OT - Printjob Header

system · March 28, 2002, 11:52am

Mike and everyone:

I found this page that has some good info on "How-to" for separator pages.
Kind-of an "Everything you always wanted to know about separators - but were
afraid to ask." I hope to QUICKLY be able to put together a separator page
that is easy to spot in the pile of printouts. The standard ones in windows
are pretty non-descript. If it doesn't take too long, I'll give it a try.
Knock yourselves out, if you're so inclined. -Gary

http://www.genicom.com/drivers/technotes/win/win-09.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Miles [mailto:mmiles@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 5:19 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

Gary,

They are text files, edit with Notepad, etc. They can contain PCL /
Postscript code if you want to get fancy. I have no first hand experience
in customising them. There are 3 example .SEP files in the SYSTEM32
directory that you could look at. Sounds like an interesting little
project. Much easier to setup with Novell and Banner pages.

Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Polvinale [mailto:garyp@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 27 March 2002 1:48 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

Michael,

Thanks for the clear info. Is this PCL or PJL? -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Miles [mailto:mmiles@...]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 6:06 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

A printer separator page is configured by creating a text file using a
number of special control codes. The basic format of the separator page is
as follows

$ ---- this can be any character, and must be the first character on the
first line. Choose a character not normally used to be the control
character, in this case $
$LUser Name $N ---- $L is used to display normal test until another code is
found, $N displayed the username
$L, Job Number $I ---- $I displays the job number
$E ---- $E means end of page

Other characters you can use are

$B$S ---- Turn on block character printing
$D ---- Data job printer
$F<filename> ---- A file to print
$H ---- Printer specific control code
$x ---- Where x is a number of blank lines to print
$T ---- Time job was printed
$U ---- Turns off block character printing
$Wxx ---- Width of the separator page

To configure the printer to use the separator file:

Start the Printer Control Panel Applet (Start - Settings - Printers)
Right Click on a printer and select Properties
Click the "Separator Page" button
Enter the path and file name of the separator page file and click OK
Click OK again to exit the Printer Setup

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

system · March 25, 2002, 10:19am

I'm sure there's a way to do it, but I wasn't able to figure out how. Up
till now, we haven't had to worry about individual headers for each user, on
printjobs. I need to have each person's name appear on either a separate
page at the beginning of a printjob, or at the top of the pages. It's a
mess at our shared printer, trying to sort out what belongs where. It's on
an HP JetDirect 500X print server. Can someone explain what I'm missing?
Gary Polvinale

Denton ATD

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system · March 25, 2002, 10:40am

Gary,

Try looking at the settings of the printer.
Under Properties - General Tab
Our HP5000 has a "Separator Page" setup button.

Rich

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Polvinale
To: Vantage@Yahoogroups. Com
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:17 AM
Subject: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

I'm sure there's a way to do it, but I wasn't able to figure out how. Up
till now, we haven't had to worry about individual headers for each user, on
printjobs. I need to have each person's name appear on either a separate
page at the beginning of a printjob, or at the top of the pages. It's a
mess at our shared printer, trying to sort out what belongs where. It's on
an HP JetDirect 500X print server. Can someone explain what I'm missing?
Gary Polvinale

Denton ATD

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

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system · March 25, 2002, 12:31pm

Thanks Rich. Now that I know what it's called (separator page) I found the
help on it. But the standard separator pages in windows (2000, 98 and NT)
aren't award winners. I want something that looks a little better than
that. I looked at the actual contents of the sep documents, and it looks
like they're done with PCL5. It's been way too many years since I did
anything in PCL5. Does anybody have a decent separator page already
modified, that I could change the company name on and use? Thanks. -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Shafer [mailto:rshafer@...]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:39 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

Gary,

Try looking at the settings of the printer.
Under Properties - General Tab
Our HP5000 has a "Separator Page" setup button.

