Re: Specs for what MFRTYPMDL(*IBM42011) supports

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
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