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- From: kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de (Horst Kiehl)
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- Subject: Re: Postscript Printing from Win-OS/2 Problem!
- Keywords: PostScript, Win-OS2
- Message-ID: <268@zam103.zam.kfa-juelich.de>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 10:55:10 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.151513.23805@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Reply-To: kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de (Horst Kiehl)
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- In article <1992Sep1.151513.23805@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>,
- hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman) writes:
-
- >I'm having problems printing to a postscript printer via a LAN. I'm running
- >TCP/IP 1.2.1 with LPRMON redirecting the print job to our Sun. The only
- >problem is when trying to print from a WIN-OS/2 session. The output has a
- >control code as the first character in the output, so the printer chokes,
- >producing nothing but postscript code output! I've had to start printing to
- >a file and then editing out the 1st character before sending the file to the
- >printer. As I said, this is only in a Windows session; OS/2 app. printing is
-
- I can only tell about the PostScript printer driver that came with Windows 3.0.
- When set for some printers, including Apple LaserWriter Plus (or II,
- I don't remember exactly) that driver inserts an EOT (end of transmission, 4)
- control character before the '%!' that begins PostScript. When set for others,
- including IBM Personal Pageprinter, it doesn't.
-
- EOT seems to be a defined "end of job" character for PostScript printers.
- So the behaviour of that driver to insert an EOT at the beginning of the data
- could be to ensure that no invalid old data in the printer's memory mixes
- with the new data. (Does one write "one" or "ones" when referring to words
- such as "data" or "information"?) :-)
-
- (I've set up the PostScript printer queue of this workstation so that it sends
- EOT when the queue empties, which can eliminate problems in the printer
- due to invalid earlier jobs leaving data in the printer's memory.)
-
- I hope that helps.
-
- Best wishes,
-
- Horst
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