Lane Rollins wrote:
>
> Did you try setting "SERIAL_PRINTER_SIMULATION=TRUE" using patch MPEKXF7B
> and the LPQ printers? The say this runs the data through a different spooler
> that acts *MORE* like the serial/hpib printers.

There is no 'different' spooler, it is only additional code
in the OUTSPTJ program.

What it actually does is 'switching' to a second code path for
handling %2xx CCTLs. The original design of the OUTSPTJ was done
to handle %2xx like the F100 (HP5000) printers handle those, so
with SERIAL_PRINTER_SIMULATION=FALSE (default) the network spooler
uses PCL escape sequences to advance the 'cursor'.

The serial spooler uses multiples of CR-LF sequences instead,
and this is the behaviour of the new additional code path that
gets enabled per SERIAL_PRINTER_SIMULATION=TRUE, too.

Mixing PCL5 advance cursor sequences with the perforation skip
enabling does not lead to a 'skip to top of next page', so the
original design did not correctly work for some printouts.
Since we had to maintain the original design for customers that
have designed/changed their printouts following the default
behaviour of the original network spooler, a configuration
switch seemed to be the best available solution.

Goetz.