   > I may be off base but I thought it was:        <

You may be right Keith, I'm not sure. It is irrelevant however. I
can't understamd what is happening with a simple Copy command in an
OS/2 session that is different from Copy in a DOS session.

Dick Goran - CIS 72200,347
author "REXX Reference Summary Handbook"
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[Reference to append at 20:17 on 94/02/22 by HAMZY at BCRVM1 ]

To: Mark - Append created on 94/02/22 at 13:33 PST

   > PCL data is binary. You should use the /b option with <
   > the copy command because the end of file indicator   <
   > can appear in binary data.               <

Not quite that simple Mark. I have specified the binary option of the
copy with no luck. I put the LJ II into diagnostic mode and sent the
data stream to the printer to see exactly what the printer was
receiving.

The printer reeceives numerous escape sequences and bit configuration
data bytes as I would expect. It then mysteriously stops. I looked at
the source file to see if I hit some unusula combination that implied
an EOF of some sort but saw none that was obvious.

I then created a REXX program (what else) to send the same characters
as the prior 6 bytes that I saw go to the printer before it quit and
had no trouble with it.

If nobody else has seen this, I will dig deepr and  ttry to isolate it
down to the smallest data set I can. Just thought I would ask before I
spend any more time with it.

Dick Goran - CIS 72200,347
author "REXX Reference Summary Handbook"
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I've seen this problem since OS/2 1.3.  I think I've also seen it on
my home system, where the printer is an LQ-850.  Maybe someone should
APAR it.  In fact, when I get home I'll try it there since I have the
2.1 Service Pack installed there, and see it works the same.  Then
I'll APAR it.

Steve Myers
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To: Steve Myers - Append created on 94/03/02 at 11:45 PST

   > I've seen this problem since OS/2 1.3.         <

Thanks for the confirmation. I plan on documenting it and APARing it
as soon as I can get a couple of fires put out.

I hardly ever have occassion to create PCL files; however, it was
strange to bump into this.

Dick Goran                       CIS 72200,347
"REXX Reference Summary Handbook"            1-800-REXXOS2
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I opened the COPY problem as an incident.  After a couple of go arounds,
the following workaround was devised.  Use

COPY /B file LPT1:

not

COPY file LPT1: /b

Worse, HELP for COPY seems to agree with this interpretation.  I should try
the new way of entering the COPY command in a DOS session.  If it does not
work, I can start a new PMR!

Steve Myers
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To: Steve Myers - Append created on 94/03/10 at 13:19 PST

   > If it does not work, I can start a new PMR!      <

Thanks for the follow-up Steve. I have been knee-deep in an allligator
pond (and its tough to drain the swamp when your up to you ass in
alligators<g>). I haven't had a chance to work on this but I will get
back to it as my desktop (the wooden one) is clearing a little bit.

Dick Goran                       CIS 72200,347
"REXX Reference Summary Handbook"            1-800-REXXOS2
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I did try COPY /B file LPT1: in a DOS VDM session, and it did
work just fine.

Steve Myers
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 111. Landscape printing in 132 char/line mode from OS/2 session ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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There is probably an extremely simple solution to this problem; however,
I have not readily found it.  What is the correct method to print out a
regular ASCII formatted file from an OS/2 session in landscape orientation
with 132 characters per line?  I am able to print the file in landscape
orientation (with the normal 80 characters per line) if and only if I am
on the PM desktop and I "drag and drop" the file on top of a print object
defined to have the job and device driver properties set for landscape
orientation.  However, I am unable to duplicate even that partial success
if I attempt to print the file to the same printer object using the OS/2
command line.  I can see that it goes to the correct printer object;
however, it prints in portrait orientation.

What am I missing?

Richard E. Bale T/L 657-3547
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Copying from the command file just sends the file to the printer.
It does no interpretation/manipulation/massaging of the data.
When a PM application (like drag/drop) generates output, it sends
charstrings that can be rotated.  The printer driver will then map
that into a landscape 132 cpl font.

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 112. LaserJet 4ML ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:   None

From: Phil Spencer
To:  All

I've just bought an HP LaserJet 4ML.  That's HP's new cheap PostScript
printer (PCL5, PostScript, 4MB RAM, 300 dpi, 4PPM).  It seems an excellent
printer however OS/2 has no specific drivers for it and of course it is only
shipped with Windows and MAC drivers. So...

1. Are there proper drivers for it?

2. I'm currently driving it as a '4/4M PS v2011_110' an all seems to be
working ok, but that's a 600 dpi printer - what will I lose by using
this driver.

Thanks for any advice

Phil
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The CSD Beta had drivers for 4ML in PCL and in PS mode.
(Received my printer on Tuesday:-)

It works fine for me.
The Remote Control Panel (from HP) is working fine from a full screen DOS
box without any additional settings.
(The installation failed, so I installed it on a DOS PC, and xcopy-ed
it to OS/2.)

The RCP comes with 4L and it is freely orderable from HP to the
4ML (called PCL drivers for dos-windows)

The beta drivers are working fine for me. (adjust the downloadable
fonts from 14 to 27 according to HP setup)

Geza Szivos <TEAM-OS2> IBMMail(CANOVXVV) The Phoenix Alliance
(403)-290-6583 Fax [phone]
**********************************************************************

From: Phil Spencer
To:  XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP╨╢

XT>The CSD Beta had drivers for 4ML in PCL and in PS mode.
XT>(Received my printer on Tuesday:-)

Beat you to it - I got mine on Monday even though the supplier said they
were put of stock till Wednesday.  It seems a magnificent printer for
the price what do you think of yours?  Thanks for the driver I just installed
them while typing this.

XT>It works fine for me.
XT>The Remote Control Panel (from HP) is working fine from a full screen DOS
XT>box without any additional settings.
XT>(The installation failed, so I installed it on a DOS PC, and xcopy-ed
XT>it to OS/2.)

XT>The RCP comes with 4L and it is freely orderable from HP to the
XT>4ML (called PCL drivers for dos-windows)

What does this RCP do for me?

Thanks for your help.

Phil
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The RPC let's you select the 'default' mode of the LJ4ML .
You can delup the default paper size, font, fontsize, Pitch,
economode, page-protection,...

You're using the 'default' mode from DOS ,OS/2 full screen printing,
and copy >lpt1 , and print filename. (everything wat NOT goes to the
PM printer driver for formatting.)

Geza Szivos <TEAM-OS2> IBMMail(CANOVXVV) The Phoenix Alliance
(403)-290-6583 Fax [phone]
**********************************************************************

From: Phil Spencer
To:  XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP╨╢

XT>The RPC let's you select the 'default' mode of the LJ4ML .
XT>You can delup the default paper size, font, fontsize, Pitch,
XT>economode, page-protection,...

XT>You're using the 'default' mode from DOS ,OS/2 full screen printing,
XT>and copy >lpt1 , and print filename. (everything wat NOT goes to the
XT>PM printer driver for formatting.)

Thanks, that would also explain why the printer seems to insist that it's an
A4 printer even when loaded with Letter paper

Phil
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 113. IBM4039 Forum ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Jim Askew,

  I didn't find a IBM4039 Forum, only IBM4029 and IBM4037 forums.
Is the IBM 4039 so new that there is no forum, or is there some-
thing that I do no understand?

           Thanks,   Bud Bradford
                 Austin, TX
                 512-823-8094
                 HOB AT AUSVM8
                 T/L 793-8094
**********************************************************************

Bud, It's on IBMPC. It's possible that the forum tracking tool
you're using doesn't show all forums, or perhaps you don't have
a complete shadow of IBMPC. Try talking to a local forum guru
(Hank Henderson?) or give me a call if you're really stumped.

Jim Askew; Advanced Information Technologies Education; Boulder
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 114. OS/2 Print Spooler/ WinDoz Print Manager Relationship ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Could someone please enlighten me about the relationship between the
the OS2 Print Spooler and the Windows Print Manager?  I am using
WordPerfect for Windows 5.2 in a OS/2 Windows Session, Separate Session box
checked in the settings on the icon. Within the WordPerfect Program, I have
chosen the option to use WordPerfect Print Drivers instead of OS/2 drivers.

I am trying to figure out the effects of:

  1. Checking/Not Checking the Use Print Manager Box in the WIndows
   Control Panel.

  2. Checking/Not Checking the Print While Spooling Option in the
   OS/2 Print Spooler settings.

When I first installed OS/2, I recall being asked if I wanted to install
the windows version of the print drivers, and I answered yes.  Later, when
I installed the Service Pack with updated drivers, I was not asked about
this, but someone from IBM posted that the latest drivers were
automatically installed.  I tried to manually install the latest drivers
from this BBS Tools section too, and they ARE installed according to the
settings notebook for the OS/2 Printer Icons (I have an Icon for PostScript
and an Icon for LaserJet IIP, and each has the latest driver version
numbers according to the information in their respective settings
notebooks) -- but who knows what drivers windows has available or is using.

I am encountering a delay of up to 30 seconds between the time the Print
Window does away after all the page numbers have counted up and control of
the machine is returned to me-- indicating the program has sent the data,
and the time the green light on the printer comes on, indicating the
printer has received the data.

I am using a PS/2 Model 70 B21, with an Intel OverDrive 25/50 486, running
OS/2 2.0 with Service Pack #2, and a LaserJet IIP with the maximum amount
of memeory installed (I think 4 megabytes- I forget)and the Hewlett
Packard Postscript Cartridge.

The spool file and OS/2 itself are both on an 80 Meg. Partition with only
OS/2 on it, and the drive is the original equipment Model 70 115 Meg.
drive.

I hope a printer expert from BOCA can see this-- some very knowlegable
people have been trying to help me on OS2MISC, and the consensus was that
we should move it to this forum in the hope of finding print specialists.

