Technical data

In the following example, there is an extra L in the argument to the second
parameter, PAGE_ORIENTATION. Therefore, the printing system ignores
the second parameter, NUMBER_UP=2. Only the first parameter, SHEET_
SIZE=B, is processed.
@sys$startup:dcps$generic_queue - ! Landscape queue
DCPS$WIDE$PRINT - ! P1 - Generic queue name
TEK4014_TTB4 - ! P2 - /GENERIC = execution queues
"SHEET_SIZE=B,PAGE_ORIENTATION=LLANDSCAPE,NUMBER_UP=2"
! P3 - Default queue parameter
! P3 - Default queue parameter
For every print job for this queue, an error message similar to the following
is displayed on the screen and printed on the job trailer page in the message
section:
10-MAR-2001 15:21 %DCPS-E-PARSYNERR, Syntax error in the /PARAMETERS
qualifier at or near PAGE_ORIENTATION=LLANDSCAPE
11.5.2 What to Do if a File Data Type Is Not Recognized
If the DECprint Supervisor software fails to determine the data type of a
print file correctly, the user can explicitly specify the DATA_TYPE parameter.
If necessary, you can set up a generic queue for specific data types. All
files printed to this queue will have the specified data type, unless the user
explicitly specifies another data type using the DATA_TYPE parameter. Users
can also specify the DATA_TYPE=AUTOMATIC parameter to explicitly specify
automatic data type detection.
The automatic data type feature examines the following to determine the data
type of the file:
1. The value of the DATA_TYPE parameter in the PRINT command
2. The queue default data type specified in the DCPS$STARTUP.COM file
3. OpenVMS file tags (for example, DDIF stored_semantics tags)
4. The contents of the file
5. The file extension
If the DECprint Supervisor software cannot determine the file data type from
these steps, the default text data type is used. If no default text data type
has been defined by the user or the system manager (see Section 4.2.2), the
file is processed as ANSI. When the default text data type is used, the text
can precede PostScript; the file is printed properly. However, the file may not
be printed properly if any more text follows the PostScript data. In this case,
it may be necessary to edit the file and print the text and PostScript data as
separate files.
Troubleshooting Procedures 11–17