On 08/07/13 21:19, Bill Brutzman wrote: > Thanks to Martin, Phil, and Anthony. > > The SETPTR and then SETPTR.DEFAULT is the way to go. > > I am remembering the ugh.... when the server is reBoots... the settings > vanish. > > Of course, this LPTR command appears in a legacy script. > > Perhaps I can insert a little SETPTR 0...etc into the script so that we can > bypass the server reboot problem. > > Comments would be appreciated.
Do your users mess about at all with their printer settings? Will they get upset if this script starts messing about with their printer? If you want this printout coming out on the same printer regardless of user, I'd do a SETPTR 1... followed by a LPTR 1 Our rule was always "the user's default printer is on unit 0, and it's the one closest to their desk". Any other printer or unit was fair game for the programmer as required. Not knowing your setup, my immediate reaction would be "is tampering with the printer going to mess up stuff I don't know about", hence my preference for picking any unit OTHER than 0, and messing about with that. Cheers, Wol > > --Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Phillips > Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 2:57 PM > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse LPTR > > Hi Bill, > > It's in the UV account only. It sets the defaults by copying printer 0 > settings into shared memory. To use it, do something like > SETPTR 0,,,,,1,AT LASER > SETPTR.DEFAULT > > The problem with this is that it isn't saved between UV restarts so you may > need to set up a paragraph that runs as the machine is booted. > > > Martin Phillips > Ladybridge Systems Ltd > 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England > +44 (0)1604-709200 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman > Sent: 08 July 2013 19:47 > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse LPTR > > SETPTR.DEFAULT not in VOC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Phillips > Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 2:45 PM > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse LPTR > > Hi Bill, > > Take a look at SETPTR.DEFAULT > > > Martin Phillips > Ladybridge Systems Ltd > 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB, England > +44 (0)1604-709200 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman > Sent: 08 July 2013 19:36 > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: [U2] UniVerse LPTR > > Where can I change the default printer? We have an HP-Ux machine. > > --Bill Brutzman > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
