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Sorry about that spelling error, I was unhooked on phonics.... "Shaw, David" wrote: > > Hey, y'all! > > We have a big, ugly Xerox printer (a 4850, if that means anything to anyone) > which we print special forms jobs on, using proprietary Xerox $#!+ to > specify the form overlays. We just switched from using it with a local > twinax connection into their box to a remote TCP/IP Ethernet connection, > which involved changing from a device description which specified 5225 > emulation to a remote output queue using Host Print Transform, a custom > *WSCST, and MFRTYPMDL(*IBM42011). Now we're having problems printing our > purchase orders. The print file for these is defined as Length 88 and > Overflow 80. We have a total line that is supposed to print on line 70, but > for some reason the thing is inserting a form feed and printing the total up > high on the second page. One hypothesis we have is that a real IBM 42011 > might not be able to print past line 66 or so, and that Host Print Transform > is trying to be helpful by plugging in an extra form feed. However, I have > no clue how to find out if that's true, other than asking here. > > Please note that we're talking to Xerox about this, but they don't seem to > have done this kind of thing very often before. I get the feeling that > we're guinea pigs, and that they don't know much more than we do. I would > love to be able to say "Let's change the MFRTYPMDL to *xxxxxxxx" and have it > work. Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance! > > Dave Shaw > Spartan International, Inc. > Spartanburg, SC > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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