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From: Bob Rasmussen <ras@anzio.com>
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Subject: Re: sco-list: Esker TUN + Transparent Printing
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On 3 Oct 2001, Topper wrote:

> ...
> Printer controller mode on = <ESC>[5i
>
> Printer controller mode off = <ESC>[4i
>
> These tested ok by running the following command:
>
> echo "\033[5i This is a print job \033[4i"
>
> Can the codes be put in the printer interface file?  If so where for
> the epson or HPlaserJet model?

You're heading in a dangerous direction. It is a mistake to try to use the
despooler system to do passthrough print, for various reasons. The most
serious is that, because the despooler runs as a separate process from the
program generating the printout, and they're both writing to the same tty
device, you'll get intermixing of printer output and screen output. In other
words, it WON'T WORK reliably.

See our web site for a thorough discussion of passthrough printing:

http://www.anzio.com/support/printguide.htm

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Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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