Rich

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Polvinale
To: Vantage@Yahoogroups. Com
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:17 AM
Subject: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

I'm sure there's a way to do it, but I wasn't able to figure out how. Up
till now, we haven't had to worry about individual headers for each user,
on
printjobs. I need to have each person's name appear on either a separate
page at the beginning of a printjob, or at the top of the pages. It's a
mess at our shared printer, trying to sort out what belongs where. It's
on
an HP JetDirect 500X print server. Can someone explain what I'm missing?
Gary Polvinale

Denton ATD

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
ADVERTISEMENT

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

system · March 25, 2002, 12:51pm

Gary,

Try using the field Jobhead.username. We have it in the page header and
prints on page 1 of our jobs.

Jim

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gary Polvinale
> To: Vantage@Yahoogroups. Com
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:17 AM
> Subject: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header
>
>
> I'm sure there's a way to do it, but I wasn't able to figure
> out how. Up
> till now, we haven't had to worry about individual headers for
> each user,
> on
> printjobs. I need to have each person's name appear on either
> a separate
> page at the beginning of a printjob, or at the top of the pages. It's a
> mess at our shared printer, trying to sort out what belongs where. It's
> on
> an HP JetDirect 500X print server. Can someone explain what
> I'm missing?
> Gary Polvinale
>
> Denton ATD
>
>

system · March 25, 2002, 1:27pm

Jim - Are we talking apples - apples? I'm looking for something that works
for all printjobs, not just Vantage. I haven't worked with NT network
printers much, so I could be missing a lot here. -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Frice [mailto:Jim.Frice@...]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:51 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

Gary,

Try using the field Jobhead.username. We have it in the page header and
prints on page 1 of our jobs.

Jim

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gary Polvinale
> To: Vantage@Yahoogroups. Com
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:17 AM
> Subject: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header
>
>
> I'm sure there's a way to do it, but I wasn't able to figure
> out how. Up
> till now, we haven't had to worry about individual headers for
> each user,
> on
> printjobs. I need to have each person's name appear on either
> a separate
> page at the beginning of a printjob, or at the top of the pages. It's a
> mess at our shared printer, trying to sort out what belongs where. It's
> on
> an HP JetDirect 500X print server. Can someone explain what
> I'm missing?
> Gary Polvinale
>
> Denton ATD
>
>

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

system · March 25, 2002, 1:53pm

This is only for vantage. Didn't catch that you were looking for all print
jobs.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Polvinale [mailto:garyp@...]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:25 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header
>
>
> Jim - Are we talking apples - apples? I'm looking for something
> that works
> for all printjobs, not just Vantage. I haven't worked with NT network
> printers much, so I could be missing a lot here. -Gary
>

system · March 25, 2002, 2:16pm

My omission, Jim. Thanks just the same. -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Frice [mailto:Jim.Frice@...]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:53 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

This is only for vantage. Didn't catch that you were looking for all print
jobs.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Polvinale [mailto:garyp@...]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:25 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header
>
>
> Jim - Are we talking apples - apples? I'm looking for something
> that works
> for all printjobs, not just Vantage. I haven't worked with NT network
> printers much, so I could be missing a lot here. -Gary
>

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

system · March 25, 2002, 6:03pm

A printer separator page is configured by creating a text file using a
number of special control codes. The basic format of the separator page is
as follows

$ ---- this can be any character, and must be the first character on the
first line. Choose a character not normally used to be the control
character, in this case $
$LUser Name $N ---- $L is used to display normal test until another code is
found, $N displayed the username
$L, Job Number $I ---- $I displays the job number
$E ---- $E means end of page

Other characters you can use are

$B$S ---- Turn on block character printing
$D ---- Data job printer
$F<filename> ---- A file to print
$H ---- Printer specific control code
$x ---- Where x is a number of blank lines to print
$T ---- Time job was printed
$U ---- Turns off block character printing
$Wxx ---- Width of the separator page

To configure the printer to use the separator file:

Start the Printer Control Panel Applet (Start - Settings - Printers)
Right Click on a printer and select Properties
Click the "Separator Page" button
Enter the path and file name of the separator page file and click OK
Click OK again to exit the Printer Setup

system · March 26, 2002, 9:49am

Michael,

Thanks for the clear info. Is this PCL or PJL? -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Miles [mailto:mmiles@...]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 6:06 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

