dsar00
08-05-2005, 07:31 AM
Hi All,
We are trying to print a report in Duplex mode. We print the reports from a mainframe program called QMF (Query Management Facility) that is used to create a report with data extracted from DB2 database.
The output from QMF directly goes to the printer. There is a programmer-introduced PCL stream at the beginning of the report that QMF creates, so these get sent along with the report. A blank page is printed at the beginning of the report. We are using HP9050 and HP4250 printers.
The puzzling thing is that the blank page is printed only when printed on HP printers. It does not appear when printed on PCL supported non-HP printers like Lexmark and Xerox. Any idea if there are any printer settings which makes this difference?
ASA Printer control code 1 makes it skip to a new page.This is how the data stream looks like.
1 E %-12345X
%-12345X E
&a1G
&l1S
(0N (s0p13.7h8.5v0s0b0T &l1O
&l8.0C
&a6L &l1E
1
TOP 40 ITEMS SHIPPED THIS WEEK
CDID S CD# DESCRIPTION PACK SIZE
---- - --------- ---------------------------------------- ---- ------
SHAW V 72014199 SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION C 1 138 PC
MDRN V 72014199 MIDNIGHT RUN C 1 138 PC
TWIF V 72014204 TOWERING INFERNO H 1 94 PC
...
...
Thank You in advance.
DSAR00
We are trying to print a report in Duplex mode. We print the reports from a mainframe program called QMF (Query Management Facility) that is used to create a report with data extracted from DB2 database.
The output from QMF directly goes to the printer. There is a programmer-introduced PCL stream at the beginning of the report that QMF creates, so these get sent along with the report. A blank page is printed at the beginning of the report. We are using HP9050 and HP4250 printers.
The puzzling thing is that the blank page is printed only when printed on HP printers. It does not appear when printed on PCL supported non-HP printers like Lexmark and Xerox. Any idea if there are any printer settings which makes this difference?
ASA Printer control code 1 makes it skip to a new page.This is how the data stream looks like.
1 E %-12345X
%-12345X E
&a1G
&l1S
(0N (s0p13.7h8.5v0s0b0T &l1O
&l8.0C
&a6L &l1E
1
TOP 40 ITEMS SHIPPED THIS WEEK
CDID S CD# DESCRIPTION PACK SIZE
---- - --------- ---------------------------------------- ---- ------
SHAW V 72014199 SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION C 1 138 PC
MDRN V 72014199 MIDNIGHT RUN C 1 138 PC
TWIF V 72014204 TOWERING INFERNO H 1 94 PC
...
...
Thank You in advance.
DSAR00