Re: Problem printing with custom print size

[Nathan Treadway <nathant@ONTKO.COM>]

On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 12:22:46PM -0600, DarnielleC wrote:
>   declare-report check_print
>      layout=HONCHK
>      printer-type=LINEPRINTER
>   end-declare
>
[...]>
> but when I print it's a different story. I am using PeopleSoft v7.51 process
> scheduler to initiate the sqr.  When I direct the output to a file it looks
> formatted properly and works great, when I send it to our networked
> mainframe line printer I get the error message:  (SQR 6002)  Cannot open the
> printer file:  \\<server>\<printer>.spf, (2): No such file or directory.
> It's strange, in that the sqr will work fine when printing to the printer
> after I comment out the section of code above.  I do not believe that it's a
> Peoplesoft issue, I think the problem likes within the sqr.

Actually, it's the combination.  Using "declare-report" and
"declare-printer" cause SQR to try to generate an SPF file during the report
run.  PeopleSoft uses a "shortcut" to cause printing to a printer during the
run: if redirects the report to print directly to the printer using
"-f\\<server>\<printer>".  Unfortunately, SQR tries to get the SPF file name
from the named passed with -f; \\<server>/<printer>.spf is not a valid name.

If you comment out the "declare" sections, SQR does not generate an SPF and
PeopleSoft's shortcut works fine.  In order to use the "declare" sections
and print directly, you'll probably need to use "-printer:wp" instead of
the usual PeopleSoft mechanism.

See http://www.sqrug.com/ftp/docs/sqr-windows-printing-howto.html for more
info.

                                                        Nathan

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