CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 DECprint Supervisor Overview 1.1 How to Print Files 1.1.1 Using the PRINT Command 1.1.2 Defining PRINT Commands in LOGIN.COM 1.1.3 Printing from PCs and Macintosh Systems 1.1.3.1 Printing from a PC 1.1.3.2 Printing from a Macintosh 1.1.4 System Response to the PRINT Command 1.1.4.1 Error Notification 1.1.4.2 Enabling Message Notification 1.2 Optional DECprint Supervisor Licenses 1.2.1 Printing Files Without the DCPS-PLUS License 1.2.2 Printing Files with the DCPS-PLUS License 1.2.3 Printing Files that Contain Text and PostScript 1.3 Printers Supported by the DECprint Supervisor Software 2 Printing Files on PostScript Printers 2.1 Selecting the Printer for the Print Job 2.1.1 Selecting a Print Queue 2.1.2 Specifying the Print Queue 2.1.3 Defining the Print Queue in LOGIN.COM 2.1.4 Displaying the Print Queues 2.2 Accessing Printer Features 2.2.1 Printing Two-Sided Documents 2.2.2 Specifying Landscape and Tumble Printing 2.2.3 Specifying Multiple PostScript Files in Duplex Print Jobs 2.2.4 Selecting the Input Tray 2.2.4.1 Specifying the Type of Media 2.2.4.2 Selecting Manual Feed 2.2.4.3 Using the Envelope Feeder 2.2.5 Selecting the Output Tray 2.2.5.1 Printers with Manually Selected Output Trays 2.2.5.2 Output Tray Selection for Envelopes 2.2.6 Specifying the Physical Sheet Size 2.3 Modifying the Appearance of Printed Documents 2.3.1 Specifying Multiple Copies 2.3.2 Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet 2.3.2.1 Using NUMBER_UP with Input Tray Selection Operators 2.3.2.2 Using NUMBER_UP with Page Orientation 2.3.2.3 Using NUMBER_UP with Multiple Files 2.3.3 Printing a Range of Pages 2.3.3.1 Using PAGE_LIMIT with Multiple Copies 2.3.3.2 Restarting Interrupted Print Jobs 2.3.3.3 Using PAGE_LIMIT on Two-Sided Print Jobs 2.3.4 Specifying the Orientation of the Printed Page 2.3.5 Specifying the Logical Page Size 2.3.6 Changing the Size of the Printed Page 2.3.7 Specifying Forms, Setup Modules, and Layup Definition Files 2.4 Controlling File Separation Pages 3 Creating and Using Forms and Setup Modules 3.1 How Forms Affect Print Jobs 3.2 Creating Form Definitions 3.2.1 Defining Forms 3.3 Using Forms in Print Jobs 3.4 Using Setup Modules in Print Jobs 4 Using Layup to Modify Printed Documents 4.1 Specifying Layup Options in Print Jobs 4.1.1 Specifying Layup in the Print Job 4.1.2 Specifying Margin Alternation 4.1.3 Specifying and Omitting Borders 4.1.4 Specifying the First Page Spot to Use 4.1.5 Specifying the Page Grid 4.1.6 Specifying Sheet Margins 4.1.7 Specifying the Order of Page Spots to Use 4.1.8 Specifying the Number of Pages to Print on Each Side of a Sheet 4.2 Creating Layup Definition Files 4.2.1 Sample Layup Definition Files 4.3 Layup Error Notification 5 Printing Different Types of Files 5.1 Printing PostScript Files 5.1.1 Printing Jobs with Multiple PostScript Files 5.1.2 Solving PostScript File Printing Problems 5.2 Printing ANSI Files 5.2.1 Printing Multiple ANSI Files in a Print Job 5.2.2 Emulating ANSI Printers 5.2.3 Processing Tabs in ANSI Files 5.2.4 Emulating Printer Font Cartridges 5.3 Printing PCL Files 5.3.1 How to Modify the Default State of the PCL Translator 5.3.2 PCL Translator Front Panel Mode Escape Sequence 5.3.3 Specifying the Page Size for PCL Print Jobs 5.3.4 Specifying the Input Tray for PCL Print Jobs 5.3.5 Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Print Jobs 5.3.5.1 Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Setup