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Hi all:

I'm trying to resolve a print issue in HPUX.

Background:

An ascii report file was being produced by a program. It was being sent to the printer via internal commands, to wit:

let #send_status = 0
let $send_cmd = 'lp -d lp03 /ps/tmp/edsprint/eds*.N.LIS'
call system using $send_cmd #send_status WAIT
if #send_status <> 0
Show 'Error in sending Report /ps/tmp/edsprint/edsprint.N.LIS to lp03 Status = ' #send_status
else
Show 'Report /ps/tmp/edsprint/edsprint.N.PDF sent to printer lp03 '
end-if


This works fine.
The user however, wanted the additional ability to view the report in the browser, so I changed the program to produce the report as a .PDF file. The user can bring up the report in the browser OK, but the above set of commands (with the file extension of "LIS", now changed to "PDF") is sending garbage to the printer (it looks like the junk you get when you try to print something using the wrong driver). I tried different printers, but no joy.
I can ftp the file to a Win2000 box and bring it up with Acrobat reader OK and print it OK, but even using the the Unix command line to print it produces garbage.

I've been bugging our UX admin for ideas, but I'm not getting anywhere. Anyone got any suggestions?

Does the printer have postscript enabled? If not enable it... it can be done from within sam..

Yes, it's PS enabled.

does the physical printer support postscript.?

Hi all:

Well, my Ux Admin came through after all. He installed Acrobat5 (and did some tweaking - I'll post back with the details if they're relevant) and I changed the commands as follows:
Looks like it worked. Thanks for the help, guys.