Thank you for the example. I did a cut and paste and ran it.
It was good to see the file it created and helped me understand the file
contents.
I assume using the -h<file> option basically replaces using the STARTJOB in
my jspform_custom file? If so, I take it that the ENDJOB will have to
stay? Although it seems like the printer is automatically resetting itself.
I need to confirm that though..
Thank you,
Patrick
On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 9:27:09 AM UTC-7, ma...@proman.com wrote:
>
> This is a quick and dirty I have used in the past, which can be used in
> conjunction with STARTJOB or to write the commands to a text file.
>
>
>
> Syntax is
>
> PROGNAME option {TEXTFILEPATH}
>
> e.g. HPCTRL DUMMY C:\temp\HP17CPI.TXT
>
>
>
> Then as Dan pointed out add the -h C:\temp\HP17CPI.TXT as part of the
> SP-CREATE or SP-DEVICE statement.
>
>
>
> ESC = CHAR(27)
>
> CPI17 = ESC:'&k2S'
>
> IF SENTENCE(1) = "MARGIN" THEN
>
> CPI17:= ESC:'&a7L'
>
> END
>
> IF SENTENCE(2) THEN
>
> OPENSEQ SENTENCE(1) TO TEXTPATH ELSE NULL
>
> WRITESEQ CPI17 ON TEXTPATH ELSE STOP 'WRITESEQ'
>
> CLOSESEQ TEXTPATH
>
> END ELSE
>
> PRINT CPI17:
>
> END
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* jb...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> <jb...@googlegroups.com
> <javascript:>> *On Behalf Of *Daniel Klein
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 11, 2018 8:53 AM
> *To:* jb...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>
> *Subject:* Re: FORM QUEUE NAME and FORM QUEUE NUMBER
>
>
>
> What Mark was alluding to was to use the -h<file> option with the 'lp'
> command when you define the form queue with SP-CREATE, e.g.
>
> SP-CREATE MYQUEUE lp -h<file> -d<device>
>
> where <file> contains the PCL sequence and <device> is the printer name.
>
> You would need to specify the full path to the <file>.
>
>
>
> All of this assumes you are on Windows.
>
>
>
> To see all of the 'lp' options:
>
>
>
> lp -?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 9:29 AM, Patrick McCann <osag...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Thank you for the information. This sounds like what might be happening.
>
> Can you provide me a quick example of the process you are describing?
>
> That would be very helpful in understanding how to set-up and test it.
>
> Thank you,
> Patrick
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 12:45:49 AM UTC-7, Mark Hogden wrote:
>
> We have found that many HP printer will page eject when the basic program
> is called to change font etc, and almost always if the reset command is
> included.
>
> In our experience it's generally more reliable to write out the PCL
> commands to files and attach them to the queues using the -h option.
>
> On Jul 11, 2018, at 04:04, Patrick McCann <osag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
>
>
> I copied jspform_deflt to jspform_custom following your example.
>
>
>
> I then created a small program called HP_PCL_C12L coded like this -
>
>
>
> $INCLUDE FILE.LIB.CUS HP.COMMANDS
>
> $INCLUDE FILE.LIB.CUS HP.PCL
>
> *
>
> PRINTER ON
>
> PRINT HP.LANDSCAPE:HP.COMPRESS
>
> PRINT "THIS IS A TEST LINE 1"
>
> PRINT "THIS IS A TEST LINE 2"
>
> *
>
> STOP
>
> END
>
>
>
> And another called HP_RESET coded like this -
>
>
>
> $INCLUDE FILE.LIB.CUS HP.COMMANDS
>
> $INCLUDE FILE.LIB.CUS HP.PCL
>
> *
>
> PRINT HP.RESET
>
> *
>
> STOP
>
> END
>
>
>
> I then added the following to the jspform_custom file
>
>
>
> STARTJOB HP_PCL_C12L
>
>
>
> and
>
>
>
> ENDJOB HP_RESET
>
>
>
> Here is my testing and results -
>
> SP-ASSIGN =F4
>
> SP-TYPE F4 custom
>
> LIST PTRS LPTR
>
>
>
> On the first page, I do see the two "TEST" lines printed in
> the HP_PCL_C12L routine and they print correctly e.g. landscape and
> compressed print.
>
> That is the only thing on the first page. Almost as if it is its own
> unique print job.
>
> Then an empty page
>
> Then the PTRS file listing in portrait and larger print. e.g. normal print.
>
> Then an empty page.
>
>
>
> Based on this it does call the HP_PCL_C12L routine from jsform_custom. It
> just doesn't work as I expected it to.
>
> I guess I am not understanding something about this flow? Is using a
> program to "PRINT" the PCL codes correct?
>
>
>
> The other test I tried was printing a job from the Spooler.
>
> SP-ASSIGN =F4
>
> SP-TYPE F4 custom
>
> SP-EDIT 3
>
> Then spool the job.
>
> The results were that ONLY the spooled job printed. It printed portrait
> and larger font e.g. normal print
>
> The two "TEST" lines are NOT printed. It appears the HP_PCL_C12L routine
> is NOT called from jspform_custom.
>
> Then a blank page
>
>
>
> Is my understanding of *"The 'set_pcl' and 'reset_pcl' would be your
> programs that send the PCL sequences to the printer."* correct? I.e. use
> of a basic program to send the codes?
>
>
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:25:44 AM UTC-7, Daniel Klein wrote:
>
> Yes, the way this is done is to use a custom form type. Take a look at
> '$JBCRELEASEDIR/config/jspform_deflt'.
