Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!jj1h+ From: jj1h+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Joseph Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Modifying 6.? LaserPrep for 80 Character Line Limit Message-ID: Date: 29 Apr 91 15:51:20 GMT References: <1991Apr27.130313.29659@cns.umist.ac.uk> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 44 Excerpts from netnews.comp.protocols.appletalk: 27-Apr-91 Modifying 6.? LaserPrep for.. John Forrest@ap.co.umist (1106) > We have access to a colour laserprinter, which is attached to a > VMS VAX, and which is accessed via ftp. The basic problem we > have is the VMS spooler on this machine has a line limit of 80 > characters (!!). The system programmers for this machine do > have a program to help get round this - it adjusts postscript > so that the lines are less that 80 characters long If you're using a standard VMS symbiont to drive your printer, then you can configure it to allow very long lines. The problem is the /FORM specified for the PostScript printer's queue. I've found that many of DEC's standard installation kits apply a form specifying line truncation after 132 characters. It's simple to fix by defining a new form and correcting the INITIALIZE/QUEUE/FORM=whatever command invoked at system startup time. Here's the form I use: $ SHOW/QUEUE/FULL/FORM CANT_TOUCH_THIS Form name Number Description --------- ------ ----------- CANT_TOUCH_THIS (stock=DEFAULT) 500 No wrapping or truncation of lines /LENGTH=66 /STOCK=DEFAULT /WIDTH=65535 The queue JOSHUA is using this form: $ SHOW QUEUE/FULL JOSHUA Printer queue JOSHUA, on SOFLIB::NLP1:"128.2.45.10/joshua", mounted form CANT_TOUCH_THIS (stock=DEFAULT) /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=CANT_TOUCH_THIS (stock=DEFAULT)) /LIBRARY=MSAP$DEVCTL /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=MULTINET_LPD_SYMBIONT /PROTECTION=(S:E,O:D,G:R,W:W) If this seems to be the problem and you need more information, let me know and I'll elaborate. Good luck. Joe Jackson Distributed Workstation Services Carnegie Mellon University Internet: jj1h+@andrew.cmu.edu Bitnet: jj1h+@ANDREW AT&Tnet: (412) 268-8799