Re: RSX11 print queue question

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From: "Bruce R. Mitchell / WNIMHACK%WS...
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 1990 09:32

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The RSX spoolers can indeed be selective about what characters are passed
through to printers, and in some cases will even truncate lines containing
"control" characters (ie, character codes less than 40 octal).
 
I have successfully avoided this problem in the past by -
 
(1) not spooling the printer in question,
(2) slight modifications to the print spooler - source is provided on
    the RSX distribution kit,
(3) using the DEC-supplied escape sequence support (documented in the
    build command file LPPxxxBLD.CMD) for DEC printers
 
For a "foreign" printer, if the text has many embedded escape sequences,
the best bet is probably (2).  It really ain't that tough.  Look in
JBINI.MAC and the flow of control proceeds from there in a straightforward
fashion.

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