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With HP IIID And HP 3000 Mainframe - Extra Fo
DocumentID: 645867
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:09 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A user wants to remove all form feeds when printing to an HP LaserJet IIID driver because an extra form feed is sent when printing. One important note to keep in mind is that print jobs first go through an HP 3000 mainframe before actually reaching the HP IIID. Solutions: The customer narrowed down the problem that caused the mainframe to send an extra form feed to four codes. Four codes were being sent at the end of the print job which caused the problem: orientation code, paper size code, bin code, and reset code. The customer had already tried answering YES to Suppress Top Of Form and had tried removing the reset command from WordPerfect's driver ([27]"E"). The customer was able to eliminate the first three problems areas (codes as mentioned above), by removing the Reset variable WordPerfect sends at the end of the print job. Therefore, the customer made the following modifications to his printer ALL file:

1.      Retrieve the .ALL file in PTR program and select the printer.
2.      Select Initialize and Reset.
3.      Remove the code in the Expression Box at the right of Initialize at Start of Print Job.

So the user can control the form feed sent down, he deleted the code to the right of Reset at End of Page. He also moved the form feed code ([12]) to Initialize at Start of Page and placed an IF statement that said: IF(PAGE==1) ELSE [12] ENDIF. This keeps the form feed from being sent on the first and last page. There was only one code left that he found, which was causing a problem; the bin was being reset to bin 1 at the end of the print job. This was corrected by moving the code found in the sheet feeder definition to the Initialize at Start of page. This can be done by completing the following steps:

1.      After retrieving the .ALL file in the PTR program, press Shift-F8 (Sheet feeders).
2.      Press Enter on the sheet feeder, and press Enter on Print Command Strings.
3.      Press Enter on Select Bin to move into the expression box.
4.      Press Ctrl-F5, 2, (this is to text out the code as a file).
5.      Press Ctrl-End to remove the code.
6.      Exit back to the sheet feeder definitions and Press F8 (Printers).
7.      Select the HP printer.
8.      Select Initialize and Reset, and press Enter on Initialize at Start of page.
9.      Move to the end of the string and press Ctrl-F5 and 1 to input the sheet feeder codes.
10.      Exit, save, and replace.
11.      Update printer in WordPerfect (Shift-F7, S, U) and reselect the sheet feeder.

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