printing to windows spooler - width of doc problem

[Dennis Malen]

Bob,

Thanks for your reply. Am I missing something? If I can print to the printer 
through the windows print spooler aren't I home free except for my width 
problem. Isn't the only thing I need is code to place in the filePro printer 
definition that will force the printer to recognize the width I desire????

Dennis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rasmussen" <ras at anzio.com>
To: "Chad McWilliams" <chad at computiprint.com>
Cc: "'filePro mailing list'" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:06 PM
Subject: RE: printing to windows spooler - width of doc problem


> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Chad McWilliams wrote:
>
>> Getting the TCP Print Server that comes with WinXP to play nice is not a
>> problem.  Just set the following in the registry:
>>
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LPDSVC\Parameters]
>> "SimulatePassThrough"=dword:00000001
>>
>> And then windows will quit screwing with the print jobs and just pass 
>> them
>> on.  Since I found this solution, I have started printing straight to the
>> Win machines from Unix instead of using Samba to toss the print jobs.
>
> I believe Chad has found the key. If you search Microsoft's site for
> "SimulatePassThrough" you will find some background information on this
> issue.
>
> Commercial note: Instead of using Windows' LPD, you could use Print
> Wizard's LPD (PWLPD), part of Print Wizard Server Edition. It has several
> advantages:
>
> 1. It will determine automatically whether the print job contains escape
> codes.
>
> 2. If there are NO escape codes, it will auto-fit reports to the page.
>
> 3. If there ARE escape codes, it can be configured to either a) send them
> transparently to the printer, or b) parse and translate them (assuming
> they are PCL) to print on ANY printer.
>
> 4. Produce PDFs or faxes.
>
> Regards,
> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
>
> personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com
> company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com
>          voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)
>            fax: (US) 503-624-0760
>            web: http://www.anzio.com
> _______________________________________________
> Filepro-list mailing list
> Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list
>
>
>