Compaq DECprint Supervisor (DCPS) for OpenVMS
User's Guide
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Contents (summary)
Preface Preface
Part I Getting Started
Chapter 1 Printing Files
Chapter 2 Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues
Chapter 3 Specifying Input and Output Trays
Part II Advanced Printing Techniques
Chapter 4 Printing PostScript Files
Chapter 5 Printing ANSI Files
Chapter 6 Printing DDIF Image Files Using the Image Interpreter
Chapter 7 Printing PCL Files
Chapter 8 Printing Proprinter Files
Chapter 9 Using the List Data Type
Chapter 10 Using Advanced Page Layouts
Chapter 11 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents
Chapter 12 Using Forms in Your PRINT Command
Chapter 13 Using Setup Modules in Print Jobs
Chapter 14 Controlling File Separation Pages
Chapter 15 Selecting Finishing Options
Chapter 16 Using the Error Handler to Debug
Chapter 17 Solving Printing Problems
Chapter 18 Printer-Specific Information
Appendix A System Messages and Error Recovery
Appendix B PRINT Command Qualifiers
Appendix C PRINT Command Parameters
Appendix D SoftFont Kits for Emulating Font Cartridges
Appendix E Additional Character Encodings
Appendix F Ordering Additional Documentation
  Glossary
  Index
  Figures
  Examples
  Tables

Contents

Preface
Preface Preface
Part I
Part I Getting Started
Chapter 1
1 Printing Files
     1.1     Overview
     1.2     Selecting a Data Type
     1.3     Printing Two-Sided Documents
     1.4     Specifying Landscape and Portrait Orientation
     1.5     Specifying Multiple Copies
     1.6     Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet
     1.7     Printing a Range of Pages
     1.8     Delays in Deleting an Entry or Stopping a Queue
     1.9     File Formats
Chapter 2
2 Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues
     2.1     Displaying Print Jobs
     2.2     Displaying Print Queues
     2.3     Deleting a Print Job
     2.4     Modifying a Print Job
Chapter 3
3 Specifying Input and Output Trays
     3.1     Selecting the Input Tray
         3.1.1         Specifying the Type of Media
         3.1.2         Selecting Manual Feed
         3.1.3         Using the Envelope Feeder
     3.2     Selecting the Output Tray
         3.2.1         Manually Selecting Output Trays
Part II
Part II Advanced Printing Techniques
Chapter 4
4 Printing PostScript Files
     4.1     Printing Jobs with Multiple PostScript Files
     4.2     Printing Files that Contain Text and PostScript
     4.3     Printing Files Created on Other Operating Systems
     4.4     Creating Printer-Specific PostScript Documents
     4.5     Creating Portable PostScript Documents
     4.6     Resolving Unrecognized PostScript Operator Errors
     4.7     Using Example Files to Suppress PostScript Operators
         4.7.1         Suppressing PostScript Operators on Desktop Printers
         4.7.2         Suppressing PostScript Operators on PrintServer Printers
Chapter 5
5 Printing ANSI Files
     5.1     Printing Multiple ANSI Files in a Print Job
     5.2     Emulating ANSI Printers
     5.3     Processing Tabs in ANSI Files
     5.4     Emulating Printer Font Cartridges
     5.5     Using PostScript Operators to Change Trays
     5.6     Using ANSI Sequences to Print Duplex or Simplex
     5.7     The LIST Data Type and Translator
     5.8     Printing the Euro Symbol
Chapter 6
6 Printing DDIF Image Files Using the Image Interpreter
     6.1     Improvements to Image Printing
     6.2     Examples of Printing Image Files
Chapter 7
7 Printing PCL Files
     7.1     How PCL Files Are Printed
     7.2     Processing Files in Native PCL Mode
         7.2.1         PRINT Parameters that Prevent Native PCL Usage
     7.3     Processing Files with the PCL Translator
         7.3.1         Using Print Parameters to Modify PCL Print Jobs
             7.3.1.1             Using the PAGE_SIZE Parameter
             7.3.1.2             Print Parameters Ignored for Native PCL
         7.3.2         Using Escape Sequences to Modify PCL Print Jobs
         7.3.3         Using a Setup Module
         7.3.4         How the PCL Translator Differs from that in the LaserJet IID Printer
     7.4     Changing the Input Tray
     7.5     Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Print Jobs
         7.5.1         Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Setup Modules
         7.5.2         Including Font and Macro Files in PCL Print Jobs
     7.6     PC Driver Settings to Avoid Problems with PJL and TBCP
         7.6.1         Description of PJL and TBCP
         7.6.2         Steps to Prevent Problems with DECprint Supervisor
             7.6.2.1             Preventing problems with PostScript
             7.6.2.2             Problems with PCL
     7.7     Interaction Between Native PCL Printing and Automatic DATA_TYPE Detection
     7.8     Native PCL Mode Concatenates Files
Chapter 8
8 Printing Proprinter Files
     8.1     Proprinter Translator Versus the Proprinter Printer
     8.2     How DECprint Supervisor Recognizes Proprinter Files
     8.3     Modifying the Default State of the Proprinter Translator
         8.3.1         Creating a Setup Module for Proprinter Commands
     8.4     Changing the Printable Area
         8.4.1         Proprinter Files That Do Not Fit on the Page
         8.4.2         Specifying the Page Size for Proprinter Print Jobs
     8.5     Specifying the Input Tray for Proprinter Print Jobs
     8.6     Including Soft Fonts in Proprinter Print Jobs
Chapter 9
9 Using the List Data Type
     9.1     Using the List Data Type
     9.2     Using OpenVMS Forms with the List Data Type
Chapter 10
10 Using Advanced Page Layouts
     10.1     Printing Two-Sided Documents
     10.2     Specifying Landscape and Tumble Printing
     10.3     Specifying Multiple PostScript Files in Duplex Print Jobs
     10.4     Specifying the Physical Sheet Size
     10.5     Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet
         10.5.1         Using NUMBER_UP with Input Tray Selection Operators
         10.5.2         Using NUMBER_UP with Page Orientation
         10.5.3         Using NUMBER_UP with Multiple Files
     10.6     Printing a Range of Pages
         10.6.1         Using PAGE_LIMIT with Multiple Copies
         10.6.2         Restarting Interrupted Print Jobs
         10.6.3         Using PAGE_LIMIT on Two-Sided Print Jobs
     10.7     Specifying the Logical Page Size
     10.8     Changing the Size of the Printed Page
         10.8.1         Automatic Scaling When Queue Has PAGE_SIZE and SHEET_SIZE Parameters

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