> 1. Hiding commands from being displayed on Reflection screen. > > I am using Reflection to connect to the HP3K machine running MPE and I > have some commands such as dscopy that needs the password to be > included into the command-line making it visible to the everyone. > Therefore, I was wondering if there is a way to run a command on the > host without displaying the command on the terminal, only the output > is displayed. Much like the way the RUN PCLINK2.PUB. something for > Reflection File Transfer actually runs the command on the host, but > the actual command is not echoed on the screen, but if you do a > listredo, you can see that command in the history. > Use the Reflection commands as outlined in Andrew Pilz's reply, or simply put OPTION NOLIST on your HP3K command file. > 2. PCL Reset printout (a little off-topic) > > We are sending PCL forms into the HP printers memory and all along it was working fine. We used the command SPOOLF with the PRINT option to send a PCL encoded FORM format file to the HP Laser printer and it > just goes into the Printer's memory. Lately however, we have been > experiencing problems with a newer HP printers. They keep printing a > page for each form we spool to the printer. The printout is as > follows: > > @PJL RESET > @PJL EOJ NAME = "User: root; Job:psgbp130-2065" > > We dunno why this is happening with the new printers. Have anyone come > accross this problem? The PCL FORM format file was created with the > application called JETFORM. Anyway, this was not a problem before, but > only now. Any printer + MPE gurus got some idea on this, please let me > know any pointers would be greatly appreciated. > The evolution of PCL & PJL seem to be getting you on this; your method seems to involve deliberately EXcluding printer resets at the end of downloading your FORM and at the beginning of your REPORT. A solution: Treat the "PCL FORM" file as an environment file, as in... :FILE OUTPUT;DEV=LASERJET;ENV=PCLFORMFILE ...which will cause the spooler to preface OUTPUT with PCLFORMFILE when it dumps to the LASERJET. Good luck! Tracy Pierce