Q:
I have a preprinted form I need to use with my printer. How do my operators know when to change the form and what form to put on the printer?
A:
Power Queue for Printers (PQP) keeps track of the form currently loaded on the printer and only prints reports that match the form currently mounted, if one is specified. If PQP sees a report with a different form than the one on the printer, PQP waits to print until the correct form is loaded. The operator should issue the PQP MOUNT command to communicate to PQP that a new form is mounted. As soon as the MOUNT command is issued, PQP prints any reports matching the newly mounted form.
Q:
Does PQP support FCBs?
A:
Yes, for reports specifying an FCB name, the FCB is retrieved from IJSYSRS.SYSLIB or another production library. The FCB image information is used to format the report before it is sent to the printer.
Q:
How do you dynamically change the page orientation to portrait or landscape?
A:
Create a "setup module", a set of printer escape codes (PCL, Postscript, etc.) in an assembler module. If you only need to change the orientation, you may use one we provide in the product, HP2P for portrait or HP2L for landscape. Add this name to the destination definition on option 2 from the PQP main menu. "S"elect the printer and add this name for the parameter "Setup".
Any acceptable printer escape sequences can be used in the setup module. If you need to change other items such as fonts, margins, or lines per page, create a new setup module with these codes using the samples in your PQP library (HP2P, HP2L, etc.) as a model, assemble it and link into the PQP phase library.
Q:
I have a large report printing and need to restart it from a particular page. How do I do this with PQP?
A:
First, issue the LIBQ command from the PQP command line. Find the job name you wish to restart. Make note of "No." and "Printer" in the first and second columns of the display. Issue the following command to restart:
RESTART #,page where # is the "No." of the report from the LIBQ display and page is the page number from which you wish to resume printing.
By default, TCP/IP printers automatically restart printing from the first page of the report. VTAM printers restart printing from the last page printed.
Q:
How do I setup PQP to interface with Rochester Software Associates (RSA)?
A:
First, you must be at PQP 2.0 with fix 2.0.16 applied. Set the destination parameters as follows:
SETUP= (blank)
TRT=0
WIDTH=000
RAW=4
Q:
We have a Solimar server and want to setup PQP to send data to it. How do we set up PQP to accomplish this?
A:
First, you must be at PQP 2.0 with fix 2.0.16 applied. Set the destination parameters as follows:
SETUP= (blank)
TRT=0
WIDTH=000
RAW=7
Q:
I need to print to a Xerox printer with LCDS. How do I setup PQP for this?
A:
First, you must be at PQP 2.0 with fix 2.0.16 applied. Set the destination parameters as follows:
SETUP= (blank)
TRT=0
WIDTH=000
RAW=9
