Printronix P5000LJ user manual Stair-stepped Output, No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out

Stair-stepped Output

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.

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