Dave Martin (Honolulu, Hi.) [e-mail]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 115. Print driver for Epson LQ-800 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I recently install OS/2 for Windows on one of my users ValuePoint PC's.
I set him up with a Proprinter II (4201) and that worked fine.  Subsequently,
he tried to attach an Epson LQ-800 to his system.  He created a printer icon
for it by clicking on the printer in the template folder and selecting the
install option.  When the 'create a printer' window opened, he clicked
'install new printer driver'.  Since the LQ-800 was not listed, he selected
the generic 'Epson 24 pins 80 columns -  Epson.drv' driver.  It installed
successfully, but does not seem to be the right driver.  It never prints
more than one line, kicks out multiple pages, and prints garbage.  He is
trying to use it with a Windows 3.1 (Microsoft Works for Windows) application
as well as Attachmates EXTRA! for OS/2, a native OS/2 application.  How do I
get a driver that will work with this printer?

Glenn Thompson
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 116. Print Screen handling in OS/2 2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Hi,

I have an OS/2 2.1 machine with a financial printer 4722
connected to COM1. I want to redirect Print screen data
to COM1. There is no printer connected to LPT1. How it is
possible to redirect LPT1 to COM1?
I have installed a printer driver for LPT1 and tried to redirect
with 'spool /d:lpt1 /o:comm1' command. However, I've got
error message PMV8005. Other possibility which came to my mind
is to capture print screen and to write the data in a file.
Can someone help me to overcome this problem? I would
appreciate any kind of help.
Hulya Isik
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Install a print driver for COM1 as well.  Then go into the settings
for your printer defined as LPT1.  RMB on the LPT1 port.  This will
pop up a window which will have Redirection as its last option.
Click on the little arrow and it will display all of the ports currently
defined for printers.  Click on COM1 and you will be done.

Julian Swales
ISM - Information Systems Management Corp. CAWSTSDT @ IBMMAIL
Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 7H1, Phone #:[phone]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 117. Newer version of the 4033 print utility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have just downloaded V1.3 of the 4033 software from LEXMARK's BBS.  Is
this the latest version?  If not, where can I get the newer version and
what is the file name to download (if on a BBS).  BTW, the file I
downloaded was dated in September.  Thanks.

John McMullen, TEAMOS2 and TIPA, MCI, Atlanta
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John, that is the latest version of the 4033 software.  However there is
software for the 4039 which also runs the 4033's.  It is newer and I
have heard that this is the one we are supposed to use.  I am using V1.3
and havn't tried this other software yet.

Julian Swales
ISM - Information Systems Management Corp. CAWSTSDT@IBMMAIL
Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 7H1 PH#:[phone] Fax#:[phone]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 118. ASSIGN PORT setting not being saved ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Several of our machines seem to loose the assignment for the network
printer ports each time they re-boot (Dell machines).  My own PS/2
mod 70 "remembers" which printers I have assigned to LPT2 and LPT3,
but these Dell machines only remember the assignment until we do a
re-boot, then the port must be re-assigned in order to send data to
LPT2 or LPT3.  The network is Novell 3.11.
One workaround is to set up a "local" printer definition (not a
"Network Printer") and use Novell's CAPTURE command in the STARTUP.CMD,
but why doesn't the OS/2 "Assign Port" function work?
Has anyone else had this problem?  Is there any way to fix it?

Ron Palmer   IBMMAIL: USROKTQ8  Internet: [e-mail]
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Ron, we have about 50+ DELL 466/ME's here in house and as far as I can
tell, we're not having any problems connecting from OS2 to our NOVELL
3.11 network.  I use the NWTOOLS program to map and capture all of the
"stuff" needed from NOVELL so you may wan't to take a look at this
program.  Good Luck.

John McMullen, TEAMOS2 and TIPA, MCI, Atlanta
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 119. HP 4P driver underline problem ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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   I just applied the OS/2 2.1 service pack and installed its included
Helwett Packard HP 4P driver.  I am having the following problem when
using it to print from WordPerfect for OS/2:

   Text in the default courier font which I format as underlined by
WordPerfect for OS/2 does not print as underlined.

   In WP-OS/2 there is the option of bypassing the OS/2 printer driver
and using the WordPerfect printer driver instead.  When I do this, then the
underlined text is indeed printed as underlined.

   I do not know if this problem is new with the service pack or had
existed all along.  My HP 4P is brand new.

   BTW, I know that a good typsetter should never underline, but should
use italics instead.  But I have to do what my wife and daughter tell me to
do, even if it means underlining things that should be italicized.

Marv Kohn /  Dept of Math, Brooklyn College /  [e-mail]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 120. HP310 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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What printer driver should we use for this printer under OS/2?

Julian Swales
ISM - Information Systems Management Corp. CAWSTSDT@IBMMAIL
Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 7H1 PH#:[phone] Fax#:[phone]
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Did you eve get an answer to this question? i have the same problem.

donald r. stewart
logan aluminum, inc po box 3000 russellville, ky 42276
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[Reference to append at 17:15 on 94/03/09 by XXWESB36 at TORVMCOP ]

There is support for this printer now available with the Service Pack
and you should be able to get this printer driver if you do not have the
service pack by calling 1-800-3IBM-OS2 . HP310 PM printer driver for OS2
.

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
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[Reference to append at 17:17 on 94/04/13 by LAI1001 at HONE81 ]

Nope never got an answer.  I'll try again.  What printer driver should
we use for an HP310?
| Never mind I see that the answer already appeared.  Guess I should
| read all of the appends before replying......

Julian Swales
ISM - Information Systems Management Corp. CAWSTSDT@IBMMAIL
Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 7H1 PH#:[phone] Fax#:[phone]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 121. Cannot Print Imported Documents from PageMaker 5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We are trying to print AmiPro and Pagemaker 4.0 documents imported
into PageMaker 5.0.  The print job will show up on the queue, and
then it will begin mulitiplying on the queue, sometimes displaying
as many as 700 jobs.  None of the jobs including the original print
and all the jobs eventually disappear off the queue.

We have remarked out all instances of EPW.EXE from CONFIG.SYS and
added the appropriate DETACH statements in STARTUP.CMD.  We have
also tried saving each document as a .PM5 file before printing.

The printer is a HP LaserJet 4Si and the versions of the applications
are Pagemaker 4.0 and 5.0 for Windows and AmiPro 3.01 for Windows.

Any suggestions???
Amy Sablick
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Amy,
There is defect open 073487 and the apar associated with it PJ09694
when converting 4.0 files to 5.0.  Perhaps in speaking with
the support people you can mention these numbers to them and see if
your situation applies.

Richard Decker PSPC-Boca Tech Interface Group
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 122. Printing from OS2 to ASCII file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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A couple of ?'s:

1)  Is there a way to print from the OS2 "INFORMATION" or "START HERE" and
have it go to an ASCII file?  We want to incorporate some of this info into
a training program for some of my folks.

2)  Is there a way to "capture" the print screen to the clipboard or to a file?
Same reason as above.

Thanks!!!!

John McMullen, TEAMOS2 and TIPA, MCI, Atlanta
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>1)  Is there a way to print from the OS2 "INFORMATION" or "START HERE" and
>have it go to an ASCII file?  We want to incorporate some of this info into
>a training program for some of my folks.

There is a file available on shareware BBS's called INFCNB79.LZH (at
least that was the version and format I found) that will convert an
INF file to ASCII.  I've been so busy, I haven't actually tried it,
although it's been sitting around for several months.  That might be
the easiest way to go.

Gary Pool  MO Dept. Social Services
* EPM *  Borg, James Borg.  Vodka martini, gin is irrelevant.
**********************************************************************

Gary, thanks but I don't think the TUTORIAL and INFORMATION are .INF
files.  I think there "built into" OS2 and not external, at least not that
I've been able to find.  Any other ideas?  Thanks again.

John McMullen, TEAMOS2 and TIPA, MCI, Atlanta
**********************************************************************

>files.  I think there "built into" OS2 and not external, at least not that
>I've been able to find.  Any other ideas?  Thanks again.

Hmmmm, Yeah, but your not going to like them!  I had to go to someone
else's machine to see what the heck the Tutorial was like, since I
had deleted it.  There is a program called FOTO that is available on
OS/2 BBS Shareware place, it will (using a print screen) capture stuff
into an ASCII file.  I don't know what it would do with the graphic
pictures.  PMCAMERA will do the same thing, but put it in a BMP or
PCX form, rather than ASCII.  This would preserve the graphic images.
Third, You could print it and then use a scanner.  This is for the
Tutorial.  The only "Information" that I saw was a folder, but if it's
the same as the Tutorial, the same suggestions should apply.

Gary Pool  MO Dept. Social Services
* EPM *  Delivered by Electronic Sled-Dogs.....Woof!
**********************************************************************

Perhaps, John I have a better solution for Printing ASCII.
I believe but may be mistaken that an early OS/2 2.0<----not 2.1
BETA Version Level 6H.177 had a Device Driver(IBMNULL) that would print ASCII.
It was that BETA or the one before it. Can somebody from IBM
verify if my memory is correct??? Thanks.

Gary S. Weiss
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 123. Forms settings not being saved with ServicePak applied ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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 have just recently applied the ServicePak to 2.1. Befoe the servicepak was
applied I was able to print to the bottom tray of a 4019 when I did a print
screen. Our printer has letter head in the top tray. When doing a print screen
the default is for the job to go to the top tray. Since we have blank paper in
the bottom tray that is were we want it to go. To get this to work I go into my
printer settings and the print driver tab. I then go into the Printer propertie
s of the Ibm 4019 laserprinter. If I then select the forms option I make a form
called "plain paper." I then go back to the printer properties and select the
lower cassette as the "plain paper" form. The last thing is for me to go in to
the laserjet default devie properties and select the form to be "plain paper."
Nowif I do a print screen the job will be sent to the bottom try as it should.
The print server must be set the same for this to work.

