bulli@nadia.stgt.sub.org (Thomas Bullinger) (09/21/90)
Hi folks, I have a special problem: I want to connect a QMS PS-810 PostScript printer to a VAX. Therefore I have bought the software "Ansi-Sixel etc." from DEC which also contains a print symbiont (=driver) for PostScript. It works fine with an original DEC LN 03R, but connecting the QMS instead will result in - nothing is printed. I checked the documentation for the DEC software and found out that the print symbiont sends a prologue to the printer everytime it has to do its job. Within this prologue there is a check for the printer's password. Unfortunately the QMS printer uses another password than the LN 03R. Since I'm not very familiar with PostScript I don't know how to change the corresponding section of the prologue. Is there anyone who can help me? Here is the part of the program which I want to change. Note the "checkpassword" on line 6. You can send the corrected code back to me, my addresses are: ->% Copyright 1988 by DEC, Maynard, Mass. ->save exch(%%[ ReturnStatus: 155 ")print dup 40 string cvs print(" ")print ->dup where{exch get/version 2 copy known{get 40 string cvs print}{pop ->pop}ifelse}{pop}ifelse(" ]%%\n)print flush restore ->% Copyright 1988 by DEC, Maynard, Mass. ->statusdict begin dup checkpassword{serverdict begin exitserver}{pop ->end(%%[ ReturnStatus: 163 ]%%\n)print flush}ifelse ->% Copyright ) 1987 by DEC, Maynard, Mass. All rights reserved. ->lps$page-layup-dict begin flush-pages end P.S.: The arrows are not part of the program. +----------------------------------------------+ | Thomas Bullinger | bulli@nadia.stgt.sub.org | | Hegelstr. 38B | thomas@serum.kodak.com | | D-7000 Stuttgart | 76535.2221@compuserve.com | |----------------------------------------------| | Don't worry, be happy | +----------------------------------------------+