Windows 10 SCO Filepro issue

[Rod Caddy]

On 10/26/2018 12:51 AM, Brian White via Filepro-list wrote:
>> I'm not talking about windows print screen, I'm talking about Hardcopy
>> in filePro.
>>
> I don't know why hardcopy would be any different than any other printing
> from fp.
>
> You also said something about a unix spool not passthrough print. If the
> default printer in pfconfig is a unix lp command, then I don't see how the
> server knows or cares what os the desktop is running.
>
> I think the setup is not described in enough detail.
>
> Log in from one of the win7 machines where printing works, and from the
> win10 machine where printing doesn't work.
>
> Run "set |sort |less" on each. (if you don't have less installed, then
> capture and view any other way. pg, more, vi/view etc...)
>
> Anything different that could affect printing? There are env variables that
> affect both the spooler and fp's notions of default printer destination, or
> could inadvertantly affect printing in some indirect way like, totally
> contrived example:
>
> The env is set up to do passthrough after all, PFPT=on (or true or
> whatever), and your fp/termcap has a scoansi entry that includes PN & PS,
> abd only the scoansi entry has it, and TERM or PFTERM is set to scoansi on
> most desks, but it's set to something else like xterm on the new desk.
>
> It's not literally exactly that, because the break key would not be Del,
> and you couldn't miss that. It's an example only.
>
> Are you logging in as the same user on both working and non-working desks?
> There is a gotcha with sco osr5 printing where a newly added user might not
> have permission to use the printing system at all until you manually add
> them in scoadm (or figure out how the default got changed and change it
> back, I forget the details myself)
>
> It could be anything, until you describe the setup more, to remove some of
> the infinite possibilities.
>
> Follow the trail from fp yo the printer. What is fp going to try to do when
> you say Y to hardcopy? You have to look at all fp env vars to determine
> that. For instance, the PFCONFIG var, if it exists, says where to load the
> fp config file from, which may override the file pointed to by fppath vars.
> So, it's possible for two different desks to load two entirely different
> config fles, which may contain 2 entirely different sets of pfprinter and
> other variables.
>
> Now you hopefully know what fp should try to do, next depends on what that
> was. Was pfprinter the same fp printer name like printer1 on both? Was the
> definition of printer1 the same on both? was PFPT either on or off or
> absent the same on both? Was the defintion of printer1 a normal valid lp
> command line? Can you successfully use that same lp command, as that same
> user, from a shell prompt, on both?
>
Thank you Brian.  You have given me some new thoughts to pursue.  You 
have hit the nail on the head, I can't fathom why hardcopy is not 
working. It simply makes no sense.  I am going to the client's location 
today and will report back.  Thank you all again for your input.

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