rubin@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Don Rubin) (12/27/90)
How do I setup a print queue on RSX11 so that escape sequences are passed to the printer? I am trying to send stuff to a HP Laserjet and the escape character is getting eaten?
WNIMHACK%WSU.DECNET@MSUS1.BITNET ("Bruce R. Mitchell / WNIMHACK%WSU.DECNET@MSUS1.BITNET") (12/29/90)
The RSX spoolers can indeed be selective about what characters are passed
through to printers, and in some cases will even truncate lines containing
"control" characters (ie, character codes less than 40 octal).
I have successfully avoided this problem in the past by -
(1) not spooling the printer in question,
(2) slight modifications to the print spooler - source is provided on
the RSX distribution kit,
(3) using the DEC-supplied escape sequence support (documented in the
build command file LPPxxxBLD.CMD) for DEC printers
For a "foreign" printer, if the text has many embedded escape sequences,
the best bet is probably (2). It really ain't that tough. Look in
JBINI.MAC and the flow of control proceeds from there in a straightforward
fashion.