My problem is that after I applied the ServicePak for 2.1  this does not work
any more. My jobs still go to the top tray. The requester is running OS/2 2.1 +
the ServicePak, so the drive version is 1.3.410. The print server has the GA
version of OS/2 2.1, so the drive is 1.3.389. It appears that those drives have
to be the same version, is that true? The strange thing is that if I set the
requester up and then go to the print server and set it up; when I go back to
the requester the device settings are back to default. If I then set the
requester back up, and go to the server, the server is back to it's defaults.
Why is this doing this? Do the requester and the server print driver
communicate back and forth? Do the print driver both drivers on the requester
and server have to be the same version?

Thank you Rod Taylor, Auto-Owners, 517-886-1803

When can I expect a response to my questions?
**********************************************************************

Rod,
========================================
            Do the requester and the server print driver
communicate back and forth? Do the print driver both drivers on the requester
and server have to be the same version?
========================================

Yes.

This is the recomended way of doing this with LAN Server.

Mike Long - ISU/CARD - [e-mail] - TEAMOS2 - OS/2 Accredited
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 124. print spooler problem ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We are having a printing problem under OS/2 2.1 on an IBM Thinkpad 750.  All ap
plications except one are able to print normally.  The one that is having a pro
blem is an application that we have programmed in-house - and it works fine wit
h the same setup on all other computers except this one!  I can print from the
command line, from EXcel, Workperfect (OS/2 apps).  Our in-house application in
 is also an OS/2 app.  It will only print when I disable the spooler.  Then it
prints fine.  When the spooler is re-enabled it will no longer print.

any suggestions would be appreciated

Stephanie Ellwood
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 125. PRINTING A LANDSCAPE BUT 60 LINES PER PAGE ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I'm trying to help someone print a QMF report on his desktop
printer.  I've figured out the landscape aspect and played
with the font size but nothing seems to change the line spacing:
It still prints only 49 lines/page even though the line-spacing
changes with the pitch size change.  Can I force the printer
to print 60 lines while in landscape mode?

Maryanne Kasper
**********************************************************************

Can you print it the way you want from straight DOS?  If so, and
the OS/2 print driver for the particular printer you're using
doesn't allow you to control it properly (or overrides any manual
setting you set on the printer), then you might want to create
a text file (i.e. LAND8LPI.DAT via E for example) and enter the esacpe sequences
in it (for the escape char, hold down ALT and enter 027 from the
numeric keypad).  Then when you want to print the job simply
issue COPY LAND8LPI.DAT+filename LPT1:.  This will append the
file with the escape sequences you've specified before the file
you actually want to print and they will be sent as one job.  Any
escape sequences you have in LAND8LPI.DAT will override any settings
made manually at the printer or performed by the OS/2 printer driver.

Scott Atwell - Analyst Programmer - Farmland Industries, Kansas City, MO
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 16:13 on 94/03/14 by MKASPER at RHQVM02 ]

I've been successful in controling output with the TEXTorPS Postscript Text
Handler v2.21 in the Software section of this BBS.  Works great when redirectin
g LPT1 files from DOS programs that know nothing about Postscript.

Can control font, size orientation,margins, etc.  AND it's free.

Victor M. Yellen,  University of Florida
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 126. HP LaserJet 4Si/MX ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We just got one of these printers attached to our LAN and
I can't get it to print properly.  I've used the drivers
included with 2.1GA, but they don't work.  What am I doing
wrong?  Also there don't appear to be any WIN-OS/2 drivers
for this printer.

Help me!  I'm getting worn out walking across the building
to an HP LaserJet III!

Tom Ker, Sprint/United Telephone-Eastern
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Call HP and IBM, HP can send you the latest PCL driver and HP (may)
but IBM should send you the latest PS drivers ... the 4Si/Mx came
out after Windows 3.1 so IBM didn't get the drivers from MS ... the
printer does come with windows drivers (there's a bundle of about
10 disks that came with our printer).

Keith Blake (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (IBMMAIL/USPGC9GC)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 127. using print spooler ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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When I print from an application without going through the spooler
(going directly to lpt1) print is fine, when enable the spooler,
we get a sys-3175 error message, pgm hangs.  We must cancel the
pgm to continue.  Any Ideas?

Gary Wesselhoff Ace Hardware Corporation [phone]

ACEN009
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What type of application are you using:
OS/2 PM App, OS/2 non-PM App, Dos App, Win App?
 If an OS/2 App, what module is referenced when
"Display register information" is selected?
If it is an OS/2 App that was written for your company, it may
have too small a stack.  The stack usage could be higher
with the spooler enabled.

Pat Nogay
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We were trying Lotus ver 4.0 for windows, WordPerfect 6.0 for windows
Paradox 4.5, we also tried re-directing from a DOS window to LPT1.
(still got the same error). sys-3175

Thanks Pat

Gary

ACEN009
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 128. PSF/2 Information Source ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I would appreciate any assistance in obtaining information on PSF/2.
I'm particularly interested in the announcement letter of the current release,
3rd party products available for creating forms under OS2 and other software
necessary for generating AFP datastreams on a PS/2 (if available).
Any redbooks or demo would be of great assistance.

The data to be formatted and printed will be downloaded from a 4381 but
there is no PSF product on that system.

I'm trying to obtain the information to make a proposal to a client, but have
not found much information.  And the client IBM rep is non-existant at the
moment (the prior one moving on and up, and the new one not recognizing them
as his account... and neither one helping to resolve the problem).

If anyone can help me with the information or point me in a direction to
obtain it (other than through the normal marketing type person), I'd certainly
appreciate it. I've been able to find some information on the AFP printers and
hardware support, just nothing on the software.

Doug Barclay
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From what you're saying, I'm not so sure PSF/2 will do anything for you.
Mainframe PSF produces output in a funny print format called IPDS
(Intelligent Print Data Stream).  This format goes to the funny IBM
mainframe printers.  The whole idea of PSF/2 is to translate
IPDS to desktop laser printer formats.

Since the customer's machine does not have PSF to begin with, then I'm
not so sure I see any value in PSF/2 in your situation.  It's easy enough
to drop data to the PC, and then diddle with it with small programs to
translate mainframe carriage control characters to null lines and
form feed characters.  ANSI carriage controls (1, 0, +, - and blank) are
real easy.  "Machine" carriage controls are both harder (they are hexadecimal,
and the translation is not always constant) and easier (once you've figured
out the code, it translates a little easier than ANSI).

Once I've fixed the carriage control characters, I usually run the file
through a word processor (WP for OS/2, for example) to produce the document
on the printer.

Good luck!

Steve Myers
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> The whole idea of PSF/2 is to translate
> IPDS to desktop laser printer formats.

This is absolutely not true.  PSF/2 is meant to allow you to
attach IPDS, as well as ASCII, printers up to a PS/2 print
server.  These printers can then be used by applications on
VM, MVS, AS/400, other PCs, etc.  The "funny" IPDS printers you
mention, which can be attached to PSF/2, allow you to print up
229 pages per minute.  IPDS also has a lot more error recovery
than do ASCII printers, which is very important for institutions
such as banks which may be printing checks.

I'll send you the information I can get, Doug.

Gary
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 19:01 on 94/03/17 by BCS0031 at OS2CUST ]

PSF/2 does rather more than you describe.

It translates some PC printstreams (like PostScript) into IPDS so that
PC printing can be done on lightning-fast (pages-per-second) mainframe
printers.

It translates IPDS into PC printstreams, so that mainframe applications can
use inexpensive PC printers.  Note that the translation you are describing is
a tiny, tiny subset; PSF/2 can translate stuff like desktop
publishing and graphics, whereas what you're describing isn't even IPDS --
it's just  the standard FORTRAN print output format that dates back to the
50's.  If that's all that's desired, any product that directs mainframe
output to 3270 printers (like VPS) can combine with Communications Manager to
do the job; PSF/2 would be massive overkill.

It connects via Communications Manager and APPC to mainframe PSF, so that the
PC can be a remote bridge for mainframe printing on either mainframe or PC
printers.

It connects via a S/370 channel board, so that PC's can use printers that
would otherwise be physically connectable only to a mainframe.

John W. Kennedy - Hoechst Celanese - TIPA - Team OS/2 - The OS/2 Hobbit
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 21:35 on 94/03/17 by GLMS at RCHVMW ]

I am running PSF/2 and I am reasonably happy with it. The PSF/2
machine has no printers physically attached to it, but it uses
8 existing LAN attached printers, some of which are on IBM Lan
Servers, OS/2 Lan Requester Peer Services and various releases
of Netware NOS's.  No doubt about it, it prints my mainframe
reports beautifully, and I am in the process of eliminating a
OEM VTAM printing product on the MVS system because PSF/2 does a
more faithfully reproduction of the standard text reports than I
was ever able to get with the OEM product. Now to get to the
point..  I happen to be running PSF on the MVS system that is
feeding my PSF/2 system, after thinking about it (and not looking
in the PSF/2 books) I would be interested in hearing anyones
suggestions, hints, clues or anything else on how I would drive
a PSF/2 system with PSF installed on the host.  I might have
my VM RSCS own the PSF/2 printer LU's and it might work, or JES
might own the printer LU. But I really didn't give it much thought
be page 21 of the PSF/2 Getting Started (G544-3767-01) give a list
of the software requirements, and it looks to me like PSF/MVS,
PSF/VSE or PSF/VM are required. Interestingly enough, the OS/400
only requires Version 2.2.0, not the OS/400 PSF product.
  If there is a way that I can get a VSE system to use POWER NJE
or VM to use RSCS SNA3270P to pump output to a PSF/2 I would
certainly like to know about it.  I know a few sites that could
use PSF/2 it PSF/VSE, PSF/VM or PSF/MVS are not requirements.
(Sorry, the PSF/2 system is in production so I really can't do a
quick and dirty test using my VM System).
**********************************************************************

That would involve using the DPF (Distributed Print Facility) of
PSF/2.  I know there is a redbook on it, GG24-3973, but I don't
have the book myself and thus cannot comment on its quality.