Modules 5.3.5.2 Including Font and Macro Files in PCL Print Jobs 5.4 Printing Proprinter Files 5.4.1 Modifying the Default State of the Proprinter Translator 5.4.2 Specifying the Page Size for Proprinter Print Jobs 5.4.3 Specifying the Input Tray for Proprinter Print Jobs 5.4.4 Including Soft Fonts in Proprinter Print Jobs 5.5 Printing DDIF Bitonal Image Files 5.6 Printing ReGIS Files 5.7 Printing TEKTRONIX Files 6 Controlling Print Jobs 6.1 Displaying Print Jobs 6.2 Displaying Print Queues 6.3 Deleting the Print Job 6.4 Modifying the Print Job 7 Additional Character Encodings 7.1 Available Encoding Vectors 7.2 Examples of Encoding Vectors 7.3 Using the Additional Encodings 7.4 Including the DECMCS Encoding Module in a Print Job 7.5 Defining ISO Latin-1 for Third-Party Printers 8 Error Handler 8.1 Including the Error Handler in a Print Job 8.2 Error Handler Effect on the PostScript Environment 8.3 Error Handler Output 8.4 PostScript Data Output Format 8.5 Error Handler Example 8.6 Determining Where the Error Occurred 9 Solving Printing Problems 9.1 Displaying and Saving Error Messages 9.2 Interpreting Messages 9.2.1 PostScript Errors 9.2.2 DECprint Supervisor Messages 9.2.3 Solving PrintServer Supporting Host Software Problems 9.3 Getting Help Online A System Messages and Error Recovery A.1 System Messages Overview A.1.1 Message Format A.1.2 Severity Level A.2 Message Descriptions BAD_DATA TYPE, Unexpected data type ~ at line ~ in DCPS$FILE_EXTENSION_DATA_TYPE file . . . CANTUSETRN, Translator from \P CFGERROR, configuration error: invalidmediumcode - offending command is ~ . . . DISABLED, PrintServer is currently disabl DPLXNOSUP, ~ does not support duplex printing . . . FONTNOTFOUND, Font \noexpand@M not found FPGGTPPS, First page > pages per sheet. First page set to 1. . . . INTERNAL_ERROR, Internal error ~ detected, cannot cont INTERUPT, Interrupt: The job has been interrupted . . . IOERROR, System I/O error occurred - offending command is ~ ITCOPN, Print engine paper input tray cover is open . . . LOGWRITERR, Write error on log file ~ LOSTPATH, The current path may have been lost . . . LRJNOSERVICE, No such service LRJNOSTART, Session cannot be started . . . NOFONTLIBR, Font library ~ not found NOINPTRAY, INPUT_TRAY selection not supported for ~ . . . OUTTRAYMISMATCH, Printer \noexpand@M output tray setting does no PAPERJAM, Paper jam, job put on hold . . . RANGECHK, rangecheck: Argument out of bounds - offending command is ~ REQMANFEED, Request manual feed of ~ . . . TIMOUT, timeout: Time limit exceeded TNREND, Print Engine toner supply is exhausted . . . UNDEF, undefined: Name not known - offending command is ~ UNDEFRES, undefinedresult: Number overflow or underflow - offending command is ~ . . . UNSUP_USER_AUTOTYPE, \noexpand@M A USERDATA ~ . . . ZEROAREA, Layup definition margins result in no usable sheet area A.3 Layup Definition (BADLAYDEF) Messages Bad form for margin values . . . Page count must be less than 100 Unrecognized keyword ~ . . . Unrecognized option \noexpand@M B PRINT Command Qualifiers C PRINT Command Parameters C.1 PRINT Parameters C.2 Syntax for PRINT Parameters C.3 Order of Defaulting for Parameters D SoftFonts Kits for Emulating LN03 Font Cartridges E Ordering Additional Documentation Glossary ANSI . . . DCPS-OPEN DCPS-PLUS . . . file extension file separation pages . . . job separation pages landscape orientation . . . portrait orientation positional qualifier . . . ReGIS file serial printer . . . verso page