Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 Express 1 (C.60.01) (30216-90286)

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Technical Articles

New NPCONFIG Variable Added to NW Spooler

By G. K. Rajani

Commercial System Division

The network (NW) spooler behaves differently from serial spooler for %2nn series CCTLs.

The new NPCONFIG item “serial_printer_simulation” is added to ﬁx this problem.

Description of the New NPCONFIG Item

If you conﬁgure “serial_printer_simulation” to true, then the NW spooler behaves the same

way as the serial spooler for CCTL %2xx series. That is, it sends LFs for %2nn series of

CCTLs.

If you conﬁgure “serial_printer_simulation” to false, then there won’t be any change in the

NW spooler’s behavior. That is, it sends <esc>&a#R. As a result, you ﬁnd CCTL %2xx

series is incompatible between the network and serial spooler. By default

“serial_printer_simulation” is set to false.

Sample NPCONFIG File

75 (network_address = 15.10.44.112

# One of the NW printer’s ip addresses

serial_printer_simulation = true)