HP DECprint Supervisor (DCPS) for OpenVMS
User's Guide

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Printing Files
1.1	Overview
1.2	Selecting a Data Type
1.3	Printing Two-Sided Documents
1.4	Specifying Landscape and Portrait Orientation
1.5	Specifying Multiple Copies
1.6	Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet
1.7	Printing a Range of Pages
1.8	Delays in Deleting an Entry or Stopping a Queue
1.9	File Formats
Chapter 2
2	Modifying Print Jobs and Displaying the Status of Print Jobs and Queues
2.1	Displaying Print Jobs
2.2	Displaying Print Queues
2.3	Deleting a Print Job
2.4	Modifying a Print Job
Chapter 3
3	Specifying Input and Output Trays
3.1	Selecting the Input Tray
3.1.1	Specifying the Type of Media
3.1.1.1	Selecting by Page and Sheet Size
3.1.1.2	Selecting by Media Type
3.1.2	Selecting Manual Feed
3.1.3	Using the Envelope Feeder
3.2	Selecting the Output Tray
3.2.1	Manually Selecting Output Trays
Chapter 4
4	Printing PostScript Files
4.1	Printing Jobs with Multiple PostScript Files
4.2	Printing Files that Contain Text and PostScript
4.3	Printing Files Created on Other Operating Systems
4.4	Creating Printer-Specific PostScript Documents
4.5	Creating Portable PostScript Documents
4.6	Resolving Unrecognized PostScript Operator Errors
4.7	Using Example Files to Suppress PostScript Operators
4.7.1	Suppressing PostScript Operators on Desktop Printers
4.7.2	Suppressing PostScript Operators on PrintServer Printers
Chapter 5
5	Printing ANSI Files
5.1	Printing Multiple ANSI Files in a Print Job
5.2	Emulating ANSI Printers
5.3	Processing Tabs in ANSI Files
5.4	Emulating Printer Font Cartridges
5.5	Using PostScript Operators to Change Trays
5.6	Using ANSI Sequences to Print Duplex or Simplex
5.7	The LIST Data Type and Translator
5.8	Printing the Euro Symbol
Chapter 6
6	Printing DDIF Image Files Using the Image Interpreter
6.1	Improvements to Image Printing
6.2	Examples of Printing Image Files
Chapter 7
7	Printing PCL Files
7.1	How PCL Files Are Printed
7.2	Processing Files in Native PCL Mode
7.2.1	PRINT Parameters that Prevent Native PCL Usage
7.3	Processing Files with the PCL Translator
7.3.1	Using Print Parameters to Modify PCL Print Jobs
7.3.1.1	Using the PAGE_SIZE Parameter
7.3.1.2	Print Parameters Ignored for Native PCL
7.3.2	Using Escape Sequences to Modify PCL Print Jobs
7.3.3	Using a Setup Module
7.3.4	How the PCL Translator Differs from that in the LaserJet IID Printer
7.4	Changing the Input Tray
7.5	Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Print Jobs
7.5.1	Including Soft Fonts and Macros in PCL Setup Modules
7.5.2	Including Font and Macro Files in PCL Print Jobs
7.6	PC Driver Settings to Avoid Problems with PJL and TBCP
7.6.1	Description of PJL and TBCP
7.6.2	Steps to Prevent Problems with DECprint Supervisor
7.6.2.1	Preventing Problems with PostScript
7.6.2.2	Problems with PCL
7.7	Interaction Between Native PCL Printing and Automatic DATA_TYPE Detection
7.8	Native PCL Mode Concatenates Files
Chapter 8
8	Printing Proprinter Files
8.1	Proprinter Translator Versus the Proprinter Printer
8.2	How DECprint Supervisor Recognizes Proprinter Files
8.3	Modifying the Default State of the Proprinter Translator
8.3.1	Creating a Setup Module for Proprinter Commands
8.4	Changing the Printable Area
8.4.1	Proprinter Files That Do Not Fit on the Page
8.4.2	Specifying the Page Size for Proprinter Print Jobs
8.5	Specifying the Input Tray for Proprinter Print Jobs
8.6	Including Soft Fonts in Proprinter Print Jobs
Chapter 9
9	Using the List Data Type
9.1	Using the List Data Type
9.2	Using OpenVMS Forms with the List Data Type
Chapter 10
10	Using Advanced Page Layouts
10.1	Printing Two-Sided Documents
10.2	Specifying Landscape and Tumble Printing
10.3	Specifying Multiple PostScript Files in Duplex Print Jobs
10.4	Specifying the Physical Sheet Size
10.5	Printing Multiple Pages on Each Side of the Sheet
10.5.1	Using NUMBER_UP with Input Tray Selection Operators
10.5.2	Using NUMBER_UP with Page Orientation
10.5.3	Using NUMBER_UP with Multiple Files
10.6	Printing a Range of Pages
10.6.1	Using PAGE_LIMIT with Multiple Copies
10.6.2	Restarting Interrupted Print Jobs
10.6.3	Using PAGE_LIMIT on Two-Sided Print Jobs
10.7	Specifying the Logical Page Size
10.8	Changing the Size of the Printed Page
10.8.1	Automatic Scaling When Queue Has PAGE_SIZE and SHEET_SIZE Parameters