Passthrough Printing on FP 4.0

[Scott Walker]

-----Original Message-----
From: John Locke [mailto:mail at freelock.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:40 AM
To: Scott Walker
Cc: Filepro_List
Subject: Re: Passthrough Printing on FP 4.0

Hi,

Scott Walker wrote:
> Do you have PN=\E[5i    and PS=\E4i
>
> Set in the termcap file for the terminal type they are using?
>
>   
These are set in /home/appl/fp/termcap. They are not set in
/etc/termcap. Should they be set there?


If you are printing from filePro than the filepro termcap setting them
in the fp termcap file should be all you need to do.

I have set the TERMCAP environment variable (in ~/.bashrc) to
/home/appl/fp/termcap. Do both of these get loaded, or just the one in
the variable?
> Also need to set PFPRTC=printer_type in the same place you are setting
> PFPT.
>
>   
Now this is a problem. Is PFPRTC available in version 4.0? If so, what
should I set it to?


Yes it's available in 4.0.  I have no idea what printer control code
table you need to use for this printer.  Which one would you use if you
were printing directly to the printer from the Linux server (ie. not
doing passthru printing?...use the same one.)


The problem is, the printer is a brand new Lexmark all-in-one unit, and
I'm having trouble finding a PPD that works for this old a version of
Linux... Is there a printer type I can set that will just let Anzio
print it using the Windows drivers?



Thanks,

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John Locke
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