OS/400 has PSF built into the operating system.

Gary
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[Reference to append at 21:35 on 94/03/17 by GLMS at RCHVMW ]

Gary -  Thanks, I appreciate anything you are able to provide. Hopefully, there
will be a Pennant type around here who might also have something they can
send or fax me.

And thanks to the rest who responded.  As you and others mentioned,
we are looking for high speed (probably 40+ impressions/min AFP type printers)
and form overlay printing, K0еЦetc., so think PSF/2 is what's going to do the job.

Doug Barclay
**********************************************************************

Doug:

I was told you could call 1-800-PENNANT for information.  I'm
assuming you're in the U.S.  If not let me know.

Gary
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 13:10 on 94/03/16 by WZ01373 at HONE83 ]

This Pennant person is now back from vacation and willing to help!
I normally support PSF/6000, but can certainly get information on
PSF/2 for you.  I notice that Gary also gave you the 1-800-PENNANT
number, so you may have already gotten some information.

How can I help?  You can give me a call at [phone] to
discuss.

Kristin Moore  ([e-mail] or USIB4T4B at IBMMAIL)
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 02:31 on 94/03/18 by AMBC006 at HONE82 ]

PSF is required at the mainframe if you want to use the Distributed
Print Facility (DPF) piece of PSF/2.  DPF is an LU 6.2 application
that connects PSF at the host (MVS, VM, VSE, or OS/400) to PSF/2.
They carry on the two-way conversation that enables full, automated
resource management and error recovery. PSF/host produces
device-dependent IPDS because he thinks he's talking to a printer.
Only the DPF piece of PSF/2 understands IPDS as input.

However, since the non-DPF piece of PSF/2 understands several
data streams (AFP data stream, MO:DCA-P IS/1, PostScript Level 1,
certain ASCII data streams, and PM Metafiles), if you can get
jobs in these input formats down to the PC and onto the OS/2
spool, then PSF/2 should be able to print them. The question
then becomes how to get the files down there.  The two most
common solutions I've heard are: a) to file transfer and then issue
the APRINT command from the PSF/2 system (command is also available
for DOS/Windows workstations) or b) TCP/IP, if you have TCP/IP for
OS/2 on the PSF/2 system and TCP/IP with the LPR client support
on the mainframe.  The TCP/IP solution is interesting, because
you can leave the resources at the host and use Network File
System (NFS) to mount them remotely, instead of having local
copies.  (This function is new in the latest CSD, UR40768 for
English.) -- I'll put a separate append out tomorrow with the
CSD content.

I hope that gives you a couple of ideas.

Kristin Moore, Pennant Systems
**********************************************************************

As promised in my previous append....

       PSF/2 NEW FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE IN CSDs

The following is a summary of new product functions and improvements
available via CSDs to PSF/2 V1.1 (12/92 through 12/93). All functions
are included in the latest PSF/2 CSD UR40768 (English).

IMPROVED WINDOWS DRIVER - New Pennant AFP Printer Driver for Windows
 (PENNAFP) replaces IBM AFPDS Windows Driver (WINAFP).  Improves printer
 performance for Windows 3.1 applications by generating a text and image
 AFP data stream instead of full-page image.

TRANSFORM EXITS - New Transform Exits which increase the capabilities of
PSF/2 including:

o  WordPerfect sample transform exit - PSF/2 now supports the datastream
  created by the new AFP driver from WordPerfect (IBMAFP.ALL) which
  provides faster performance for WordPerfect printing than the Pennant
  AFP Printer Driver for Windows.

o  N-UP sample transform exit (XFMNUP) for printing postscript files in
  multi-up format.

o  'generic exit' (XFMFLTR) which allows any OS/2 program to be executed
  as part of the transform sequence.

APRINT ENHANCEMENTS - Enhancements to the PSF/2 APRINT command which
  allow APRINT to be used with both DOS and OS/2.

NOVELL - Improved Novell Netware Support, including:

o  NetWare 3.12 and 4.01 supported.

o  NetWare Queue Server supports Job Owner and Job Name on OS/2 queue
  and on PSF/2 header and trailer pages.

o  Using the enhanced APRINT, print options selection can now be done
  across a Novell Network.

o  PSF/2 support for HPCL4, HPCL5 and PPDS printers attached to a
  Netware  server.

ATTACHMENTS - Updated printer and attachment support including:

o  Support for new 3916 and 3930 printers.

o  Support for the 7913 IPDS Printer LAN Attachment device to enable
  PSF/2 to communicate with an IBM 3812, 3816, 3916, 3930-02x or 4028
  IPDS page printers across Ethernet or Token Ring LANs.

HP PCL - Improved HP PCL printer support, including:

o  Color Printing on PCL printers that support color (PCL5C).

o  New default Form Definitions and paper sizes that prevent overlapping
  text in many cases.

o  Offset stacking between jobs.

o  Improved mapping of bin selection to printer trays.

o  Improved image printing.

o  Allow specification of media, logical and printable areas

TYPE TRANSFORMER - The Type Transformer prereq for C-PL/I runtime library
  has been eliminated, and font transfer has been extended to VSE and
  AIX environments.

ACIF - Support for the Advanced Function Printer Data Stream (AFPDS)
  generated by host ACIF programs.

NFS - Support for NFS-mounted print jobs and resources on a TCP/IP
  network between PSF/2 and an MVS or VM host system. This new function
  allows you to create common resource libraries that can be maintained
  from the host and accessed by LAN users.

POSTSCRIPT-TO-AFP ENHANCEMENTS - Use the PS2AFP transform to convert
  PostScript Level-1 files into overlays, page segments or AFP files.
  You can even extract selected pages of a multi-page PostScript
  document for conversion.  The PS2AFP transform is shipped in the
  PSF2\SAMPLES directory.
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 00:58 on 94/03/22 by KWMOORE at PENNANT ]

Kristin -

Received the fax with the information.... Thanks, it'll be a great help!

Doug Barclay
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 129. Epson AP-5000 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I just picked up an Epson AP-5000.  It has 11 fonts and some are scalable.
Does anyone know if the Screen fonts are available for the internal fonts?
Also, has any seen a benefit with OS/2 and programs that can use the
internal fonts?

Ken Prevo
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 130. Puzzeled with Print drivers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I am puzzeled with which print drivers to use in setting up printer
objects.  Here is why:  I have grown up with OS/2 from the begining 1.0
to 2.1.  I have done all the conversions from one version to the next.
I thought I understood how printing worked until a recent scenerio.
I have an IBM 4019 setup in HP mode.  I setup the printer object with
an HP IID driver.  This is because in all previous versions I had to setup
this way.  In my windows applications I have been having problems printing
landscape documents to my 4019 printer.  I changed the printer driver to be
an IBM 4019 driver and my problem seems to have been corrected.  Mind you the
printer is still setup in HP Emulation mode.  Can anyone explain that to me???

This raises other questions also.
1.  When setting up a LAN print server should I use an IBMNULL print driver
    and let the WorkStation controll the Print driver used?
2.  Does the print driver on the workstation work together with the driver
    on the print server as did with OS/2 1.3 or are the dependent of one
    another?
3.  Considering question 2, is it better to setup WorkStation with Network
    Printer Objects or Local Printer Objects?
4.  I have WordPerfect 5.0 and Lotus 123 wich does not support the IBM
    Lasers.  If I have to use the 4019 driver, would I have to consider
    upgrading my software to the most current version to support the
    Printer?

5.  Does Win-OS2 print drivers work independently from OS/2 desktop print
   drivers?

W. Allan Brewer PTC [phone] x543  FAX [phone]
**********************************************************************

>I am puzzeled with which print drivers to use in setting up printer
>objects.  Here is why:  I have grown up with OS/2 from the begining 1.0
>to 2.1.  I have done all the conversions from one version to the next.
>I thought I understood how printing worked until a recent scenerio.
>I have an IBM 4019 setup in HP mode.  I setup the printer object with
>an HP IID driver.  This is because in all previous versions I had to setup
>this way.  In my windows applications I have been having problems printing
>landscape documents to my 4019 printer.  I changed the printer driver to be
>an IBM 4019 driver and my problem seems to have been corrected.  Mind you the
>printer is still setup in HP Emulation mode.  Can anyone explain that to me???

Some 4019 drivers force the printer into PPDS mode for the duration of the
job.  That may be what you are seeing.

>This raises other questions also.
>1.  When setting up a LAN print server should I use an IBMNULL print driver
>    and let the WorkStation controll the Print driver used?

Not normally.

>2.  Does the print driver on the workstation work together with the driver
>    on the print server as did with OS/2 1.3 or are the dependent of one
>    another?

Yes, they still interconnect, and sometimes a discrepancy in driver level can
cause problems.  It is one of the very few places where Windows NT is nicer
than OS/2 that on NTAS the driver only needs to be installed on the server
(unless this is another one of Bill Gates's lies).

>3.  Considering question 2, is it better to setup WorkStation with Network
>    Printer Objects or Local Printer Objects?

Better to use the Network Printer.  Less opportunity for the user to screw up.

>4.  I have WordPerfect 5.0 and Lotus 123 wich does not support the IBM
>    Lasers.  If I have to use the 4019 driver, would I have to consider
>    upgrading my software to the most current version to support the
>    Printer?

DOS programs and non-PM OS/2 programs don't care about the driver, and the
OS/2 driver generally just pumps the output through as-is.  Therefore, the
driver makes no difference.

However, I highly recommend you call up the Lexmark BBS at 1-606-232-5238;
they should have PPDS drivers for WP50 and 123.

