Re: ACE and HP4 printers

> We have recently added a HP 4 printer to our SCO box running Informix. > Unfortunately, I am at my WITS END (an admittedly short trip for moi) > trying to get my ACE reports to plop out on the HP with the page framing > right. First page is ok, next page is off a bit, and the next etc... James, I do not print my reports on our HP4, and have noticed, like you, some of the same problems. Usually I send printer output through the pr filter with the option -f (man: "Use form feed character), e.g. pr -f myace.report | lp -d HP assuming you have one. I don't think good ole "ACE" (what a misnomer!) uses form feeds. Note that with pr you can also set your page length. You might also want to play around with you HP printer configuration - on my system it's in /usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces/<name of your printer file>. Copy this to your testbed directory, use it as a script to test the different settings. (And of course, read the HP manual for more interesting info about printer control codes.) Hope this helps for starters, Yours, ********************************* Nick Nobbe, Library of Congress NLS/BPH Off: (202) 707-0548 Fax: (202) 707-0711 mail: nnob@loc.gov *********************************