Our offering http://www.sector7.com/hp-solutions.htm or at
http://www.xformix.com/xform/xformmf.htm contains a simulated MPE-like
spooler as well as a batch job processor which uses MPE JCL.  It runs on
various Unix's, Linux, Windows and, within 60 days, the IBM iSeries
(formally the AS/400).

Charles Finley
Transformix Computer Corporation
760-439-3146

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Tony Summers
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 3:09 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: HP3000 Spooler (and Migration)
>
>
> Can I extend this thread a little ?
>
> From Ken's reply it would appear that when we leave our venerable
> HP3000 with its integrated spoolfile management subsystem,  the
> responsiblity for controlling the printers is transferred to the
> application.  Arrgh !
>
> Has anyone any experience of unix or NT clones of the HP3K
> spooler? (plugs welcome !).
>
> >>> Ken Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> 07/06/02 17:58:14 >>>
> Esc E
>
> What HP recommends in general is that you do this before your job:
>  Esc %-12345X   Esc E
> and this after your job:
> Esc E  Esc %-12345X
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Osborne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 11:29 AM
> Subject: [HP3000-L] HP3000 Spooler
>
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I'm trying to figure out what the HP Spooler does to our reports before
> they
> > are sent to the printer.
> >
> > In our Cobol programs, we open a spool file with some options on the end
> > ",UT,,LP(CCTL)", write a bunch of stuff in there, and close the
> file. Once
> > the file is closed, it automatically goes to the printer. Prints out
> great.
> >
> > Now when I port the program to Linux, I removed the options
> from the file
> > name. When I print out the document, it writes the file to
> disk. The file
> > looks good, contains the proper escapes & everything. When I
> send the file
> to
> > the printer, the printer processes the job for about 3 seconds and does
> > nothing. Does the 3000 append anything to get the job to actually print?
> >
> > To insure that the Linux box is sending files "as is" to the printer, I
> sent a
> > sample PCL file created by a Windows Print driver to the printer. It
> printed
> > perfectly.
> >
> > There seems to be something missing.
> >
> > -Pete
> >
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