A printer separator page is configured by creating a text file using a
number of special control codes. The basic format of the separator page is
as follows

$ ---- this can be any character, and must be the first character on the
first line. Choose a character not normally used to be the control
character, in this case $
$LUser Name $N ---- $L is used to display normal test until another code is
found, $N displayed the username
$L, Job Number $I ---- $I displays the job number
$E ---- $E means end of page

Other characters you can use are

$B$S ---- Turn on block character printing
$D ---- Data job printer
$F<filename> ---- A file to print
$H ---- Printer specific control code
$x ---- Where x is a number of blank lines to print
$T ---- Time job was printed
$U ---- Turns off block character printing
$Wxx ---- Width of the separator page

To configure the printer to use the separator file:

Start the Printer Control Panel Applet (Start - Settings - Printers)
Right Click on a printer and select Properties
Click the "Separator Page" button
Enter the path and file name of the separator page file and click OK
Click OK again to exit the Printer Setup

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

system · March 26, 2002, 5:36pm

Gary,

They are text files, edit with Notepad, etc. They can contain PCL /
Postscript code if you want to get fancy. I have no first hand experience
in customising them. There are 3 example .SEP files in the SYSTEM32
directory that you could look at. Sounds like an interesting little
project. Much easier to setup with Novell and Banner pages.

Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Polvinale [mailto:garyp@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 27 March 2002 1:48 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

Michael,

Thanks for the clear info. Is this PCL or PJL? -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Miles [mailto:mmiles@...]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 6:06 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

A printer separator page is configured by creating a text file using a
number of special control codes. The basic format of the separator page is
as follows

$ ---- this can be any character, and must be the first character on the
first line. Choose a character not normally used to be the control
character, in this case $
$LUser Name $N ---- $L is used to display normal test until another code is
found, $N displayed the username
$L, Job Number $I ---- $I displays the job number
$E ---- $E means end of page

Other characters you can use are

$B$S ---- Turn on block character printing
$D ---- Data job printer
$F<filename> ---- A file to print
$H ---- Printer specific control code
$x ---- Where x is a number of blank lines to print
$T ---- Time job was printed
$U ---- Turns off block character printing
$Wxx ---- Width of the separator page

To configure the printer to use the separator file:

Start the Printer Control Panel Applet (Start - Settings - Printers)
Right Click on a printer and select Properties
Click the "Separator Page" button
Enter the path and file name of the separator page file and click OK
Click OK again to exit the Printer Setup

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

system · March 27, 2002, 12:02pm

Any way to turn on use of separator pages from one central place? It looks
like this has to be done on each ws. -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Miles [mailto:mmiles@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 5:19 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

Gary,

They are text files, edit with Notepad, etc. They can contain PCL /
Postscript code if you want to get fancy. I have no first hand experience
in customising them. There are 3 example .SEP files in the SYSTEM32
directory that you could look at. Sounds like an interesting little
project. Much easier to setup with Novell and Banner pages.

Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Polvinale [mailto:garyp@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 27 March 2002 1:48 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

Michael,

Thanks for the clear info. Is this PCL or PJL? -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Miles [mailto:mmiles@...]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 6:06 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - Printjob Header

A printer separator page is configured by creating a text file using a
number of special control codes. The basic format of the separator page is
as follows

$ ---- this can be any character, and must be the first character on the
first line. Choose a character not normally used to be the control
character, in this case $
$LUser Name $N ---- $L is used to display normal test until another code is
found, $N displayed the username
$L, Job Number $I ---- $I displays the job number
$E ---- $E means end of page

Other characters you can use are

$B$S ---- Turn on block character printing
$D ---- Data job printer
$F<filename> ---- A file to print
$H ---- Printer specific control code
$x ---- Where x is a number of blank lines to print
$T ---- Time job was printed
$U ---- Turns off block character printing
$Wxx ---- Width of the separator page

To configure the printer to use the separator file:

Start the Printer Control Panel Applet (Start - Settings - Printers)
Right Click on a printer and select Properties
Click the "Separator Page" button
Enter the path and file name of the separator page file and click OK
Click OK again to exit the Printer Setup

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/