Folks, Thanks everyone for the help. I found a local site using UV under win 2000 and they made me aware of this issue i.e. you can only print to printers locally defined on the Universe server.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron White Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [U2] Printer problems on UV PE under Windows XP Eric, Unless something has changed in release 10 that I do not know about, UniVerse NT will not allow a network path for printers. Any printer that UniVerse needs to address must be set up locally on the server that UniVerse sits on. Then SETPTR will find the printer provided there are no spaces in the name. You can have a printer named NORCON but not \\NORCON-DEV\NORCON. Only printers you can see when you type in SPOOL -LIST can be used in SETPTR. Ron White Eric Limbeek wrote: >Jerry, > >I have a printer on XP called NORCRON which is the >\\norcron-dev\NORCRON printer, however, in the SPOOL -LIST in universe, >it shows as \\NORCRON-DEV\NORCRON ... NOT just NORCRON. >Eric > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker >Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:50 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [U2] Printer problems on UV PE under Windows XP > >You cannot use the full pathname in the setptr command only the name >set up for the printer in XP under printers and faxes. That name must >have no spaces in it and, if I remember correctly, a maximum of 8 characters. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Eric Limbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:02 AM >Subject: RE: [U2] Printer problems on UV PE under Windows XP > > >Bruce, > >Thanks for the input. >The printer name does not have a space in it - it's a network printer >called \\norcron-dev\NORCRON ... >The setptr does not accept this name >Eric > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Nichol >Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [U2] Printer problems on UV PE under Windows XP > >We'll try again..... > >Too much of a hurry to get to the first "cuppa" for the day.... > >At 08:01 09/10/05 +1000, I wrote: > > >>Goo'day, >> >>At 10:10 08/10/05 -0400, you wrote: >> >> >> >>>Folks, >>> >>>I've been struggling to set up a printer. After much tweaking and >>>twiddling, I finally can actually see the printer in U2ADMIN, but >>>still can't seem to get anything to print to it. >>> >>> >>There'd have to be thousands of "printer won't"'s in the archive.... >>probably too many..... >> >>From the top: >> >>The first thing is.... >>Does the printer "name" have a space in it? UV doesn't like that...... >> >> > > >As it is UV we're dealing with here, UVDEFAULT is probably the "best" >name for a printer, providing, of course, (a) you don't already have a >UVDEFAULT printer and (b) you don't mind this printer being UV's "default" printer. > > > > >>Secondly... >>You have a SETPTR somewhere where you're actually *starting* the >>printer, don't you? >> >> > >The SETPTR is a UniVerse verb > > >If it's one of the "el cheapo" "jet" printers - or, actually, any "jet" >printer - don't expect it to do any fancy printing: Under UV all you >can get out of those sort of printers is a subset of PCL3... no lines, >ergo, no boxes, very limited fonts, if any.......About all you can get >is some, very few, of the "normal" PCL stuff: IIRC you can go >landscape/portrait and with the SETPTR GUI option you can set the font >"FONTNAME Courier New" and size "FONTSIZE 8" to permit using an A4 >sheet landscape, with small print, to emulate a 15x11" sheet... > >SETPTR 0,,,,,,AT UVDEFAULT,GUI, FONTNAME Courier New,FONTSIZE >8 should get you somewhere. Provided you've named your printer >UVDEFAULT. If you get sick of being prompted about setting the printer >to:..... you can add a ,BRIEF to the above command > > > > > >>What sort of printer? UV or UD? >> >> > >Sorry about that.... Too early in the morning.... > > > > > > >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/124 - Release Date: >>07/10/05 >>------- >>u2-users mailing list >>[email protected] >>To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/124 - Release Date: >>07/10/05 >> >> > >Regards, > >Bruce Nichol >Talon Computer Services >ALBURY NSW 2640 >Australia > >http://www.taloncs.com.au > >Tel: +61 (0)411149636 >Fax: +61 (0)260232119 > >If it ain't broke, fix it till it is! > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/124 - Release Date: >07/10/05 >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
