SCO and passthrough print.

[William J. McEachran]

Thanks to those that replied here and privately ... you got me thinking.

I connected to a 2nd SCO box that I've got access to -- and managed to get
basic passthru printing working from the command line in filepro.
I couldn't get that far on the box I was working on .... so something is
mis-configured on my target machine.

I'll figure out what happened and report back.

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On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Bob Rasmussen <ras at anzio.com> wrote:

> 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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