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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:27:31 MET
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- Comments: Resent-From: Jos Wennmacker <U001222@HNYKUN11.URC.KUN.NL>
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- From: Jos Wennmacker <U001222@HNYKUN11.URC.KUN.NL>
- Subject: (Copy) JES328X en VINES
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- I got a copy of this mail from our Banyan/Vines specialist. I am
- not on this list, so if you want to contact me, do it directly.
- ---------------------------- Text of forwarded message -----------------------
- ...stuff deleted...
- >> Has anyone out there tried to use the Vines Adv.3270 to receive printed
- >> output from JES and have JES insert ESC char's so that a laserjet printer
- >> will execute stored macros? I haven't had a lot of luck with IBM in
- >> resolving this problem. ie 5 months and not resolution.
- >
- >Since you are working with IBM I assume you are using JES328X to send output
- >to a Banyan printer. We switched to a third party product called VPS after
- >IBM dropped support for JES328X. VPS provides an EXIT that allows a "setup
- >string" to be inserted ahead of the print stream. We use it to select the
- >font and page orientation.
-
- I recently installed JES328X version 3.1.0, which lets you define FCB
- extensions. These extensions are sent to the printer before each sysout
- dataset. We use them to select between portrait and landscape, simplex and
- duplex etc. These FCB extensions are stored in a dataset that you associate
- with your printer, so for every type of printer you could have a different
- fcb extension dataset. A disadvantage is that you need a 'base fcb'
- for every form you want, e.g. if you want to be able to choose between
- landscape and portrait and for each of them between simplex and duplex,
- you need 4 'base fcb''s'. If you want to be able to choose between short
- and long edge binding you need 8 already.
- One of the advantages, above sending the ESC code with the data, is that
- after rerouting to another printer (of different brand) you still will
- have correct output, and not rubbish because the printer X does not
- understand the escape codes meant for printer Y.
- If you are not on JES328X Version 3.1.0, but still on 2( the last one we
- had and even still have on one system) was 2.2.0....you have to modify
- the JSXGPS module. It has a translation table, that simply converts
- every character in the 00-3F range to blank. This is ok, since you
- are not supposed to send those characters over SNA as data. If fact,
- I tried to send more of those characters (shift in, shift out etc)
- but most of these caused trouble. Anyway, most printers we had were
- HP Laserjets III D, which understand PCL, so the only 'odd' character
- we needed was ESC. I will include the mod below.
- Regards,
- Jos Wennmacker
- .
- ++USERMOD (MA00040). /* Prevent JSX from blanking ESC */
- ++VER (Z038)
- FMID(HBY2202).
- /* Base translation table is at offset 9D0C in JSXGPS. */
- /* Since we do not want the escape char (x'27' in EBCDIC) */
- /* we zap at 9D0C + 27 = 9D33 the x'40' to x'27'. */
- ++ZAP (JSXGPS).
- NAME JSXGPS JSXGPS
- VER 9D33 40
- REP 9D33 27
-