Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!MSUS1.BITNET!WNIMHACK%WSU.DECNET From: WNIMHACK%WSU.DECNET@MSUS1.BITNET ("Bruce R. Mitchell / WNIMHACK%WSU.DECNET@MSUS1.BITNET") Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Re: RSX11 print queue question Message-ID: Date: 29 Dec 90 09:32:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 19 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.