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Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 12:23:04 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 19 12:23:04 1987
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To: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu
Subject: Imagen TCP/IP laser printer problems

	>First, thanks go to Doug Fraser for posting his Imagen accounting
	>program.  I was about to write one after I discovered that the
	>Kellerman & Smith software doesn't do it correctly for ethernet-based
	>printers (it does work for RS-232-based printers).  I never did get
	>an answer from K&S about whether it worked.

IMAGEN would also like to thank Doug for his posting.
We would like to encourage other IMAGEN users to post their 
applications software to the net.

The K&S spooler only does accounting for the SPP protocol.  It does not
provide accounting for the parallel interfaces nor for Ethernet.

	>I was running v2.2 of the IP software before I installed the ethernet
	>card.  I then installed the v3.3 software that came with the ethernet
	>board and came across a small annoyance:  The lines at the top of
	>the header page that were nicely printed in bold letters under v2.2
	>are not bold under v3.3 and are printed out in reverse order unlike
	>v2.2 which printed them out in the order specified in IMPRINT.FMT.
	>Is there a way to coerce v3.3 to print the headers out like v2.2 did,
	>with the bold letters?  

The major difference between v2.2 and v3.3 (for the IP-II) is faster
compilation and increased compatibility
between the ImageServer (IP-III) and ImageStation (IP-II) lines.  
Unfortunately, IMAGEN currently does not provide a method to put bold 
characters on the job separator page.

	>Is there a way to get the headers to come out
	>in the correct order?  

Not at the printer.  You may be able to change
the imprint.fmt file to make it somewhat better for your needs.

	>I borrowed a v3.3 manual (since I never
	>got my copy of v3.3 of the IP microcode that Imagen promised when
	>they shipped my printer) 

Sorry that you didn't get your manual or v3.3, I will contact you by phone
to resolve this.

	>Is there a newer version than v1.1.6 of the K&S spooler out?
	>It would be nice if it understands 3.3 as a valid version for the
	>IP microcode.

Yes, version 1.1.7 is available, and it does understand 3.3.

As an aside, a new version of the UNIX host software will be available
September 1987.

Daniel B. Curtis
IMAGEN Corporation
dbc@imagen
(408) 986-9400