Printer Local question - TOP POST

[Scott Walker]

Scott says:


"printer local" is listed as a valid command in both the on line fp
manual and in Laura's Help Files version 2.0.00

>From the fp manual:	


PRINTER LOCAL
	

Sends output to terminal printer. (UNIX/XENIX only)





John said:


Funny, but you've hit a weird one.  "PRINTER local" is a holdover from a
Zenix work-around for the O?S.  I don't believe it was carried through
to
Unixware.  I'm pretty sure filePro did not make it a special
undocumented
option for PRINTER. There are only the few that you know, PRINTER FILE,
PRINTER NAME... and PRINTER RESET of course.  

I'd have to think about how to do this from processing... which I
will...
nothing coming to me just now.  Is ther any chance you could put the O/S
environment variable ahead of the line which does the printing. Do this
in
your script on the menu? As in:

Printer=local;  export printer
Dreport filename blah blah...

But actually, I don't even remember if it was a variable like this or if
it
was a command... but you know this obviously. And your PN and PS must
obviously be set properly if it works the way you describe. 



Scott asked:

> 
> >From my pc connected to the unix server, I set passthrough printing
on
> with PFPT=on and set the printer type with PFPRTC=rschp3
> 
> I print a quote and it comes down the line to my pc fine.
> 
> I turn off PFPT and PFPRTC and now I try to get passthrough printing
of
> a quote from within processing...
> 
> I use the "printer local" command in processing and when I try to
print
> the quote, I get:
> 
> 	Warning.  Can't find printer 'local'
> 	Reverting to defaults
> 
> I add:
> 
>  printer type "rschp3" in processing and get the same warning message.
> 
> 
> Why is it looking for a printer named "local".  Is not "printer local"
> just a processing command to turn on Pass Through printing?
> 
> I guess I just don't understand how this is supposed to work.  Any
help
> appreciated.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Scott
> 
> Scott Walker
> RAM Systems Corp.
> ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com
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