RE: WSCST object with HP5si problems

[<BVStone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did find a partial fix for this problem after calling IBM.  For the
Manufacture model I was stating *WSCST.  IBM directed me to use the
model number here because when you use *WSCST it thinks the printer is a
line printer.  I wasn't aware that you could specify a WSCST without
using *WSCST in the model number, but it worked great.

Now the only problem is figuring out how to fix the LPI or line spacing.
But, someone is on the phone with IBM right now.

Bradley V. Stone        
bvstone@taylorcorp.com
http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/
"Don't forget that tangy zip, that mmmm... miricle whip.... don't skip
the zip"

        ----Original Message-----
        From:   BVStone@Taylorcorp.com [SMTP:BVStone@Taylorcorp.com]
        Sent:   Wednesday, February 11, 1998 11:21 AM
        To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        RE: WSCST object with HP5si problems

        It does work in all other aspects.  I have been playing around
with
        sending PCL to it with the WSCST.  It still seems to always want
to pull
        from the 11x17 even though I tell it in the escape codes that
when the
        printer output is 10cpi to use letter.  Since I tried that it
pulls
        11x17 and formats the data to fit proportionally to the way it
did
        on8.5x11 (right side and bottom have large blank areas.)

        I guess I will have to call HP to get the printer codes and make
sure
        I'm sending the right ones.  I haven't yet seen printer codes
for the
        11x17 tray in their documentation.

        Bradley V. Stone        
        bvstone@taylorcorp.com
        http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/
        "Don't forget that tangy zip, that mmmm... miricle whip....
don't skip
        the zip"

                ---Original Message-----
                From:   Peter Coffin [SMTP:phcoffin@us.ibm.com]
                Sent:   Wednesday, February 11, 1998 9:01 AM
                To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
                Subject:        Re: WSCST object with HP5si problems

                Bradley writes:

                > The problem is no matter what I change or don't change
in the
                > Workstation Customization object, it always seems to
want to
        pull from
                > tray 3 which is an 11x17 paper source.  Even if I copy
the
        WSCST object
                > as HP5si (which it was set up as) and not make any
changes, it
        still
                > grabs the paper from tray 3.  If I don't specify a
WSCST
        object and
                > printer as *HP5si, it grabs from the right tray
(8.5x11) but
        it doesn't
                > fill the whole page, which brings me back to the root
of the
        problem.

                Try hooking the printer to another machine (like a PC)
and see
        if you
                can print from another tray. I had a devil of a time
with a
        second hand
                4029 until I realized that it wasn't being wrongly told
to feed
        only from
                the top tray, but rather than the feed roller in the
bottom was
        too worn
                to reliably pick up a sheet and the printer was giving
up and
        trying
                the other tray in desperation. If you can get it to work
        properly off a
                PC, then try it again on the AS/400 (without turning the
printer
        off,
                if possible, to avoid resetting the thing if the PC
driver
        rearranged
                some settings).

                Peter H. Coffin
                phcoffin@us.ibm.com
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