[14281] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.7P: xess
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alexp@MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 2 17:06:08 1996
From: alexp@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 17:06:02 -0500
To: schiu@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU
Cc: alexp@MIT.EDU, bmurphy@MIT.EDU
Hi,
I'm looking into your bug report about printing from Xess. I haven't heard
any other reports of Xess printing problems and it seems to work fine on
printers in E40. I agree that the installation of a new printer is a likely
suspect. A couple of questions that might help us narrow this down:
Are you seeing this printing problem from Xess just on this one printer
or on other printers (old or new)?
Does the problem show up when you use other computers in the same cluster?
On the printer where the problem shows up- do applications other than Xess
cause printing problems? If so, which ones? Do the symptoms look the same
if the problem does show up in other applications?
I am cc'ing this to one of the cluster managers who will look into it
further.
Alex Prengel, Jr.
Academic Computing Support Team
Software Acquisition Coordinator
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>Subject: decmips 7.7P: xess
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>System name: m38-370-12
>Type and version: KN02ca 7.7P
>Display type: PMAG-DV
>
>What were you trying to do?
> print the postcript output to printer from xess(3).
>
>What's wrong:
> can't print to printer: postscript or txt format.
> it prints only empty pages with a small box on the upper left corner.
> if highlight some cells, will print extra spaces and pages.
>
>What should have happened:
> should just print from the menu after setting up "print as ..."
> (to printer, of course).
> it used to work just fine when I used "Print as ..." and "Print" from
> the file menu. but now it doesn't. I suspect that the new printer
> HP LaserJet 5 Si/MX is not compatible.
>
>Please describe any relevant documentation references:
> add xess; xess filename.xs3 &
>
>
