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If this program is of use please register it by sending $10.00 (per
printer controlled) to
Arthur F. Tyde
487 Sherwood #104
Sausalito, CA 94965
415-241-8900
argos@crl.com
POWER PRINTER CONTROL PROGRAM 0.10
Hello All, this small program will allow a IBM LAN Server or requester to
turn a printer on when there are print jobs in a defined print queue.
A X-10 (Plug & Power) controller connected to COM2 is required. You may
edit the X10.CMD program if you want to use another COM port (see line 32
in X10.CMD)
To install, make a subdirectory called PWRPRT and copy these files into it.
To invoke this program from your servers STARTUP.CMD add the following.
CD\PWRPRT
START PWRPRT E 1 GENERICP
Where E is the module letter, and 1 is the module number (you set these on
X-10 modules) and GENERICP is the name of the queue you want to monitor.
You can have more then 1 instance of this program running if you wish to
monitor multiple queues.
If you look at PWRPRT.CMD you'll see these lines.
warmup=60 - Time to let printer warm up before
releasing the queue.
offdelay=300 - Time to wait before turning printer off
when queue is emptied.
interval=30 - How often to check the queue for jobs.
logfile='C:\PWRPRT\PWRPRT.LOG' - Where to store the log of jobs printed.
The values above are seconds. You may edit these to suit your needs. For
example, you might want to increase offdelay if you have a slow (non-RISC)
postscript printer or if your printer has a huge buffer.
Disclaimer- I offer no support for this program other then new releases
to registered users. This software is a definite first cut version so only
people familiar with REXX and OS/2 LAN Server should install this software.