>
>
>
> Use
>
>
>
> STARTJOB set_pcl
>
> and
>
> ENDJOB reset_pcl
>
>
>
> to set the PCL sequences before and after print job are despooled.
>
>
>
> The 'set_pcl' and 'reset_pcl' would be your programs that send the PCL
> sequences to the printer.
>
>
>
> Don't forget to assign the custom form type to the form queue. For
> example, if the form queue is HPLASERJET and the form type is
> 'jspform_custom' then
>
>
>
> SP-TYPE HPLASERJET custom
>
>
>
> will assign 'custom' to the HPLASERJET queue.
>
>
>
> Daniel Klein
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 11:49 PM, Patrick McCann <osag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Again, Thank you Daniel. Very good detailed information. I will put this
> away for later reference.
>
>
>
> You have helped me get past several hurdles and helped me with my
> understanding of the the Spooler.
>
>
>
> *I have one last hurdle related to printing that I am still trying to
> figure out a solution for.*
>
>
>
> I will go ahead and describe it here for you and any others to offer any
> suggestions or possible solutions.
>
>
>
> Problem -
>
> I only have one printer. An HP Laserjet 500 MFP M525.
>
> I need to print several different report formats to this printer e.g. 80
> column, 132 column, and varying font sizes.
>
>
>
> In my previous environment (UniVerse on a Windows 2k Server) I was able to
> modify the SP.ASSIGN program to use a file I created.
>
> The SP.ASSIGN was a program that executed the SETPTR command behind the
> scenes. SETPTR in that environment had more options than are available in
> jBASE 5.7.
>
>
>
> I was able to utilize these other options to accomplish my requirements.
> By reading the file I created that held the options I wanted, everything
> was correctly set during assignment of the printer (SP-ASSIGN).
>
> Here are a couple examples of records from the file I created - It held
> the printer, page width and length, top and bottom margins, print mode,
> font type, size, and the other available options I needed.
>
> I would parse out the forms assignment from the SP-ASSIGN, read the file,
> get the options, and execute the SETPTR command with the required options.
>
> 0
>
> TOP
>
> .P
>
> TOP
>
> 001 HP5SI
>
> 002 ,132,59,0,0,
>
> 003 GDI,FONTNAME Courier,FONTSIZE 7
>
> 004
>
> 005
>
> 006 132 COLUMN
>
>
>
> 3
>
> TOP
>
> .P
>
> TOP
>
> 001 HP5SI
>
> 002
>
> 003
>
> 004
>
> 005 3
>
> 006 &HOLD& OUTPUT
>
> BOTTOM
>
>
>
> *jBASE support mentioned I would need to use jspforms which I will start
> researching, but thought I would ask the question now for any
> comments/suggestions.*
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Patrick
>
> On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 3:22:57 PM UTC-7, Daniel Klein wrote:
>
> You are correct, the 'n' in this case is the channel number and is used
> with PRINT ON.
>
> These statement groups are equivalent (using the queue names from my
> original post):
>
> SP-ASSIGN 42=VENUS
> SP-ASSIGN 52=EARTH
>
> SP-ASSIGN F2 R42
> SP-ASSIGN F3 R52
>
> SP-ASSIGN Q2 R42
> SP-ASSIGN Q3 R52
>
> SETPTR 42,,,,,,VENUS
> SETPTR 52,,,,,,EARTH
> [I'm not as fluent with SETPTR but I do know that the first parameter is
> the channel. Not sure if I got the right number of commas in there.
> However, I find the SP-ASSIGN syntax more intuitive and can do most, if not
> all, of the things SETPTR can.]
>
> Once the channels are assigned to the queues, you can do things like this
> in a BASIC program
>
> PRINTER ON 42
> PRINTER ON 52
> PRINT ON 52 "Launch the rocket to VENUS" ;* Prints to the EARTH form queue
> PRINT ON 42 "Houston, we have a problem!" ;* prints to the VENUS form queue
>
> Daniel
>
> Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet...unless I wrote it. ;-)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Mark Hogden <ma...@proman.com> wrote:
>
> =fqname is the same as 0=fqname which equates to the default PRINT in JBC
>
> 1=fqname is used for PRINT ON 1
>
> You can go up to 99=fqname if memory serves.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 5, 2018, at 09:24, Patrick McCann <osag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
>
>
> Thank you for the excellent and detailed information. It really gives me a
> good understanding between the two.
>
>
>
> Now having a better understanding of the two I have some follow-up
> questions I am hoping you might be able to provide some help on.
>
>
>
> I would like to understand the following -
>
> *Rn assigns specific report number n. Only valid if an equals sign (=), is
> not present in the command line.*
>
>
>
> Is this command in anyway related to the form queue number? I don't
> believe so, but am not sure. I think it is used with "PRINT ON {n}", but
> would like to know for sure.
>
>
>
> And last, in the following command -
>
> *SETPTR {channel},,,,,,BANNER 'Some user text'*
>
> Is {channel} in anyway associated with the form queue number or is it just
> used to set-up the page characteristics for the "PRINT ON..."?
>
>
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 7:47:37 PM UTC-7, Patrick McCann wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am hoping somebody can help make sense of this for me.
>
>
>
> I am trying to understand the difference/relationship/etc... between the
> two. I have read the documentation and still can't figure it out.
>
>
>
> Looking at the following from the documentation, it talks about the queue
> number, and only valid if NO (=) sign is present.
>
>
>
> *Fn assigns specific form queue number n. Only valid if an equals sign
> (=), is not present in the command line.*
>
>
>
> Does every form queue name have an associated form queue number? If so,
> how it is defined? Can it be changed? What is the purpose?
>
>
>
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Patrick
>
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