Local Printing To PC or Thin Client - Final Resolution

[Brian K. White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:54 PM
Subject: Local Printing To PC or Thin Client - Final Resolution


I posted a problem today that has been resolved. As I normally do I provide 
the resolution for everyone else's use.

Problem: I needed to print to a local printer attached to either a PC or a 
Wyse Thin Client. I am on AIX Unix. When using -PT or Printer Local I had 
problems printing. Either the job did not print or the print job got hung up 
and had to be forced (where it didn't look great.). The PN and PS codes were 
in TERMCAP.

Resolution: You have to create your own PN and PS codes in the document 
setup in Filepro with the following:

Initialize Print Code: $1b [5i      (PN)
Terminator Print Code: $1b [4i   (PS)

Obviously, the foregoing codes must be placed in the printer definition that 
you are using. You are creating your own PN and PS codes.

This method is much faster than using -PT or Printer Local and much more 
efficient.

Again, thanks to all those that responded.

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Have you actually *tried* that?

Generally, "the right way" is not the right way for years and years for no 
reason and you or I will think up something better in a day.

If you run a report, and it uses the above print code table, then all the 
record-by record screen updating that fp does while the report is 
printing.... winds up in the prin job!

You might not notice this with single page forms issued from clerk because 
the way clerk prints a form might _just happen_ to not send any data to the 
screen while the form command is executing.  That doesn't save you from 
getting a "Do it right or at least please know what you are doing before 
suggesting others do it wrong" however.

Brian K. White  --  brian at aljex.com  --  http://www.aljex.com/bkw/
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