Using QMS-PS Printers with ESP
                                 on a
                         Banyan VINES Network


Using a QMS-PS 410, 8x5, 8x5MR or 2000 printer with ESP on a Banyan VINES
network will require custom entries into the VINES Print Services
Management program.  The speed at which spooled network jobs are sent to
the QMS-PS printer with ESP can cause the printer to remain in a
non-PostScript mode (HP-PCL) while printing PostScript files.  Inserting
prefix data for each print job will lessen the possibility of this
occurring.  

The command sequence for the PS 410/8x5/8x5MR's parallel port is

     \E\x7f0\x04statusdict begin 1 200 setemulation\x04

The command string format for the PS 410/8x5/8x5MR's serial port is

     \E\x7f0\x04statusdict begin 0 200 setemulation\x04

The command sequence for the PS 2000's parallel port is

     \E\x7f0%!\x0dstatusdict begin 1 200 setemulation\x04

The command string format for the PS 2000's serial port is

     \E\x7f0%!\x0dstatusdict begin 0 200 setemulation\x04

where           \E      =  Escape
          \x7f    =  delete
          \x04    =  ^d
          \x0d    =  <CR>

These are the steps for inserting this command:

1.      After logging into the VINES network, run the program MANAGE. 
When the menu is displayed, choose option 1 Services.  This will display
a screen of all services running on the network.  (A shortcut to this
screen is to run the program MSERVICE.)

2.      If the printer is included in the list of services, choose
'SELECT from list below', highlight the printer service, and press enter. 
(If the printer is not listed, choose 'ADD a server-based service' and
follow the instructions for adding a new service until the 'Configure
print service screen' is displayed, then skip to Step 4 for configuration
information.)

3.      After selecting the print service, choose 'CONTROL the service,'
press enter, choose 'CONFIGURE service' and press enter.

4.      The 'Configure print service' screen is displayed.  This is where
you will add the command strings for initializing the printer.  The
fields that are important to QMS-PS printers with ESP are the Banner page
prefix and suffix, the Output prefix and suffix, and the Banner page
enabled.  If Banner pages are enabled, the banner page prefix should
match the corresponding sequence for the appropriate printer and printer
port listed above and the banner page suffix should be blank.  The output
prefix should also match the corresponding sequence for the appropriate
printer and printer port listed above.  The output suffix field should
also be blank.  These fields are case sensitive so the data should be
entered exactly as it is typed above.  More information on these fields
can be found in the VINES Administrator's Reference, Chapter 8.  


5.      Press <F10> to save these changes, STOP [the] service, then START
[the] service on the 'Control A Service' screen, then press <Esc> until
you are returned to DOS.

One other change that may need to be made is to the End Spooling Delay
time count.  Under the program SETPRINT, choose the appropriate printer,
highlight Modify Printer Setup, and change the End Spooling Delay to five
seconds or less.For applications that do not end a spooled print job,
this will shorten the time delay for a spooled job to be sent to the
printer.  More information on this may be found in the VINES User's
Guide, Chapter 6.

Once these changes are made, there should be no problem with printing to
a QMS-PS printer with ESP on a Banyan VINES network.