Ref:  Universe/NT Ver. 10.x.

Several months ago we were faced with forms and reports where the data that
should have printed at the bottom of the page was pushed over to the top of
the next page.

We issued SETPTR commands to equate both top and bottom margins = 0 on both
print channel 0 and the print channel that we were printing on.

We created a test program to print 99 lines of data (LINE 1, LINE 2, etc.) and
found that LINE 1 started on line 4 of the paper and LINE 60 was the last line
printed leaving 3 blank lines at the bottom of the page, suggesting that the
default top margin and bottom margin settings = 3 were being imposed on the
print jobs even though the print channel margins = 0 and even though we used
the NOFMT and NODEFAULT options.

After trying all kinds of tricks, we were somehow finally able to print 66
lines of data on an 11-1/2" page at 6 lpi and 66 lpp, but we were unable to
pinpoint exactly which trick did the job.

In fact, we were able to store that 99 line print job in a file and SPOOL it
to the printer (which is our ultimate goal) and print the first 66 lines on
the first page.

The Universe server needed to be rebooted recently, and we are now back to
3-line margins, both printing direct to the printer and spooling to the
printer, inspite of what we do, including resetting the default printer
settings using SETPTR 0,85,66,0,0,1 and SETPTR,DEFAULT in the UV account.

A Support Case has been opened with IBM, but your experience may be a richer
and more readily available source of ideas and solutions.

Any suggestions will be deeply appreciated.

tia,

Dave

Dave Taylor
President
Sysmark Information Systems, Inc.
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