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G Separation pages are sheets that show where a user's print job or each > file in a print job begins and ends. Separation pages include:
F A job flag page looks like a job burst page without the border around A the page. A job trailer page looks like a job flag page with the F message "END OF JOB" printed at the top and with additional E information listed for the job (for example, when it finished, which C PRINT qualifiers and parameters were used, and how many pages were F printed). File separation pages are differentiated from each other in G an analagous fashion, and from job separation pages by the presence of E file-specific information (for example, the file specification, file size, and modification time).
H You can enable separation pages for print jobs and each file in a print ) job. The following sections show you how.
j 6.2 Enabling Job Separation Pages
G Job separation pages keep print jobs s separate. Figure 6-1 shows one type of job separation page---a job burst page.
, Figure 6-1 A Job Burst Page
; You enable and disable job separation pages by editing the ? DCPS$STARTUP.COM file; the user cannot override these settings.
D Enter the /SEPARATE qualifier to parameter 5 in the execution queue ) entry in DCPS$STARTUP.COM, as shown here:
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" 1 @sys$startup:dcps$execution_queue - J DCPS_TTB4 - ! P1 - Execution queue name : "SERIAL/TTB4" - ! P2 - Device name H DCPS_LIB - ! P3 - Logical name for /LIBRARY G "" - ! P4 - Default queue parameters - "/SEPARATE=(BURST,NOFLAG,TRAILER)" G ! P5 - Default queue qualifiers |
Notes:
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" U $ SET QUEUE /SEPARATE=(BURST,NOFLAG,TRAILER) queue-name |
E If the print job contains errors, the trailer page includes messages E that can help the user determine what went wrong with the print job. ) Following are examples of these messages:
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" J 28-JUN-2005 11:03 %DCPS-I-TRAYSUBST, Output will be delivered to the & only tray on printer-name H 28-JUN-2005 11:03 %DCPS-W-INVACC, invalidaccess: Attempt to access ? restricted object or capability - offending command is get |
E These types of messages are also displayed on the user's terminal if = /NOTIFY was specified in the PRINT command for the print job.
H The following types of messages are not printed on the job trailer page:
H DCPS normally prints a job trailer page if errors occur during the job, even if /SEPARATE=TRAILER„ is not specified for the queue, as mentioned in sections Section 6.2 ˆ and Section 6.2.1. This behavior may be undesireable when printing on D expensive media, especially if the reported errors are unimportant.
G To prevent DCPS from printing job trailers, even when errors occur for 2 the job, define the following system-wide logical:
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" d $ DEFINE /EXECUTIVE_MODE /SYSTEM DCPS$queue-name_SUPPRESS_JOBTRAILER 1 |
D Running DCPS this way makes it much more difficult to diagnose real F problems when they arise. If you are getting nuisance error messages, B HP recommends that you resolve the underlying problem rather than ! suppressing the messages. |
? When users print jobs on expensive or special media, it may be G desirable to print job burst and flag pages from a special input tray. E This technique is also useful for specifying a different color paper for separating print jobs.
F You may specify a special input tray for job flag pages and job burst 9 pages. Define a logical name using the following command:
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" h $ DEFINE /EXECUTIVE_MODE /SYSTEM DCPS$queue-name_SEPARATOR_TRAY n |
H In this command, queue-name is the name of the execution queue E and n is the PostScript input tray number. The tray numbers E are specific to your printer model and may be listed in your printer H owner's manual. This feature may not work with all printers, especially ? newer models and those that do not select input trays with the : PostScript Level 1 setpapertray operator.
| Table 6-1 shows the values for HP, Compaq and DIGITAL printers.
