Re: Print last page

[Nathan Stratton Treadway <nathant@ONTKO.COM>]

On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 03:55:58PM -0400, Sherry Jin wrote:
> The problem is resolved if I add -printer:WP into the SQR flag in config
> manager and specify file as the output destination.
>
> What happens is that whenever printer (Say LPT2) is selected as the output,
> peoplesoft generates -flpt2 into the process parameter. I believe
> "last-page" tries to generate a temp buffer file and considers lpt2 as the
> output directory/file.

Yes, you are correct: "last-pages causes SQR to generate an .SPF file, a
process which fails if you've specified -flpt2 (because lpt2.spf is an
invalid file).

The -printer:wp is probably your best workaround, though it can take a
bit of work to set up PeopleSoft to handle it.  Hopefully, later
versions of PeopleSoft will have "native" support, rather than trying to
use "-flpt2".

(Also, -printer:wp doesn't work under Windows 95 with most versions of
SQRW 3.x, which is a problem for sites who haven't upgraded yet.)

I wrote a rather lengthy document that explains this problem in more
detail (including a list of "SPF File Triggers").  See
  http://www.sqrug.com/ftp/docs/sqr-windows-printing-howto.html

                                                                Nathan
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