laser-lovers@uw-beaver (laser-lovers) (11/07/84)
From: ss%wang-inst.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
Hi folks,
I have a complaint/warning and a question.
I just bought SCRIBE for my VMS system which has an LN01
printer. I find 2 things.
First: Unilogic (the scribe folks) tell me that I have to
buy fonts from DEC. Now they tell me. I find no reference
to that anywhere. I thought I might not because I also
have SCRIBE on my UNIX machine driving an Imprint10, for
which scribe DID supply fonts (for a price). Well, ok, I
understand that. But they supply a initial setup which
incorrectly talks to the default fonts that DEC does supply
with the printer. In other words I have to dig into the
guts of the SCRIBE database/driver just to get the printer
working in what should be the default manner!!
Second: The .LN0 file produced by SCRIBE is un-printable
in the normal way, i.e. the PRINT command. The file is
chock-full of escape sequences (which is how the LN01 know
how to do things) - ok. But the VMS print spooler thinks
its a good idea to throw in some carriage returns
occasionally. Argh. Completely messes up the output. Ok,
I de-spool the printer and try to just copy the file
raw-like to the printer. Since VMS thinks the file is one
long record, I promptly overflow some buffers. So I have a
file on a "scribe-supported device" which I can't get out
to the device. Unilogic says the problem is DEC's, DEC says
"oh yeah, that is a problem".
So I appear to be kinda-stuck. I would appreciate it
greatly if anyone who has some insight or has gone through
this before would give me some suggestions.
Thanks a bunch,
Sid Shapiro -- Wang Institute of Graduate Studies
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