>5.  Does Win-OS2 print drivers work independently from OS/2 desktop print
>    drivers?

Yes, because Windows programs and PM programs use substantially different
programming conventions for fonts, graphics, etc.  It's easier to let the
WIndows drivers do their job as-is and let the OS/2 driver pass the data
through, unaltered, than to have each and every OS/2 printer driver include
complete Windows logic.  The OS/2 printer objects, however, do the SPOOLing.

John W. Kennedy - Hoechst Celanese - TIPA - Team OS/2 - The OS/2 Hobbit
**********************************************************************

>Yes, because Windows programs and PM programs use substantially different
>programming conventions for fonts, graphics, etc.  It's easier to let the
>WIndows drivers do their job as-is and let the OS/2 driver pass the data
>through, unaltered, than to have each and every OS/2 printer driver include
>complete Windows logic.  The OS/2 printer objects, however, do the SPOOLing.

John,
So if I understand correctly what you are saying, if I had selected the
option "Use WordPerfect Print Drivers" when I installed WordPerfect for
Windows 5.2, then it is using the WordPerfect Postscript driver when I
print, and the updated OS2 Postscript driver I installed is doing nothing
except passing through the output of the WordPerfect driver.

As for the spooler, I am curious as to the effect on spooling of:

1. Checking or not checking the box "Use Print Manager" in the Windows
  Control Panel on the printing under WIN-OS2, specifically when printing
  from WorPerfect 5.2 for Windows in a Win_OS2 Windows session with the
  separate session box checked.

2. The effects of checking or not checking the option to "Spool while
  Printing" within the "Queue Options" page of the Settings notebook for
  the Printer Object, both in regular OS/2 and Win-OS2 sessions.

I have received conflicting information on whether to do or not to do this
from WordPerfect Technical Support, and I have received no response from
IBM to my append of 23:17:11 on 94/02/23 GMT (by WZ01072 at HONE83) in
which I asked for a Printer Expert from Boca Raton to comment.

Could you please comment on the issues above, and the printing delay issue
raised in the earlier append on 2/23?

Dave Martin  (Honolulu, Hi.) [e-mail]
**********************************************************************

1. Turn the Windows print spooling Off. Let only OS/2 do the work.
  However, if you plan on printing from multiple windows programs in a
  single session simultaneously, you _may_ need to enable it. I have
  heard this from colleagues, but have not myself seen any problems.
  Reason: OS/2 has to spool anyway - why spool twice?

  For more info, get the OS/2 2.0 red book 5 Print Subsystem (GG24-3775)
  and the OS/2 2.1 Technical Update (GG24-3948).

2. As you like. Printing while spooling allows a job to be sent to the
  printer before it has finished beeing spooled. This provides for
  quicker throughput. However there are two disadvantages:
  1. If you kill a job from the application, you get partial output.
  2. If your printer is faster than your application, the printer may
   get upset (timeouts) and your printout stops other users/jobs.
  I have it On on standalone PCs. and Off on networked PCs.

  The red book has information on this point.

This append was created on the External IBMLink system by
Mark Yudkin (Yudkin Consulting AG)
**********************************************************************

Thanks Mark for the information about the Print Spooler in WIN-OS2.
I just saw it today, since I was away for about 10 days.

>  However, if you plan on printing from multiple windows programs in a
>  single session simultaneously, you _may_ need to enable it. I have

I don't plan on doing this, so I'll just leave it off, and as for the OS/2
spooler, I have a stand alone machine, and so I guess I'll just leave the
OS/2 spooler turned on, since there are nobody else's jobs to mess up.

Dave Martin  (Honolulu, Hi.) [e-mail]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 131. NEC 95f driver ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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To the authors of the Nec 95f printer driver....

THANK YOU!!!!!

Everything works now on my printer, from the printer setup!
No need to be forever changing the settings in the panel on the
printer to get my printing done!  This is how printing should be!

Aud :)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 132. HP550C won't print (works fine from DOS bootable diskette) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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When I use the PRINT command from an DOS or OS/2 Window of OS/2 2.1 GA,
nothing comes out of my HP550C (though sometimes the BUSY light
flashes for a while). When I use the PRINT command from a DOS
bootable diskette, the HP550C prints just fine.
Any ideas???

Kirk Davis
**********************************************************************

You have either:
  1) IRQ conflict
  2) Bad cable
  3) I/O card not generating interrupts

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 133. Which driver is newer? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Which 4019 printer driver is newer?  Is it the one that comes with
the Service pack 2.11 or the one that is on this BBS.

Thank you .....

Jerry Sitbon [phone]
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Jerry,

The latest driver for the 4019 is version level 1.378! Please check
the version number (released on 94/03/09)

Ray LaTulippe (Boca Electronics Support Team)
**********************************************************************

Thanks Ray,

It looks like the Service Pack is up to date, The 4019 is at version
1.378.

Again Thank you

Jerry Sitbon [phone]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 134. HP560C Printer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I recently bought the new HP560C printer and got it to
run under OS2 2.1 without too much trouble. The only
annoying problem is that when I print from a Windows
program, it looks like some control characters are sent to
the printer for some kind of setup enablement before the text
/graphics is printed. This causes at least two sheets of paper
to be wasted for each file. Normally the second sheet only contains
the smiley face character. The first sheet contains a string of
about 5 characters - filled in diamonds, smiley face, etc.

The HP setup appeared to install successfully, and I know I
am using the HP560C driver.
OS2 only supports the HP550C, which I assume will work with the
HP560C.

Any ideas?
Art Tysor (Austin)
**********************************************************************

Art,

WinOS2 uses the windows driver for the printer! Try downloading the
latest HP 560 driver from the HP forum for windows and install it
under WinOS2 using the Control Panel in main.

Ray Latulippe (Boca Electronics Support Team).
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 135. HP 4P printer driver problems ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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   I am having some font problems with DeScribe and the HP 4P printer
driver.  The first problem is that some fonts do not correctly display on
screen.  For example if I use Times New (which is the default DeScribe font
in many styles), there is too much spacing between words, but consecutive
mmmm's overlap each other.  The second problem is that some fonts do not
print properly on my HP 4P printer.  For example, using Times New again, a
line that should be 6 inches long might print at about 5 inches long, and
if some text is underlined, the underlining in the printed copy might be
offset from the inteneded text.

   According to DeScribe tech help, the problem is probably due to my
printer driver.  I am using the OS/2 2.11 service pack and  the HP
driver that was supplied with the sp, version 1.3.410.  Is there a more
recent version of this driver?  Are my problems also being experienced by
other users?

Marv Kohn /  Dept of Math, Brooklyn College /  [e-mail]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 136. HP1200C ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:   None

From: Valentino Colosso
To:  All

I have an HP1200C Ink Jet printer, I have Windows 3.1 driver for it, but I
still need a driver for the OS/2 environment (sob...) the drivers I found for
similar printers didn't work at all. Is there anyone who can help me ?
Thank you very much in advance
Valentino Colosso, Zanussi S.p.A. Italy

* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(0057002701000000 2d909c4c)
**********************************************************************

The latest OS/2 drivers exist on compuserve (GO OS2SUPPORT
in library 17 "IBM Files".  The file is called HPCLR.ZIP).

Mark
**********************************************************************

The driver is also available here on the OS2BBS.

Paul W. Cheatham - Boca Electronic Support Team
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 137. HP LaserJet ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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We are trying to get an HP LaserJet to work from OS/2.  The driver we
chose was the HP LaserJet Classic.  It is connected to the serial port
and I understand that these printers had a special serial cable.  Is
this true.  How many of the pins should be connected to get this to
work.  The printer knows that there is stuff comming to the printer it
however gets 22 and 40 errors and either nothing or junk prints out.
Any help would be appreciated.

Julian Swales
ISM - Information Systems Management Corp. CAWSTSDT@IBMMAIL
Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 7H1 PH#:[phone] Fax#:[phone]
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 138. Spooler CSD problem ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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ATTN: B.E.S.T. SUPPORT

I have the CSD installed.  Afterward, I switched printers and installed a
new Epson AP-5000 as a replacement for a ProPrinterI.  This seemed to work
fine until I print something in graphics mode from an OS/2 application.
It then reports in an Epson popup:
   Job ID <unknown> on Spooler
   Error (003) Cannot open Printer Spooler
   Application's Title:  ...whatever PM app...
   Processing will continue
   /Abort/Retry/Fail/
The application then reports it cannot find the printer

Print screen also fails with a message:
  Unable to access your printer.
  Please verify that your default printer
  is setup correctly by checking your printer settings.
  /Ok/
I have repeatedly checked settings.  And, if I print from a DOS
application, the spool is created and prints properly.

If I go into the Spool icon and disable spooling, everything prints as it
should.  I have the SPOOL subdir on Drive G: and it contains:
 Directory of  g:\spool\*.*

.       <DIR>    4-02-94  12:45
..      <DIR>    4-02-94  12:45
AP-5000    <DIR>    4-02-94  12:57
FAXWORKD   <DIR>    4-02-94  12:45

When I reenable the spooler and the problem returns.  The printer icon is
named AP-5000 and it is routed to LPT1.  I have also done the selective
install of the PMPRINT icon in the setting by selecting the existing
\OS2\DLL driver found--the problem continued to exist.

The following are found as indicated.

 Directory of  c:\os2\dll\pmspl.dll
pmspl.dll    183324  1-28-94  22:46

 Directory of  c:\os2\print01.sys
print01.sys    9134  1-29-94  3:17

 Directory of  c:\os2\dll\pmprint.*
pmprint.qpr   11897  1-28-94  22:48

To attempt to resolve the problem, I have done a selective install using
the CSD printer diskettes PTR1 and PTR2.  I have also updated the EPSON
and Null drivers from the files downloaded from OS2BBS.  In doing so I did
update the EA using the CMD files in a HD subdir and verified the update
using DIR /N.  Both the CSD driver and the later updates exhibit the same
problem.

