Don ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Hi to all.
: I have lurked on this group (and learned alot) for a little while but I
: finally have a problem that requires me to come out of hiding.

: I have a project that requires printing legal size documents from the
: HP3000 to a Laserjet 4+.  These documents use almost all of the sheet
: from within .5" of the top to within about .25" of the bottom. The
: spoolfile is a series of PCL5 commands which position the cursor and
: then print a data element at that coordinate.

: So here's the curious part.  When I print through the 5.5 network
: printing spooler, it prints perfectly.  When I print to the same
: printer using the regular HP spooler, it prints down to within about
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: .5" of the bottom then starts printing additional pages with one data
: element per page (the printer is dual sourced). When we use Unispool to
: print it, it behaves just like the HP spooler. When we use Unispool to
: print the document to a Lexmark printer, it behaves the same way so it
: doesn't appear to be the LJ4's problem.

The network printing spooler and the "regular HP spooler" are fundamental-
ly the same spooler, and even share much of the same code.  Their paths
diverge at the file system interface level.  The non-network printing
spooler outputs to its printer through MPE file system intrinsic calls.
The network printing spooler uses IPC intrinsic calls.

This is a longshot, but I assume that your non-networked configuration is
a serial (RS232/RS422/modem/...) connection.  If so, you may be being
victimized by the setup string or VFC setting in your serial printer LDEV's
TT file.  It may be defining a slightly shorter page length (or number of
text rows, or whatever).  If so, your printer will automatically eject a
page on its own when it reaches that configured limit (apparently one line
before you would like it to).  Then the formfeed, or equivalent, in your
spool file ejects another page after the final line is printed on its
separate page.

The TT file is not used by the network printing spooler, and so output
depends only on the contents of your file.

I hope that helps.

-Larry "MPE/iX Spoolers 'R' Us" Byler-