LU3 Printers Do Not Translate Control Characters Correctly (165428)
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This article was previously published under Q165428 SYMPTOMS
When you send a host print job that contains unprintable EBCDIC control
codes and embedded PCL commands to a LU3 printer, the job does not print
correctly. This occurs because some of the characters are not properly
translated by the SNA Server Host Print service.
NOTE: The unprintable EBCDIC control codes may not be SCS control codes.
CAUSE
The Host Print service was not translating EBCDIC and PCL control codes for
LU3 printer sessions. This was due to the fact that the Bypass GDI option
and PDF files did not work correctly for LU3 print sessions.
RESOLUTION
The Host Print service for SNA Server 3.0 has been updated to allow LU3
print sessions to correctly print jobs that contain both EBCDIC and PCL
control characters. This requires that the Bypass GDI option is selected
for the LU3 print session defined in SNA Server Manager. In addition, a PDF
file must be used for the LU3 print session. The PDF file does not require
many entries for this to work. A PDF with standard mappings for carriage
return, line feed, and so forth, will be sufficient. Because the PDF file
can be simple, it should work for most printer types and there is no need
to have different PDF files for different printers. The following is a
sample PDF file that should work in these types of environments:
Macro Definitions:
BEGIN_MACROS
LFF EQU 0A
FFF EQU 0C
CRR EQU 0D
END_MACROS
Parameter Definitions:
CARRIAGE_RETURN=CRR
NEW_LINE=CRR LFF
LINE_FEED=LFF
FORM_FEED=FFF CRR
NOTE: Please refer to Chapter 6 of the "SNA Server 3.0 Reference Guide" for
details on creating PDF files.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 3.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 U.S.
Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on
the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/23/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfix kbnetwork KB165428 |
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