I also rebuilt the INI files and removed the WP ... SF file to see if that
would clean up the problem.

I also reloaded the CSD Service program and it reports that all levels are
correct.

Ken Prevo
**********************************************************************

It sounds like the Application Default print queue setting is
not correct.  Try selecting the "Set default" context menu
on your print object, and selecting your Epson print object
as the default.
 If this does not work, you could try deleting your
print object(s) from the desktop, and use the Templates
folder to re-create your Epson print object.

Pat Nogay
**********************************************************************

>It sounds like the Application Default print queue setting is
>not correct.  Try selecting the "Set default" context menu
>on your print object, and selecting your Epson print object
>as the default.
I did that and thought I reported I'd properly completed setup several
times.

>  If this does not work, you could try deleting your
>print object(s) from the desktop, and use the Templates
>folder to re-create your Epson print object.

I have done this three or four times already.

(Interesting user id)

Ken Prevo
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 02:28 on 94/04/03 by WZ01343 at HONE82 ]

Can you do a print screen of the desktop or print WYSIWYG mode from
EPM?

Mark
**********************************************************************

>Can you do a print screen of the desktop or print WYSIWYG mode from
>EPM?

It had been failing but, I went and deleted the EPSON and IBMNULL
directories.  I then drug a printer from the template and reinstalled
both.  Now I can print screen and do an EPM printout.  But, other
applications still come up with the error (3) screen.  Also, I started
printing the Command Reference and it locked the system up with the inside
of the cursor arrow turned bright green.  I had to cold boot.

The file was created in the \SPOOL\EPSON subdir but stayed small for the
longest time with the processor pegged.  Then the lockup.  The spool had
made it to 30K by then.  I tried to print it but it failed immediately.

I am using the updated EPSON and IBMNULL drivers that I downloaded from
OS2BBS after installing the .EA as directed.

Everything in printer setup and spool setup are "normal" info.

Ken Prevo
**********************************************************************

Try using the latest Epson driver (GO OS2SUPPORT in library 17
"IBM Files").

Exactly what programs give you Error 003?  Are they OS/2, DOS, or
Windows programs?

Mark
**********************************************************************

I've been seeing error 003 when people use the SP Epson driver with
Faxworks. The current workaround is to use the GA Epson driver.
Are you getting this with other OS/2 apps?
An APAR was written up late Monday for this.

Larry L.
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 11:58 on 94/04/06 by HAMZY at BCRVM1 ]

It is an OS/2 application.  But the popup that reports the problem has an
Epson driver label at the top.

Ken Prevo
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 12:22 on 94/04/06 by V1LARRYL at BCRVM1 ]

That's it...

The easy work-around, BTW, is to disable the cache temporarily.  Then when
done printing, it can be reenabled.

Ken Prevo
**********************************************************************

Huh??  Could you go into more detail about disabling the cache and
it effect on the Epson 003 error?

Mark
**********************************************************************

>Huh??  Could you go into more detail about disabling the cache and
>it effect on the Epson 003 error?

The problem is between the driver and the cacheing rather than in the
driver alone.  The error with the Epson 003 says:
 Epson PM Enhanced Printer Driver  <-title line
 Job ID <unknown> on Spooler
 Error(003) CANNOT open printer
  "Spooler
 ...
It appears to me that the Epson driver isn't passing an ID or passing a
bad value.  I do know that eliminating the spool has always allowed
printing to proceed.  Or at least did so the couple of times I used it
here.

When one disables the spooler and reboot to enforce that, the program will
print properly.  Then, when you are done using it, you can reinable the
spool without rebooting--it appears.

I also found that trying to print the entire Command Reference using
spooling crashed my system--big time.  I ended with a locked system right
down to the mouse cursor--the inside of which had turned bright green.

Printing of the Command Reference was very slow and nothing ever got as
far as the printer.  When the system crashed the spool file had grown to
about 32K.  I did try to start that printing when I'd rebooted and that
resulted in another lockup.

Something very strange happens in the newer driver or at least in how it
communicates with the spooler.  I'm thinking about following the earlier
advise and installing the 2.10 drivers--unless someone comments that it'd
be as unwise to not stick with the current release.

The part that got me confused (more than normal...<g>) initially was that
I had gotten a different printer and reinstalled for it after removing the
old ProPrinter driver.  I assumed that the problem was user caused and had
nothing to disprove that.  So, I floundered around redoing and
redoing--always with similar or worse results from my varied attempts.

(BTW, the printer in use is the Action Printer 5000)

If you need further clarification, my voice number is on file with my user
info here.

Ken Prevo
**********************************************************************

The Epson driver will post that error for three cases. The first case
is where it could not open the output port.  The second two occur when
it gets confused when NULL job properties are passed to it and it
cannot find the device name to initialize to.

Mark
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 139. Not getting "job printed" message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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When we send a job to the printer we do not get a "job printed" message.
The job is printing.  Have any ideas?

Here is our environment:
  OS/2 2.1
  Netware Requester 2.01 Rev A
  Novell Netware 1000 User version (not too many people have this)
  Extended Services 1.0
  We access Word, Excel and Project off the LAN
When I print a document I also DO NOT get a notification message that
the document has printer. We build our OS/2 system using LAD/2.
When I tried a "print config.sys"...I looked in the Printer icons to
see if the job showed up and I never saw it...again the job printed.
I also checked to be sure the Netware Tools icon under Printer ports that
the check box "Notify when job is printed is turned on" and it is. Hope
someone can shed some light on this for me. THANKS

Hilary E. Goldman
Charles Schwab
[phone]
**********************************************************************

You did notexactly specify , but from the applications you mentioned I
am assuming that they are Windows applications running under Win-OS2 in
which I would suggest down loading the Winup9.zip file located on the
Raliegh BBS at 1-919-517-0001 . There is also a file that I am not
positive what the Name is but it is something like PRT9.zip which you
may want to take a look at as well if you can locate it. These files
contain updated Win-OS2 API and DLL that will have an effect on your
Print functions. There is a full install document . If these
applications are DOS based then look on the BBS for a file called DOSUP9
as well as browsing for the Printer file update for the Novell version
you are  running. Make sure that in the Settings for Either DOS or
Win-OS2 you are loading the LPTDD.sys driver. This should be installed
from the DOS_DEvices setting or from the Config.sys for Global setting
which would be entered as follows : Device = C:\OS2\MDOS\LPTDD.SYS .

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
**********************************************************************

>You did notexactly specify , but from the applications you mentioned I
>am assuming that they are Windows applications running under Win-OS2 in
>which I would suggest down loading the Winup9.zip file located on the
>Raliegh BBS at 1-919-517-0001 . There is also a file that I am not
>positive what the Name is but it is something like PRT9.zip which you

How about sending that file to Hank Henderson to put on this BBS, or if you
are a member of BEST, can't you put it there yourself?

Dave Martin  (Honolulu, Hi.) [e-mail]
**********************************************************************

At the moment I do not have the Capability of Uploading files , and
have received word that there will be some restructuring to allow other
BBS to contain files that are now only available from the Raliegh BBS ,
but this is not complete yet . I Opologize for the Inconvienence but can
only ask at this time that you D/L the previously mentioned files from
the Raliegh BBS . Let me know if I can be of any further assistance .

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
**********************************************************************

Thank you very much Martial for the update.  Since I have a 2400 Baud modem
I think it will be prohibitively expensive, and my phone bill is REALLY out
of control already, so I'll just wait until it's here.

Regards,

Dave Martin  (Honolulu, Hi.) [e-mail]
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 140. 4079 Problem ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Hello,
   Can anyone help me with this problem I am having, with a 4079
printer? The problem is, printing from packages like Microsoft Project
or Freelance Graphics V2 for Windows, if you send the printer more
than two pages, it will print a third or fourth page, with bits
of text or graphics missing, then print a page with some error
messages on it ( e.g. "a stackunderflow" ? ).
  We are using OS/2 2.1 standard edition, although the two
packages, we have been able to reproduce the problem with, use
WinOS/2, with the Windows printer driver looking at LPT1.OS2.
  The printer itself has had an 8Mb option added.
     Many thanks.
      Regards,
          Harry Fuecks ( 9FUECKH at CROVM3 )
**********************************************************************

Believe it or not, I had the same problem long ago.  Problem
was that I was not using a real IBM printer cable.
Changed the cable and no problems.
Using a BOCA BMCP01 as LPT2 for 4079 and OS/2 2.1 GA.
Happened with all programs such as Powerpoint, Excel, along with
the ones you mentioned.

Victor M. Yellen
Provost Office University of Florida
Internet= Victor.nw.mail.ufl.edu
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 09:16 on 94/04/12 by 36600759 at EHONE ]

in this case you are using the Win-OS2 printer driver to control
printing and I believe your problem started after the Memory addition to
the Printer. What maybe happening is that the printer driver you are
using at the moment is not aware of how to handle the additional memory
. I suggest that you get the Most recent available MS-Windows 3.1
Printer driver for this printer and from the Win-OS2 Control Panel
install the printer driver and also check that the Win-OS2 Print Manager
is disabled . Then attempt printing and let me know the results. I am
also assumimg that since you did the Memory expansion to the Printer
that you tested its printing capability from Native Dos and some
application Resulting in all multiple page print outs working correctly.

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 141. PRTSAMP and postscript printing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Has anyone had any luck printing with the PRTSAMP program included
with the toolkit?  I have been unable to get it to print to a
postscript printer and am wondering if something is wrong with the
sample or with my printer setup.  Any assistance would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
James Ivers
**********************************************************************

I have not heard anything specific with the Printsamp , but I would
like to get more information if possible. Can you print at all from an
OS2 prompt, Suchas COPY CONFIG.SYS LPT1. Can you print any other
Postcript Files via a PM application trouble free . If so then the
problem could be with the Sampl file as you mentioned . Let me know and
I will dig further.

