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A4 paper, printer device control forms?

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The Question is:

 
MY PROBLEM IS WE HAVE 2 APPLICATION RUNNING ON A CLUSTER. THE PROBLEM IS AROUND
 PRINTING FILES
TO A4 PAPER FROM LA210 ,LA310 PRINTERS
 
ONE OF THE APPLICATION PRINTS 80 CHARACTERS WIDE AND THE OTHER 132 CHARACTERS
 WHICH WHILE PRINTING ON A4 IT WRAPS AROUND.
 
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN SET UP A DEVICE CONTROL
LIBRARY WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO DO THIS.
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  It would initially appear that the printer itself, the serial line,
  the print form, or the application is using a different setting for
  the printer.  (Unfortunately, without rather more information on the
  configuration, no specific answer is possible.)
 
  That said, topics (4222), (5995) and (6233) will also be of interest.
 
  Use the SHOW TERMINAL or SHOW PRINTER command to check the communications
  configuration and settings, and SHOW QUEUE and the commands in the
  above-referenced topics to check the print queue and the print queue
  forms.  Check the printer configuration itself -- as a very simple test
  (and assuming compatible connections), swap the two printers and see if
  the page configuration stays with the communications line or if it moves
  with the printer.
 
  Here is an example device control sequence which sets various ANSI PPL
  printers to 6.7 point size, 16 cpi, 6 lines per inch.
 
        {esc}[15m{esc}[4w{esc}[1z
 
  This particular sequence results in 132*62 portrait printing.  When
  setting up the printer, the page length is set (only) via the print
  form, and you will likely want to use /NOFEED.
 
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 13-JUN-2001 )
     
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