grodan@cyklop.nada.kth.se (Mats G L|fdahl) (11/15/90)
Hello, I have a problem that has to do with a postscript printer that is connected to a VAX/VMS. I don't know if the solution is a VMS solution or a postscript solution, so I post to both comp.os.vms and comp.lang.postscript. The problem is as follows: I have a postscript header file that, when appended to a text file, makes the text file print out with a nice header on my postscript printer. The problem is that when I send another postscript file to the printer, it doesn't understand that it is a new file, but continues to print it verbatim. How can I tell the printer that "This file ends here!! Close it (or whatever a postsript interpretor is supposed to do)!", or alternatively "Hey, this is a new file!! Close the one you might be working on!". Stated this way it sounds like I should add some postscript code to the end of my file, but I'm sure that there must be some way for an operating system to tell a printer where a job ends/begins. Please answer by email. I'll post a summary if any one else is interested. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mats L|fdahl Stockholm Observatory tel +46-8 16 44 75 Lofdahl@Astro.SU.SE ------------------------------------------------------------------------
grodan@cyklop.nada.kth.se (Mats G L|fdahl) (11/16/90)
In article <0093fb3f.e5222cc0.9431@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes: [I wrote:] > ....... > How can I tell the printer that "This file ends here!! Close it (or > whatever a postsript interpretor is supposed to do)!", ....... Append a record consisting only of a control-D to your file. Alternatively, use the print symbiont modification routines to have the job_completion routine send a formfeed followed by a control-d instead of just a formfeed. Or you could start every file with a record consisting of only a control-d. I now append a file consisting of only a ^D after each file, and it works fine. Thanks to Carl, and to all who responded through email. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mats L|fdahl Stockholm Observatory tel +46-8 16 44 75 Lofdahl@Astro.SU.SE ------------------------------------------------------------------------