Jonathan,
The solution depends partly on what printer(s) you have now and what printer
you want to use for this purpose.
There are a number of paper stackers, some with staplers, for various HP and
other mfg's printers. If you have a printer that has a stapler, or to which
you can add a stapler, that may be your best solution.
If not, you can consider buying a printer with a stapler or a multi-function
device (printer, copier, faxer, etc.) with a stapler.
Caution: There is one very significant difference between most laser
printers (eg HP Laser Jet) and most (if not all) MFD's ( eg. Printronix,
Canon, Lexmark that I know of):
***** The MFD's all reset themselves to their default configuration after
*each* print program ***********
That means that you can execute a program that prints a PCL sequence to the
MFD and the MFD will be configured accordingly until that program ends.
But, after your PCL program ends, the MFD return to its default
configuration.
That means that all printing must be done from within the same program that
sends the PCL string.
If you execute one program to configure the MFD and then another
program/proc/tcl command string to actually genertate the print job - forget
it. Your printer will have reset itself to its default configuration before
you execute your print job!
Therefore, if you choose to use a MFD that resets itself automatically, you
must do two things:
1. Use the OPEN option in UD or the KEEP option in UV in your the SETPTR
command so that you can integrate two print jobs into one print entry.
2 Run the PCL program immediately before the print program each time you
execute it so that the output of both programs will end up in this sequence
in one print entry that is sent to your MFD.
Unless you have to have an MFD, I believe that your simplest solution is a
Laser Jet printer with a stapler attached to it.
In both cases, you will find that the stapler staples all the pages printed
in conjunction with each print job sent to the printer, so you can control
what gets stapled by controlling the contents of each print job - even if
that means counting pages in the print program to decide when to end one
print job and begin the next.
Once you've selected an approach, let me know if you have any other
questions.
hth,
Dave
Dave Taylor
Sysmark Information Systems, Inc.
Authorized IBM Business Partner
49 Aspen Way
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
(O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275)
(F) 310-377-3550
(C) 310-561-5200
www.sysmarkinfo.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Leckie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:07 AM
Subject: [U2] Stapling a unix print job
Not directly related to U2 but perhaps someone has experience of this. I
have large print run that we would like to staple in sections (varying
numbers of pages per section, possibly different numbers of sections per
run). Can this be done without too much trouble from a UNIBASIC programme
using PCL codes? Can anyone recommend a printer with which they have had
success?
The print run programme calls a series of report writer reports that print
the data, though I can get them to output to a text file on the server if
required.
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