SCO and passthrough print.

[Bob Rasmussen]

Bill,

While I clear the dust from my memory cells, let me ask:

1) Are you using Anzio on the other end?

2) What terminal type is Anzio emulating? VT-something or SCOANSI, I hope?

3) What happens when you try to print from FP? Nothing, or it displays on 
the screen, or what?

4) Have you tried setting PFPT on?

On Wed, 7 Mar 2018, William J. McEachran via Filepro-list wrote:

> I find myself dealing with a SCO Unix machine after a long absence.
>
> I'm trying to get passthrough printing working through filePro
> ../fp/lib/config printer configuration.
>
> I use a script pulled from Anziowin web site long ago, and I doubt I
> changed it at all.
>
> The script (I call it /usr/local/scripts/passprt):
> <<<
> #!/bin/sh
> # Anzio-ized passthrough printing.
>
> /usr/bin/printf "\034receive quiet\035"   #Eliminate remaining messages
> /usr/bin/printf "\034flushtimer 0\035"    #turn off the print flush timer
> /usr/bin/printf "\033[5i"                 #Set pass-thru print on
> /bin/cat $*
> /usr/bin/printf "\033[4i"                 #Set pass-thru print off
> /usr/bin/printf "\034flush\035"           #Print it Now!
> /usr/bin/printf "\034flushtimer 5\035"    #Reset flush time to default (cler
> k use?)
> /usr/bin/printf "\034receive quiet off\035"  #Reset transfer mode
>>>>
>
> In Linux I'd add a printer in ../fp/lib/config with a line line like:
> printer21=passthru,printwiz,| /usr/local/scripts/passprt, Passthru terminal
>
> Not working on SCO.
>
> I've checked and if I login on SCO as user filepro and do something like:
> ls -ld * | /usr/local/scripts/passprt
> I get what I want happening.
>
> How can I get similar pass through printing done in filepro on SCO?
>
> Thanks all.
>
> --
> Bill McEachran
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Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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