02335@UWAV4.BITNET (09/20/86)
I would appreciate any information about connecting an LN03 to a VAX 785. In particular, I would like to know how to support multiple forms without having to stop and restart the queue for each different form printed. i.e. I would like to beable to do PRINT/FORM=PORTRAIT and have the portrait mode escape sequence sent to the printer and my file printed, but then beable to do a PRINT/FORM=LANDSCAPE and have those escape sequences along with my file printed as well without having to stop and restart the queue with /FORM=LANDSCAPE. I saw this being done the last time I was at Cray Research, but I didn't have time to ask them how they were doing it. I would appreciate any information you might have. Thanks in advance, Tony Andrea Sierra Geophysics, Inc. Kirkland, Washington BITNET: 02335 at UWAV4 ARPA/CSNET: 02335%uwav4.bitnet@wiscvm.arpa DECnet: VAX4::02335 Phone: (206)822-5200 x212
vtcf@NCSC.ARPA (Williams) (09/23/86)
I define some symbols, such as LASER:==PRINT/SETUP=PORTRAIT/QUEUE=LASER, WL:==PRINT/SETUP=WIDE/QUEUE=LASER, etc. I know the manual says not to use the SETUP qualifier, but as long as the symbols are used, you don't have to worry about misspellings. Just make sure you debug the modules before putting them in SYSDEVCTL.TLB, and you should use some default form to reset the printer if just a "PRINT/QUEUE=LASER" is used. This way I don't have to stop and start queues, and it seems to work just fine. Let me know how it works.
robinson@ecsvax.UUCP (Gerard Robinson) (09/23/86)
In article <8609200710.AA00440@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 02335@UWAV4.BITNET writes: >I would appreciate any information about connecting an LN03 to a >VAX 785. In particular, I would like to know how to support >multiple forms without having to stop and restart the queue >for each different form printed. i.e. I would like to beable >to do PRINT/FORM=PORTRAIT and have the portrait mode escape >sequence sent to the printer and my file printed, but then beable >to do a PRINT/FORM=LANDSCAPE and have those escape sequences >along with my file printed as well without having to stop and restart >the queue with /FORM=LANDSCAPE. >Thanks in advance, > >Tony Andrea > >Sierra Geophysics, Inc. >Kirkland, Washington > >BITNET: 02335 at UWAV4 >ARPA/CSNET: 02335%uwav4.bitnet@wiscvm.arpa >DECnet: VAX4::02335 >Phone: (206)822-5200 x212 If you prepare SYS$LIBRARY:SYSDEVCTL.TLB with library modules containing the escape sequences, you can then do: $ PRINT/SETUP=LANDSCAPE FOO.BAR You can even combine setup modules in a statement, such as: $ PRINT/SETUP=(PORTRAIT,PITCH12) FOO.BAR if the modules exist to do so. Jerry Robinson UNC-CH School of Medicine