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11 Troubleshooting Procedures
11.1 What to Do if a Serial Printer Is Not Printing ............... 11–1
11.1.1 What to Do if a Locally-Connected Serial Printer Will Not
Start Printing . ................................... 11–2
11.1.2 What to Do if a Locally-Connected Serial Printer Has
Stopped Printing .................................. 11–5
11.1.3 What to Do if a LAT Printer Is Not Printing . . . .......... 11–7
11.1.3.1 How to Determine Which Host Controls the Printer . . . . 11–7
11.1.3.2 How to Troubleshoot Printer Communications
Problems . . ................................... 11–11
11.1.3.3 Common LAT Error Messages . . ................... 11–11
11.1.4 How to Eliminate Excess Login Dialog on Serial Printers . . . 11–13
11.2 What to Do if a PrintServer Printer Is Not Printing .......... 11–14
11.3 What to Do if Printing Is Slower than Expected . . . .......... 11–15
11.4 What to Do if Layup Definition Files Are Not Found .......... 11–16
11.5 What to Do if Files Are Printed with Unexpected Results ...... 11–16
11.5.1 What to Do if Default Queue Parameters Are Not
Effective ......................................... 11–16
11.5.2 What to Do if a File Data Type Is Not Recognized ......... 11–17
A Printing System Management Commands
A.1 Overview of Management Commands . . ................... A–1
A.2 Use of SET PRINTER with DCPS ....................... A–3
B Logical Names used by DCPS
C Downloading and Deleting Fonts
D DECprint Supervisor (DCPS) and DECprint Printing Services
Software (CPS)
D.1 DCPS/CPS Coexistence ................................ D–1
D.2 Printer Support . . . ................................... D–1
D.3 DCPS$ Prefix ........................................ D–1
D.4 Startup File Converter ................................. D–2
D.5 Eliminating Generic Queues . ........................... D–3
D.6 Page Scaling ........................................ D–3
D.7 Layup for PS Level 2 Printers & Layup Fixes ............... D–3
D.8 Layup Options on PRINT Command Line .................. D–3
D.9 Page Sizes .......................................... D–4
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