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- From: 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Matthew J. Stum)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: DEClaser 2150 blues - need an esc code
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.091942.13344@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 14:19:42 GMT
- Organization: Widget Enterprises
- Lines: 27
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- Situation: We have a DEClaser 2150 (actually, an upgraded 2100) Postscript
- printer running in "PS READY" mode (I don't know the proper names of the
- modes off-hand, so I'll just tell ya what's on the LCD) which is being
- accessed by a VAXcluster using the DECprint printing services. This
- particular queue probably won't be seeing any file type other than ASCII,
- LN03 (from LaTeX), and Postscript.
-
- Problem: When sending LN03 files to it, for example, the wait can be quite
- long while the document is being converted to Postscript. Not acceptible.
-
- Possible Solution: In the Postscript booklet that came with the cartidge,
- there is a metion that the DEClaser's mode can be switched (PS READY ->
- 00 READY -> PS READY) via software escape codes. So, I'm thinking we set
- the queue up as a "normal" printer (i.e. drop the DECprint printing
- services) and keep the printer in it's "00 READY" state to quickly handle
- ASCII and LN03 files (which we already know it does). Then, we create a
- form for the printer that contains the proper escape sequences whenever we
- want to send a Postscript file to it.
-
- Problem: We don't have TFM to R so we don't know what the proper escape
- sequences are or if this will even work as advertised.
-
- Question: Can anyone help?
-
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- Matt Stum Gwydion ap Myrddin Ball State University
- 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu Shire of Afonlyn, MK Muncie, IN USA
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