Re: Printer behavior on UNIX

[Franck Masson <franck.masson@SQRIBE.COM>]

Check your printer filter on AIX.
This filter have to do nothing : no formating,
check the configuration in SMIT and find the option to sent the file as
raw data.
I have no AIX machine so i can not provide you more usefull
configuration.

Franck,

John Milardovic wrote:
>
> System 1
>         Win NT
>         ORACLE 8.*
>         SQR402
>         HPLASERJET 4PLUS
>
> System 2
>         AIX UNIX
>         ORACLE 8.*
>         SQR402
>         HPLASERJET 4PLUS
>
> I've got a problem that my tech guys can't handle and I'm hoping someone on
> the list has an answer for although I'm pretty sure it is a printer
> driver/setup related issue.
>
> I have an HP formatted lis file that prints fine when printed from NT but
> seems to prematurely "wrap" certain lines when printing from AIX.  For
> example I have dashed lines above and below a subtotal figure -> the dashed
> line above the number is broken when printed with the last 4 dashes being
> printed as if it encountered a linefeed BUT the dashed line below the figure
> prints fine (same length and column start position).  Another example I have
> a title in the form of "For the Period Mon-DD-YYYY to Mon-DD-YYYY" that is
> centered in the heading -> when printing the report in UNIX  the last digit
> of the second year gets wrapped.
>
> I've done an octal dump and there are no funny characters present in the
> file.
>
> Any ideas.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> John Milardovic