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Hi folks,

I have a special problem:

I want to connect a QMS PS-810 PostScript printer to a VAX. Therefore
I have bought the software "Ansi-Sixel etc." from DEC which also contains
a print symbiont (=driver) for PostScript. It works fine with an original
DEC LN 03R, but connecting the QMS instead will result in - nothing is
printed.

I checked the documentation for the DEC software and found out that the
print symbiont sends a prologue to the printer everytime it has to do its
job. Within this prologue there is a check for the printer's password.

Unfortunately the QMS printer uses another password than the LN 03R.

Since I'm not very familiar with PostScript I don't know how to change
the corresponding section of the prologue. Is there anyone who can help
me?

Here is the part of the program which I want to change. Note the
"checkpassword" on line 6.
You can send the corrected code back to me, my addresses are:


->% Copyright 1988 by DEC, Maynard, Mass.
->save exch(%%[ ReturnStatus: 155 ")print dup 40 string cvs print(" ")print
->dup where{exch get/version 2 copy known{get 40 string cvs print}{pop
->pop}ifelse}{pop}ifelse(" ]%%\n)print flush restore
->% Copyright 1988 by DEC, Maynard, Mass.
->statusdict begin dup checkpassword{serverdict begin exitserver}{pop
->end(%%[ ReturnStatus: 163 ]%%\n)print flush}ifelse
->% Copyright ) 1987 by DEC, Maynard, Mass.  All rights reserved.
->lps$page-layup-dict begin flush-pages end

P.S.: The arrows are not part of the program.

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