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PCL 5 AND PJL SUPPORT IN SCRIPTSERVER®

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ScriptServer for OpenVMS version 5.0 supports the Hewlett-Packard PCL5 language and Printer Job Language (PJL). ScriptServer will attempt to determine what level of PCL/PJL support your printer is capable of handling, however, you may need to define a logical to explicitly define the PCL level:

  $ DEFINE/SYSTEM SSV$device_PCL_SUPPORT level

where "level" is one of the following options:

Level	Description	Applicable Printers
FULL	For printers that support all PJL commands.	HP LaserJet 4 Series HP LaserJet 5 Series
LIMITED	This level only supports the ENTER LANGUAGE and COMMENT PJL commands.	HP LaserJet 3si QMS printers IBM/Lexmark printers
NOPJL	No PJL commands are sent to the printer. Flag and Trailer pages are not supported in this level.	Various older model printers
NONE	PCL5 not available on this printer.	Apple LaserWriter Series

If this logical is defined to any level except NONE, or if ScriptServer has automatically determined that PCL is available on a printer, characteristic 4 will be set on that queue. If characteristic 4 is not set on the queue, ScriptServer will be unable to process PCL files properly.

PCL-Only Printers

If your printer doesn't have a PostScript interpreter, and ScriptServer cannot conduct a dialogue (no backchannel), you will need to define a logical to explicitly disable the printing of PostScript files on that printer. Define the logical as follows:

  $ DEFINE/SYSTEM SSV$device_POSTSCRIPT_SUPPORT FALSE

This will also disable characteristics 8 and 9 on that queue. Please note that the Script Menu and Script Command will not work on a PCL-onlyprinter.

Note: ScriptServer logicals can be placed in the configuration file SCRIPTSERVER:SSV$CONFIG.SSV instead of defining them in the SYSTEM table.

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