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 142. PRINTING DUPLEX IN OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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 I have a HP IIISi laser printer (with duplexing) assigned to LPT1 and
both the "default printer driver" and the "printer driver" for the IIISi
have been configured for duplexing.

 The problem: Any print request initiated from the DOS VDM or the OS/2
command line, does not print in duplex mode.  I have even sent the
duplexing print control characters to the printer prior a to print request,
but the problem still persists.

  Does anyone have an answer to this problem?  I am using OS/2 2.1
+ Service Pack.

John Simmonds - Sun Life of Canada
**********************************************************************

Even though you have set the printer driver in duplex mode , you must
include the instruction in the print job itself. The problem with
sending the instructions to the printer prior to the print job is that
OS2 will reset the printer prior to any print job . this reset will
remove the duplex mode command from the printer and hence the print job
will only print in non-duplex mode since the print job itself does not
include the instructions. What you will have to do is use a separator
page for the PM print jobs , and pls. the duplex instructions in the
separator page . For your DOS applications which use the DOS printer
driver supplied by the application you will need to embed the duplex
instructions in the print job. The only way you can do this is by using
a HEX editor and placing the instruction in the print job manually .

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
**********************************************************************

Hi Martial:

 Thanks for the response.  Unfortunately, your answer is a bit technical
 for me and I don't fully understand how to make the changes your are
 requesting.

>include the instructions. What you will have to do is use a separator
>page for the PM print jobs , and pls. the duplex instructions in the
>separator page . For your DOS applications which use the DOS printer
>driver supplied by the application you will need to embed the duplex
>instructions in the print job. The only way you can do this is by using
>a HEX editor and placing the instruction in the print job manually .

For example , could you clarify the following:

 .  What is a separator page? PLS?
 .  Would I have to modify every DOS program's printer driver to include
   this duplex instructions?
 .  Where in the printer driver should I place the instructions?
 .  Would I also need to include a duplex OFF instruction?

Again, it all sounds a bit technical for me.  Is there no feasible way for
configuring the OS/2 printer driver such that any print request, not having
special printer instructions, prints using the default configuration
instructions?  If this can not be done then could you explain what the
print driver configuration is for or does?

John Simmonds - Sun Life of Canada
**********************************************************************

a separator page is found in the OS2 Printer Properties menu . In this
page you would enter the Duplex instructions and this would send the
instructions with the print job. As far as DOS drivers go I do not know
of any place to enter the instructions. You would have to contact the
vendor of the application and ask what capabilities the DOS driver
contains. It should not be necessary to enter the duplex off statement
since OS2 will reset the printer prior to any print job .

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 143. Error PMV6011 under 1.3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I am receiving this error even though the print job is successful:

Spooler Q Process cannot print the print job because data is in the incor
format for this Q driver.  There may be a problem with the Graphics progr
u used to create the file.

This is occurring on a 1.3 DB server when a job is sent through a Netware
 host (RPRINTER) to be printed.  Does anyone have any ideas what could be
ing this error?  Thanks.

Tina Simmank, Sr. Technical Analyst, American Cancer Society,
National Information Systems, 2433 Ridgepoint Drive, Suite C., A
ustin Texas  78754  512-928-8921
**********************************************************************

 This sounds like an old 1.3x problem where some PM Apps spool
print jobs that have some Gpi command fail when the spooler
plays the metafile back during post-spool processing.
The failure does not affect the print job in your case,
but in other cases jobs would "disappear", so a check was
put into the PMPRINT Queue processor(C:/OS2/DLL/PMPRINT.QPR)
to hold jobs when GpiPlayMetaFile failed during post-spool.
 What version of OS/2 1.3 do you have ( Enter SYSLEVEL )?
If I remember correctly, the check for GpiPlayMetafile was put
into 1.31(CSD 5050?), but taken out later because of problems
like yours(may have been taken out for 1.32, CSD 5200?).
 A workaround would be to use a 1.3 version of PMPRINT that
does not have the checks(either earlier or later version than
yours).

Pat Nogay
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 144. Connecting HP DeskWriter 550C to PC using OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Ref:   None

I have an HP DeskWriter 550c that I would like to connect to my PC
that is running OS/2.  I have several questions that would help me
to accomplish this:
  - Has anyone done this?  (this will provide encouragement)

  - I have acquired an 8pin Din to 25pin male cable, which would
   connect to the printer port; however, I believe the DeskWriter is
   a serial printer (can anyone confirm)

  - So if the printer is serial...can I simply put a gender changer
   on the cable that I have to make it work?

  - After I connect the hardware will the HP DeskJet 550C OS/2 driver
   work?  (assuming that I configure the printer as a serial printer)

adTHANKSvance
Steve Keller
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 145. Disabling the spooler ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I am using a product called LANDP with a paralel port attached printer
and an appropriated server which allows me to write to the OS/2 spooler
or when I disable the spooler write in direct mode to my printer.
But, I need to disable the spooler, and restart my OS/2, and the
contrary to enabled the spooler again.
Using I/O CTL command, is it possible to dynamically disable the spooler
and acquire the printer in direct mode, and than release the acquire
to return in OS/2 spooler mode ?

Some OS/2 specialist told me that is impossible, I beleive that could
be possible, but I don't find which I/O CTL command allows that.
From Freddy KERKHOFS
   Banking Industry C/S consultant
**********************************************************************

I spoke to development directly and they confirmed that there would be
no way of dynamically disabling the OS2 spooler via some command set .
On the other hand I am trying to find a method by which you maybe able
to get direct access to the port without disabling the spooler
dynamically . Would this help your situation . Please note that I this
time I am still not sure if it is at all possible , but am trying other
avenues to possibly get you some resolvent . Let me know !

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 16:17 on 94/04/25 by 62446295 at EHONE ]

 If all you want to do is get direct access to an LPT port,
you do not need to Disable the spooler.  You could use some
Spooler APIs to take the spooler off LPT1 temporarily, then
re-enable spooling on LPT1 after you are done.
 To do this, you would use SplEnumDevice(see OS/2 2.0 Tech Library
Presentation Manager Programming Reference Vol I).  You would
use level 3, to return a list of PRDINFO3 structures.
Find the PRDINFO3 structure whose pszLogAddr points to "LPT1".
Make sure there are not jobs actively printing on LPT1, then
call SplSetDevice( NULL, PRDINFO3->pszPrinterName, 3, // level 3
          "", 1, PRD_LOGADDR_PARMNUM ); // Buffer, len, parmnum
 This will stop the spooler from monitoring LPT1.
After you are done accessing LPT1 and you want to re-enable
spooling for LPT1, call SplSetDevice with the last 3 parameters:
          "LPT1", strlen("LPT1")+1, PRD_LOGADDR_PARMNUM );
 For any error codes from SplSetDevice, you can get help on
them by entering "HELP returnCode" from OS/2 prompt.

Pat Nogay
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 16:17 on 94/04/25 by 62446295 at EHONE ]

Hello
Thank for reply
Yes an alternative would help me.
I believe that it could be possible to print in direct mode on the
paralel port printer when the spoller is active, with I/O CTL
command, but I dont find excatly how to do that reading Physical
Device Driver programming manual.
Thank for help
From Freddy KERKHOFS
   Banking Industry Client Server Solution Consultant
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 146. Redirecting the spooler ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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 I tried to redirect the spooler by issuing:
 spool /d:lpt1 /o:lpt2 but it came back with a message
sys1434: the system cannot find the output device specified.
I tried redirecting from the port object inside the printer object
setting notebook but it is not an option for lpt1 port object.  Could
anyone tell me what I did wrong?  Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,
Eric Law
**********************************************************************

Sounds to me like you do not have a physical LPT2 port and you do not
have an OS/2 printer object with LPT2 selected as its output port. In
order to redirect output TO a port, the port must assigned in an OS/2
printer object. This makes sense because the TO port is the final
destination for the output. What exactly are you trying to do?
Redirection is very powerful and I am sure there is a solution to
whatever scenario you have. JASII.
**********************************************************************

  I used net use and assigned a lan printer to lpt2.  I can print from
lpt2 but I cannot do  a spool redirecting from lpt1 to lpt2.  How do I
define a lpt2 port object.

Regards,
Eric Law
**********************************************************************

Instead of using a network printer object, use a local printer object
and define it for LPT2. That should take care of it. You should be
able to open the settings for the LPT1 object and see the Redirection
give you LPT2 as a choice.

Larry L.
**********************************************************************

Larry,
  I tried your suggestion and it works.  Thanks.  But that means I
need to define a local printer object for the lan printer then and on
my desktop I now have two printer objects, one for the network and one
for the local.  Is there any way for lpt1 port object to be redirected
to lpt2 without defining the local printer object?  What seems to be the
restriction here.  Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,
Eric Law
**********************************************************************

I don't know of any reliable way of redirecting w/o having 2 objects
created. You can't redirect to something not defined.
If you're concerned about desktop space or getting confused with
which one is which, you can put the LPT1 printer in another folder
so it isn't in the way.

Larry L.
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 18:06 on 94/04/26 by ELAW at TOROVM1 ]

Based on the fact that you only want the Network Printer Object AND
you want to redirect LPT1 output to it then I assume you do not have
an LPT1 locally attached printer. Even if you did, when you redirect
nothing will go there. So, how about this. Assign LPT1 to the Network
Printer Object or issue a NET USE LPT1 RESOURCE. This will require
only the one object and the printouts will go to your network printer.
No redirection will then be required. JASII.
**********************************************************************

[Reference to append at 14:01 on 94/04/26 by ELAW at TOROVM1 ]

If you do a HELP SPOOL, you will get information on this topic. When
looking over your command in comparison to the help screen you will
notice that you are using the proper command and syntax . I believe your
problem is that the device as the error indicates is not valid. Just for
a test if you were to use this command let me know if the error goes
away . SPOOL d:/lpt1 /o:com1 . If this command works with no error then
the problem has to be with the device LPT2 itself.Check you system setup
and make sure that LPT2 is properly defined and that it is set to INT 5.
from an OS2 command prompt test the port by using the following command
. COPY CONFIG.SYS LPT2 . If this prints correctly then the port seems to
be a valid device for the system. Repeat the spool command and let me
know your results.

