PFPRINTER

[Brian K. White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Chasan" <joe at magnatechonline.com>
To: "Brian K. White" <brian at aljex.com>
Cc: "filePro mailing list" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: PFPRINTER


> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 06:41:40PM -0400, Brian K. White wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Joe Chasan" <joe at magnatechonline.com>
>> To: "Steven Waters" <swaters at triumphinstruments.com>
>> Cc: "Filepro List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 4:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: PFPRINTER
>>
>>
>> > On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:06:56AM -0700, Steven Waters wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >> SCO UNIX FP 5.0.14
>> >> I have been watching the "printing thru GoToMyPc" thread.
>> >> And I have a question about PFPRINTER.
>> >> I think I am looking for the proper destination command in
>> >> printer maintenance.
>> >>
>> >> If I use PFPRINTER=local export PFPRINTER
>> >> the print job prints at the console printer. The destination command
>> >> in printer maintenance looks like this
>> >>
>> >>  --Name--  --Type--  -Destination Command-  ------Comment------
>> >>  local   & hp-4000 & lp -dlocal -s        & HP-4000
>> >>
>> >> I have tried lp -L local  and lp -L spool. I can't
>> >> get the print job to print to the attached printer
>> >> with the environment set to PFPRINTER
>> >>
>> >> If I use the -PT printing works fine.
>> >> Anzio will give the message
>> >> Hit <Alt-A> to abort passthru print
>> >> Without -PT Anzio is silent and the print job
>> >> arrives at the console printer
>> >>
>> >> I am not sure if this issue is UNIX or Filepro.
>> >> Thanks for any help,
>> >> Steve
>> >
>> > if you are talking about SCO Unix/Openserver, the "-L" in the man
>> > page for lp(C) never worked, i suspect never will.
>> >
>> > you can use the keyword "LOCAL" instead of a command in printer
>> > maintenance destination command field.
>>
>> Not quite true.
>>
>> The -L option works fine.
>
> i stand corrected.  it *WAS* broken and in fact i still have the email
> from over 10 years ago when i bug-reported it to SCO and got back from
> them that it should not have been in man page because the feature was
> not working/supported.  i tested (5.07) and sure enough -L works now.
> thank you for pointing that out.  i wonder when it got fixed, i could
> have used it over the years.

I double-checked before hitting "send" on a 5.0.6 box, but it might be 
relevant that said box is patched to the gills. All the latest sco updates 
and add-on packages that can be installed on 5.0.6, it has, which brings it 
pretty close to being 5.0.6.

I just tried on a 5.0.5 box, but there are some fairly large and recent 
updates on that too, including at least 1 or 2 that were lp specific and 
some that touch a lot of things maybe including lp.

I don't have any unpatched 5.0.5 or earlier boxes out there, at least not 
ones I can get into remotely.
I have one 5.0.4 in the corner of an attic that was our own and was working 
when I shut it off several years ago and so should still work, but need a 
more pressing need or more fascinating question than this to pull it out and 
fire it up. :)

Along the way I discovered/rediscovered, lp does not look at terminfo as I 
said. It looks at termcap.
So I was right and I was wrong.

To make lp -L local work, you need to add "PN=\E[5i:PS=\E[4i:" to the last 
line in the ansi entry in /etc/termcap. (and any other entries you happen to 
use)

Sorry if anyone went and tried to follow those directions and wasted time 
wondering what they were doing wrong.
For the record, it is good to do that terminfo edit even though it turns out 
that lp -L local doesn't happen to need it.
Fact is, I always do both of these edits on all boxes. Some programs look at 
terminfo (ex: the binary program "passthru" which can be downloaded from 
anzio.com and is very handy)
and some progrms look at termcap (ex: filepro), so I update them both every 
time.

I'm sure about the directions this time, because the 5.0.5 box had neither 
the terminfo nor termcap edit. and lp didn't work. I added the terminfo 
edit, and lp continued not to work. I added the termcap edit, and lp worked.

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