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In article <1992Aug19.215730.2379@alf.pec.co.nz>, paula@alf.pec.co.nz (Paul Andrew) writes:
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>... Problems printing to appletalk network via sun deleted ...
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> Unfortunately our LPD host is a VAX running PC/TCP and the LPD has
> almost no options.  You either run it or you don't.  Our problem is
> that the LPD insists on printing a banner to the postscript printer,
> in text rather than postscript (the VAX doesn't seem to know about
> postscript).  The postscript printer tosses the job and no print out
> appears.

How can a VAX run PC/TCP ? Have FTP software made TCP/IP package for VAX
also ? If you're talking about _PC_ running FTP software's LPD then according
to their newest "Newsletter" the version 1.02 of LPD (will be released soon)
will support queues w/o banner page. However, with current release (1.01) you
can also configure it in such a way that the banner page does not harm the
PostScript interpreter.

If you run LPD on your VAX then you might want to try Multinet TCP/IP from
TGV. Send mail sales@tgv.com or get more info from tgv.com by using
anonymous ftp.

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> What we do to fix this is print to a file on the OS/2 machine and
> insert a CTRL-D in the front of the file.  This finishes the faulty
> banner job and allows my print job to go through.
> 
> Ironically, the same problem that makes Microsoft Word fail on your
> system - makes it work on mine.  Because Word puts a CTRL-D in for
> me, the file will get through our VAX's brain dead banner printing.
> 
> If anyone has any ideas on how to remove the banner from a VAX LPD or
> how to insert a CTRL-D in front of the postscript file, please mail me
> or post.
> 

Like I said earlier, use Multinet.

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> Paul Andrew   PaulA@hal.pec.co.nz    Production Engineering (NZ) Ltd.
> Ph. +64 652 8189     (hi mom!)       P.O. Box 308, Marton, New Zealand
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> Paul Andrew   PaulA@hal.pec.co.nz    Production Engineering (NZ) Ltd.
> Ph. +64 652 8189     (hi mom!)       P.O. Box 308, Marton, New Zealand

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