Re: attached laser printer

[Terrence Enger <tenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 05:52 -0800, jim t wrote:
> I am having the same type of issues but cannot get the printer to rotate to landscape when using MFRTYPMDL(*LEXOPTRAC). Any idea how to do that?

Jim,

The parameter is PAGRTT().  If memory serves, PAGRTT(*AUTO) and
PAGRTT(90) work for letter paper and PAGRTT(0) works for legal paper.
Or maybe it is the other way around.

(I have to write from memory because I did not make it to my customer
site today--too much ice.)

Cheers,
Terry.

> Thanks
> Jim
>
>
> --- On Wed, 12/10/08, Terrence Enger <tenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Terrence Enger <tenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: attached laser printer
> > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 6:39 PM
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have a Sharp MX5500N attached to a V5R4 system.  It is
> > working
> > somewhat with Client Access printer emulation as
> > MFRTYPMDL(*LEXOPTRAC),
> > and I presume that this is the way to handle the printer. 
> > Can somebody
> > comfirm this presumption?
> >
> > I know of two remaining challenges:  printouts on legal
> > paper lose some
> > lines off the top of the page, and I need letter paper
> > paper to be
> > 3-hole punched.  
> >
> > Will somebody be good enough to point me to what I should
> > do or read?  I
> > have in the past occasionally hacked a workstation
> > customization object,
> > but I suspect that I am missing something.  Surely these
> > requirements
> > are entirely routine, are they not?
> >
> > I have a vague memory of seeing a simple suggestion here
> > for avoiding
> > the forms-mount inquiry message for laser printers, but I
> > cannot find it
> > now.  Any hints?
> >
> > Thank you, all, for your attention.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Terry.