[fa.info-vax] LN01S - Print vs Copy

info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (08/09/85)

From: <PMANERA%NYBVX1.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA>

We installed an LN01S today, and I've spent quite a bit of time trying to run
SAS plots against it in Tektronix 1010/1014 mode.  I've finally gotten all to
work (no thanks to DEC's documentation on the LN01S - it's the worst I've ever
seen) but in an odd way.

If I allocate it to myself I'm able to use COPY to throw a file at it with the
correct ESC sequences to put it into Tektronix compatibility mode, print the
output stream from my SAS program, and then reset it back to the state it was
in prior to putting it into Tek mode.

But if I spool it and let the queue manager take care of the SAME file, it goes
into Tek mode, scrambles the plot into shambles, then resets it and life goes
on, but the plot is NG.  The printer is SET/PRINTALL, of course, or the COPY
would not work.

It seems that someplace between PRINT and printing, something nasty happens to
the file.  Is there anything obvious?

Thanks,
Peter Manera - NYU

PS - On the problem of a few weeks ago with DISKQUOTA vs DIR/SIZE, see the next
     message.