Printing from VMS to digital unix. Form Feed is lost.

From: H. Blakely Williford <blakew_at_fullerbrush.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 15:33:46 -0600

Hello World!

I have a odd printing problem on a remote du printer queue.

When printing du -> VMS the print jobs come out fine.
When printing VMS -> du via ucx the form feed is lost.

Native du files print fine.
Native VMS print jobs print fine on the VMS printers.

If a file is created in VMS and ftp'ed to the du side, then printed form feed
is still gone.

The only difference that I can find is the files that are created on the VMS
system have <newline>^L. Where the du files have ^L at the end of the line
and then start the next line right after the ^L.

The printcap entry on the du system is...

lp19|19|alfred:\
        :if=/usr/lbin/lg02of:\
        :lf=/usr/adm/lp19err:\
        :lp=/dev/lp0:\
        :mx#0:\
        :of=/usr/lbin/lg02of:\
        :pl#66:\
        :pw#132:\
        :sd=/usr/spool/lpd19:\
        :xf=/usr/lbin/xf:

the printer is a Mannesmann Tally MT691.

Thank you for your time.
--
H. Blakely Williford            | Men never do evil so completely & cheerfully
Systems Programer/Administrator | as when they do it with religious conviction.
The Fuller Brush Company        |                               - Blaise Pascal
Received on Fri Jan 09 1998 - 22:31:52 NZDT

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