SCO Unix unable to print hardcopy from Filepro

[GCC Consulting]

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> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Rod Caddy
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:10 AM
> To: Filepro-List
> Subject: OT: SCO Unix unable to print hardcopy from Filepro
> 
> Here is my problem.  I have a client with SCO Unix and 
> Filepro 4.5.8.  In January we replaced all of their terminals 
> with pc's.  All of the printers that were in the network were 
> put on print servers because when we replaced the terminals 
> they had a physical device that acted like a print server or 
> port.  Everything has worked fine, other than the normal 
> glitchy things that come up in a major change over.  We do 
> have one odd problem however.  There are multiple Filepro 
> files that exchange information back and forth.  There is one 
> file that the customer does a hardcopy of the screen to place 
> it in the file for the customer.  This particular hardcopy 
> does not print.  It goes to the spooler but it does not 
> print.  Other files will spool out and then print, even if 
> there are spooled hardcopies from the one that will not 
> print.  I have run setperms early on, before I realized that 
> the hardcopies were making it to the spooler.   Any help 
> would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> Rod Caddy
> Pro-Set Systems	
> rcaddy at pro-set.com
> http://www.pro-set.com
> http://www.towtruck2000.com
> 
Do you have the environmental variable PFHCFF=ON set? This forces the page to
"eject" after H is pressed.  The job may be hanging up in that it opened the
print job (in the spooler) but never closed it to print.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting