laser-lovers@ucbvax.UUCP (02/04/86)
We are running MVS on an IBM mainframe with JES2, and have connected a XEROX 2700 laserprinter as a 3780 remote station. Together with a program that converts overprinting with the same character or with an underscore into resp. "bold" or "underline" mode, we have it emulating a lineprinter for standard list files. We are now looking for an external SYSOUT writer that takes the function of this conversion program. The user would simply create a SYSOUT dataset with DEST=LASER and a FORMS code to indicate the appropriate font setup and conversion. This external writer will in the near future also accomodate other output devices e.g. the IBM 6670, bold and sideways elite (SWEL) for the 3800. The main purpose is taking device dependencies for standard list output from the user, making laserprinters look like lineprinters, which at the moment they don't. Since we are using Waterloo SCRIPT that creates device control codes, it must be possible to pass this along in transparent mode. At the moment we write a PUNCH file to the printer, but the separator page comes out clobbered. This could be fixed in an external writer. Has anyone created such a external writer or ever heard of it? Can this be done with conventional programs e.g. TSPRINT? We have some ideas on the matter and if no suitable programs are found we will implement our own. If you have suggestions or are interested in obtaining the results, please let me know. Rob van Hoboken Delft University of Technology dept. of Electrical Engineering Mekelweg 4, room 8.09 PO Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft Netherlands telephone: (31) (0)15-786251 UUCP: ..!mcvax!dutesta!robvh