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
**********************************************************************


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 147. Printing Problem ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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* EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS
* gHostNet(0057003101000000 2dbd3870)
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 148. Epson Driver ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have used the CSD driver and the later one posted on OS2BBS.  Both cause
problems for FaxWorks.  I have returned to the GA release of those drivers
and printing now takes place from FaxWorks.  I was told by the FaxWorks
people that this new driver is also causing Describe problems.

When might we expect an Epson driver update that addresses these problems?

Ken Prevo
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 149. GPI printing in landscape mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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   How does an application set the printer in landscape mode and
perform GPI printing?  I am familiar with calling the
DevPostDeviceModes() function with the DPM_POSTJOBPROP parameter,
causing a dialog to appear which prompts the user to change into
landscape mode.  However, this application must always print in
landscape mode and the user should not indicate this each time.
   Is there a way to force the printer into landscape mode
without prompting the user with a dialog?  If so, could you
possibly provide sample code?
   Thanks in advance for your help.
   NOTE: This append was originally logged in the PM programming
forum but did not receive any responses.

Steve Scott
Software Development Manager
SAIC - Rad Protection Systems    League City, TX
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From: Tim Snape
To:  Dev2288 At Hone83╨╢

Steve

DH>   Is there a way to force the printer into landscape mode
DH>without prompting the user with a dialog?  If so, could you
DH>possibly provide sample code?

There is currently no provision for changing printer properties via an
API. The problem is a historical one, in that the ini file settings
used by printer drivers are not laid out in any standard way, and the printer
driver specs do not document an API that developers should provide.

I have been told that this is a known deficiency 'and it will be addressed in
a future release of OS/2'.

The only kludge solution I can think of is to set the properties manually,
via the dialog, get an app to dump the printers ini settings to a file.
To set your printer up, patch the ini settings programatically. So
long as you do this BEFORE opening the printer device context it 'should' work.

I have not tried this, so be careful not to mangle your inis.

Good Luck
Tim

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 150. 4039 Plus Upgrade ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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How does the 4039 Plus upgrade impact the speed and resources needed
for printing?  Is more printer memory required to keep the same speed
when using the 600 dpi Enhanced PCL or the Postscript Level 2 drivers?

My printer is a 4039 10R with 4M of memory installed.  I am happy with
the way it now prints and trying to figure out if I can justify the
"Plus" upgrade.

Vic Abeloff  Computer Aid, Inc  IL34289 at HONE81
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 151. PSF/2 CSD and Refresh includes new function and documentation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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 PSF/2* CSD UR41102 which includes several new functions and
 documentation enhancements is now available by contacting the IBM
 Support Center at 1-800-237-5511.  New PSF/2 orders will begin
 shipping with this 'refresh level' beginning April 29th, 1994. The
 following is a list of what's new with the CSD.

 UPLOAD-N-PRINT
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 Upload-n-Print provides a way to send LAN jobs directly to an AFP*
 printer on an MVS* or VM* host system. (The AS/400* and VSE*
 environments are not currently supported.) With this new function, LAN
 users can now print to a host AFP printer from any application
 supported by PSF/2 including WordPerfect* or Microsoft Word*.

 PSF2DEV AND PSF2QUE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
 =======================================
 PSF/2 users can now use the PSF2DEV and PSF2QUE commands to create
 and modify device definitions and create print queues. These commands
 will be extremely helpful in allowing customers with multiple PSF/2
 licenses to automate the installation process. Using the PSF2DEV and
 PSF2QUE commands. you can now bypass the multiple steps through the
 PSF/2 Control Panel menus required when creating print queues and
 device definitions.

 DOCUMENTATION
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 - PostScript* Primer
 - Using the AFP Printer Drivers for Windows*
 - Using Type Transformer
 - PSF/2 Installation Cookbooks
 - DPF Configuration Guide
 - PSF/2 Printer Attachments Guide
 - More PSF/2 'New Function' Information

 NEW FORM DEFINITIONS
 ====================
 PSF/2 now supplies new form definitions that provide additional
 function to accommodate new printer features and capabilities,
 including support for a fourth paper source and special form
 definitions for HP-PCL and PPDS printers. Also included are new
 compatibility form definitions for 3835 and 3900 printers.

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 PSF/2, AFP, MVS, VM, AS/400, and VSE are trademarks or registered
 trademarks of IBM Corporation.  Windows, WordPerfect, Microsoft Word,
 and PostScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of others.

Kristin Moore, Pennant Systems
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 152. Trying to print to an HP 4 Laser Printer - HELP ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I am using one of the first versions of OS/2 2.1.  I've never had any
printing problems with it until now when I was given an HP 4 Laser
printer from my customer to use.  The first thing I did was to install
the HP printer driver.  After doing this and trying to print, the
following happens:

1) The print job goes to the newly created print queue
2) It sits there for a second than its icon jumps slightly to the right
3) All system applications are shut down
4) Nothing appears on the screen.  When you do a 'Ctrl Esc' the Window
  List appears with nothing in it to select.
5) After rebooting the system with an Alt/Ctrl/Del everything comes
  back including the print queue with the print job in it.

I've shredded the printer ICON several times, I've even booted in DOS
serveral times and deleted the 3 directories under the C:\OS2\DLL path
that the installation created and nothing has worked.  If I try a print
command from the 'C' prompt I can print to the HP printer using one of
my 4019 print queues but that's the only way.  I'm down to the point
of throwing in the towel and starting a complete reinstallation.
Will someone please save me from doing this.  Thanks...........

David Barthin sunny Kennewick Washington
BARTH at OWGVM0
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Shredding a printer icon is not the best way to remove it . In an
attempt to delete and re-install the printer object I would recommend
the following procedure. Right click on the printer object and open the
settings then choose printer drivers and right click on the default
driver for the icon ( Note: never delete the IBMNULL printer driver) and
choose delete . When prompted answer yes to deleting all associated
files . backout to the desktop and drag a new printer object to the
desktop . right  clcik on the object , open the settings and choose
printer drivers. right click on the IBMnull driver and choose install .
After installing the printer driver backout to the desktop and open an
OS2 window. Type the following : COPY CONFIG.SYS LPT1 . If this prints
correctly attempt printing from the application in question and if you
still have problems let me know what application it is and where under
OS2 you are attempting to print from .

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 153. HP PJet XL  exasperation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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I have had the PaintJet XL hooked up to a PS/2 Mod 80 running OS/2 2.1
with no problem.  I recently upgraded to a Mod 95 and hooked up the
paintJet XL.  I'm running OS/2 2.1 also with the same Printer driver
installed as the mod 80 and same software applications.
 My application is Graphs and Illustrations that now come out
strewn with characters and part of the graph or image etc....  Text files
print out fine.  I've had all the knowledgeable OS/2 People I know try to
figure it out with no luck and HP no longer supports the PaintJet.
  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

               Gene Burdick
              IBM SSD San Jose, Ca.
              SJMVM16 / BURDICK
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If you are using the parallel port you might try disabling parallel
port abitration (I'll have to verify this option), or check the
 cable (i.e. swap with another known to work with OS/2).

Keith Blake (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (IBMMAIL/USPGC9GC)
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[Reference to append at 21:17 on 94/04/28 by BURDICK at SJMVM16 ]

Although their is not very much different between the Mod 80 and Mod95
print system I would first suggest deleting and re-installing the
printer object on the Mod 90/95 and see if this improves your graphics
print capability . Right click on the printer object and open the
settings , choose printer drivers and right click on the printer driver
in question and choose delete. Answer yes when prompted for deleting
all associated files . Back out to the desktop and drag a new printer
driver out . Right click on the driver and open the settings , choose
printer drivers and right click on the IBMnull driver and choose install
. backout to the desktop and from an OS2 command prompt attempt printing
by doing the following COPY CONFIG.SYS LPT1 . If text printing still
works then attempt printing from your application and if problems arise
let me know what application you are printing from and from where under
OS2 ( dos , win-os2 , OS2 ).

Martial Forget  Boca Electronic Support Team
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[Reference to append at 21:17 on 94/04/28 by BURDICK at SJMVM16 ]

I will second checking the arbitration (DMA) switch as well as the cable.
The first difference between the 80 and 95 is the fact that the 95
has DMA and the 80 does not. You will find the switch in the Settings
part of the onboard diagnostics of the 95 (Ctrl+Alt+Insert at boot).
Also, the 95 is more sensitive to cable requirements. Make sure you are
using the cable that came with the printer or a manufacturer's equal.
An example of this is I used to have a 25 foot cable with my Model 70
but had to install a booster to get a clean signal with the 95 and 85.
Otherwise I also got garbage text strewn throughout my page. JASII.
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FWIW ... yesterday I had to disable DMA arbitration on a PS/2
77 for a user with OS/2 2.1 and a Laserjet IIP Plus which cleared
up his printing problem immediately ... my ultimate recommendation to
him was to get a better cable and also update the OS/2 printer drivers
before attempting to enable DMA arbitration again.

Keith Blake (The OS/2 Mole) V: [phone] (IBMMAIL/USPGC9GC)
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When you use DMA transfer to the parallel port, there are 4 lines
that can cause an interrupt as opposed to just 1 line for PIO transfer.
Therefore, there is a greater chance of something going wrong if there
is electrical interference or cross-talk.  Make sure your cable is
well shielded and doubly grounded.

Mark