1.) Install the printer to one of your windows servers. It doesn't need
to be the one in which universe resides.
2.) Make sure the printers security and sharing is set properly
3.) Create your VOC entry for the printer i.e.
PQ
HSETPTR 0,132,60,0,0,1,AT
\\CORP_FS_PA1\BIG_SALES,NOEJECT,BRIEF,NOFMT
Where CORP_FS_PA1 is the name of your server and Big Sales is the name
of your printer
4.) From TCL test the print by entering your VOC entry then BLOCK.PRINT
TEST
5.) If nothing happens double check security and IP ports also check the
spooler settings on the printer.
6.) If printing is failing from your application the make sure you have
any appropriate PRINTER CLOSE or PRINTER OFF commands.
-Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike
Pflugfelder
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:36 AM
To: U2 List Server
Subject: [U2] Windows UV & host based printers
Windows Server 2003
Universe 10.1.11
Printer: HP Color LaserJet 2600n
>From what I've found on HP's website and some other research on the net,
it appears that this printer uses a 'host-based printer driver' or
'host-based printing'. Does anyone have any experience with this
specific printer, or more information about host-based printers in
general?
The problem that we're having right now is that we can print a test page
from Windows and it prints fine. When we try to print from Universe,
nothing comes out on the printer. We've paused the printer and printed
from Universe and I can see the job hang in the queue waiting to print.
We then unpause the printer and still, nothing prints.
It appears from the documentation that printers are being made with less
intelligence now. They're taking the hardware out of the printer that
does the formatting (converting from text to raster) and they're now
building it in to the driver in windows. I haven't tested it yet, but I
know that there is the GDI option to the SETPTR command that might work
for us. Does anyone know if I will still be able to pass PCL codes
through with this mode of printing?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Michael Pflugfelder | Systems Integrator | Keystone Information Systems
| 856-722-0700 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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