Technical data

For an HP LaserJet 4M Plus, you should create a setup module that contains:
TRN$XLATE_DICT begin
/settoptray { statusdict begin 3 setpapertray end } def
/setbottomtray { statusdict begin 0 setpapertray end } def
/setlcittray { statusdict begin 1 setpapertray end } def
end
PostScript tray numbers are documented in the DECprint Supervisor for
OpenVMS User’s Guide.
2.7 AppleTalk Queues Do Not Start or Jobs Remain in Starting
State
The first print queue in the process to use AppleTalk fails with the following error
and the queue does not start:
%DCPS-W-ATK_FOR_VMS, Error connecting to AppleTalk for VMS driver
If other queues using the AppleTalk interconnect are started on that same
process this error is not reported. These queues will start, but jobs on these
queues remain in the ‘‘starting’’ state.
If a queue using the AppleTalk interconnect is started before the AppleTalk
network software is running, then the queue might start but will not be
functional. This occurs when DCPS is running as a multistreamed symbiont and
another print queue is running in the same process.
To recover from such an error, stop all queues supported by any currently running
symbiont processes that have detected that the AppleTalk network software is
not running (one error message is generated per symbiont process). Restart the
AppleTalk software and the queues.
To avoid this problem, run the AppleTalk network software before starting any
DCPS print queues.
2.8 Some Printers Do Not Send Status Messages to the Host
Some PostScript printers, because of their internal architecture, report status
information only to the printer console and not to the host system with which
they are communicating. As a result, DCPS is not aware of some status
conditions (for example, paper out, paper jam, page too complex, cover open, etc.)
and cannot report them to you. Instead, the DCPS queue will enter the Stalled
state if DCPS subsequently attempts to communicate with the printer. This
subsequent attempt may come during the same job that first experienced the
problem or in a later one.
The following is a list of some of the printers which exhibit this behavior:
- DEClaser 5100 printer
- LN17ps printer
- some HP LaserJet III and IV printers (but not the HP LaserJet III with the
HP PostScript-Plus Level 2 cartridge or the HP LaserJet IIISi if jam recovery
is disabled)
DCPS Restrictions 2–3