Printronix P5000LJ Series - Manual (Page 203)

Stair-stepped Output
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Stair-stepped Output
Stair-stepped output is print which starts at the top left of the page but every
line thereafter starts a little further over to the right. It also refers to Unix jobs
that print one line of text at the top of a page followed by a series of blank
pages.
This kind of output happens only with Unix text jobs if carriage return insertion
is not incorporated into the print setup. The printer may be told to do a
linefeed but the Unix job does not specify anything about a carriage return to
follow this.
To fix this, carriage return insertion must be enabled somewhere in the print
setup. The easiest and most common location is on the NIC itself within the
appropriate model. The feature is called
onlcr and the command syntax is:
set model modelname stty onlcr
save
For example, if printing to the destination d1prn, the associated model is m1 .
Therefore, the command is:
set model m1 stty onlcr
save
No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out
Unix text jobs may also have problems outputting the last page of a job
especially when the BSD Remote (LPD) print method is used. This means the
form feed button has to be pressed on the printer to get this last page out.
To make this process automatic, tell the NIC to handle this task by setting this
feature “on” in the appropriate model. The command syntax is:
set model modelname trailer $FF
save
For example, if printing to the destination d2prn, the associated model is m2 .
Therefore, the command is:
set model m2 trailer $FF
save
For default destination model mappings of the NIC, please see “NIC Naming
Schemes” on page 264.