| Printer | Tray | &Tray Number |
|---|---|---|
| HP LaserJet (most models) | tray 1 (multipurpose) | 3 |
| tray 2 | 0 | |
| tray 3 | 1 | |
| tray 4 | 4 or 5 | |
| tray 5 | 6 | |
| envelope feeder | 6 | |
| Compaq Laser Printer LN16 | upper | 0 |
| lower | 1 | |
| multipurpose | 3 | |
| ) Compaq Laser Printer LN32 and LNM40 | multipurpose | 0 |
| tray 1 | 1 | |
| tray 2 | 2 | |
| tray 3 | 3 | |
| tray 4 | 4 | |
| tray 5 | 5 | |
| envelope feeder | 6 | |
| , Compaq and DIGITAL Laser Printer LNC02 | upper | 1 |
| lower | 5 | |
| DEClaser 1150 and 1152 | multipurpose | 0 |
| cassette | 1 | |
| DEClaser 2150 and 2250 | manual feed | 0 |
| lower | 1 | |
| upper | 2 | |
| envelope feeder | 3 | |
| DEClaser 3250 | multipurpose | 0 |
| upper | 1 | |
| lower | 2 | |
| high capacity feeder | 3 | |
| DEClaser 3500 | upper | 0 |
| lower | 2 | |
| multipurpose | 3 | |
| DEClaser 5100 | multipurpose | 0 |
| upper | 1 | |
| lower | 2 | |
| DIGITAL Colorwriter 1000 | upper | 0 |
| lower | 1 | |
| + DIGITAL Colorwriter LSR 2000 and 2000 + | upper | 1 |
| lower | 2 | |
| * DIGITAL Laser Printer LN15 and LN15+ | upper | 0 |
| lower | 1 | |
| multipurpose | 3 | |
| . DIGITAL LN17ps and Laser Printer LN17+ps | main | 0 |
| multipurpose | 1 | |
| lower 1 | 2 | |
| lower 2 | 3 | |
| envelope feeder | 4 | |
| DIGITAL Laser Printer LN20 | multipurpose | 1 |
| upper | 2 | |
| lower | 5 | |
| DIGITAL Laser Printer LN40 | upper | 1 |
| middle | 2 | |
| lower | 3 | |
| LCIT | 5 | |
| ' DIGITAL PrintServer 17 and 17/600 | upper | 1 |
| lower | 2 | |
| $ DIGITAL PrintServer 20, 32, 32 plus and 40 | upper | 1 |
| lower | 2 | |
| LCIT | 3 |
4 File separation pages separate the p files in the print job. Figure 6-2 shows an example of a file flag page.
, Figure 6-2 A File Flag Page
: To enable default file separation pages, do the following:
H Users can override the default file flag, burst, and trailer attributes F for a queue by specifying the /[NO]FLAG, /[NO]BURST, and /[NO]TRAILER qualifiers in the PRINT command.
E In the following example, each file in the job will be preceded by a 3 file flag page and followed by a file trailer page:
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" N $ PRINT /FLAG=ALL /TRAILER=ALL FILE1.PS,FILE2.PS,FILE3.PS |
D If the PAGE_LIMIT parameter is used in the PRINT command, or if the F print job is terminated, the file flag page and file trailer page may not be printed. |
E You can add a system message to the top of job and file burst, flag, E and trailer pages for all jobs printed on your system. The following example shows you how:
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" \ $ DEFINE /EXECUTIVE_MODE /SYSTEM PSM$ANNOUNCE "Computer Services Group" |
< The example shows that the logical name PSM$ANNOUNCE is now $ "Computer Services Group".
H The PSM$ANNOUNCE logical is used by other print symbionts (for example, < LATSYM) as well as by the DCPS symbiont. Your definition of < PSM$ANNOUNCE will also affect these other symbionts. |
= DCPS provides default support for systems with Extended File = Specifications, including ODS-5 volumes and deep directories.
C Any file in any directory on an ODS-5 volume can be printed. Since H files on ODS-5 volumes may have long directory and file names, the name A may be truncated on file separator pages and in the heading when H printing with the LIST translator. If the file name is truncated, it is $ so indicated with an ellipsis (...). Y 6.6 Requesting Job Log Pages
E A job log page is an optional sheet with information about the print A job and any messages that occurred during the print job. Use the G MESSAGES=PRINT parameter in the PRINT command to print a job log page. E When printed, the job log page precedes the job trailer page. If you F are not printing job trailer pages, the job log page is the last page of a job. W 6.7 The File Error Page
G If the software cannot access the print file when the print job starts G printing, a file error page is printed and the software continues with ( the next file in the print job (if any).
7 The file error page contains the following information:
A A setup module is a file containing instructions that modify the H appearance of a print job or redefine the instructions in the print job.
G You can include a setup module in a print job with the PRINT command's A /SETUP qualifier. The following example uses a setup module that - specifies 600 dots-per-inch (DPI) resolution:
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" L $ PRINT /QUEUE=LPS32$2SIDES /SETUP=RES_600X600 IMAGE.PS |
E You can also implicitly include setup modules in a print job through S the use of a form (see Chapter 8). [ 7.2 Locating Setup Modules
@ DCPS ships with various setup modules, which are located in the ! following device control library:
SYS$LIBRARY:DCPS$DEVCTL.TLB
5 To list the setup modules, use the following command:
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" B $ LIBRARY /LIST /TEXT SYS$LIBRARY:DCPS$DEVCTL |
= The list of setup modules displays, similar to the following:
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" DCW1000_DISPLAY DCW1000_ENHANCED DCW1000_HIGHRES LPS$$APPLE360_INITPSDEVICE LPS$$APPLE360_SETINPUTTRAY RES_1200X1200 RES_1200X600 |
F Do not modify any of the setup modules or the device control library. |
F Some setup modules are created only for certain printers. Those setup H modules have the printer name as part of their file name. For instance, C the setup module DL3500_RET_DARK is intended for the DEClaser 3500 printer.
C Do not change the contents of the standard supplied device control library. |
G Custom setup modules go in special device control libraries, which are E required to be .TLB (text library) files located in SYS$LIBRARY. The E following command lists all of the text libraries in SYS$LIBRARY. To D determine what subset of these are special device control libraries E used with DCPS, correlate the .TLB file names with the libraries and E library search lists associated with the /LIBRARY qualifier for your system's DCPS print queues.
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" 2 $ DIRECTORY SYS$LIBRARY:*.TLB |
G To see the instructions that a setup module contains, do the following:
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" [ $ LIBRARY /EXTRACT=DI_ON /OUTPUT=MYSETUP /TEXT SYS$LIBRARY:DCPS$DEVCTL |
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" ' $ TYPE MYSETUP.TXT |
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" %! " % ~~~~~~~~~~ DI_on ~~~~~~~~~~ + statusdict begin false setDECimage end ? systemdict /languagelevel known {languagelevel} {1} ifelse 2 2 ge {currentpagedevice /Install get exec} if * statusdict begin true setDECimage end " % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
F Some setup modules contain escape sequences or graphics, which cannot G be displayed when you type the file. For such modules, you may wish to ; use the DUMP /RECORD command on the extracted file. |
H You can create setup modules that affect print jobs with different data C types. Some setup modules manipulate ANSI print jobs, while others G affect PostScript jobs. You can create setup modules for any data type you support.
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