**SPAM** Re: OT: SCO Unix unable to print hardcopy from Filepro

[Rod Caddy]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:25:55 -0400, Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote:
> Rod Caddy propounded (on Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 09:09:53AM -0500):
>
> | 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.
>
> Please don't post a paragraph as an entire run-on line with no CR
> or LF.
> I've reformatted it.
>
> Have you run 'lpstat -t'?

I have run "lpstat -t" and that is how I know it makes it to the spooler.
One suggestion given was to leave the screen and go back to the menu, I have tried that.

>Other files will spool out and then print, even if there are spooled hardcopies from the one that will
> | not print.
Another suggestion was to turn the variable PFHCFF=on, I have not checked this but, if other files can hard copy
do I need to set this?  I do not have a problem setting it but why would one print and the other not?


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