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Printer Issues
This is how printing is handled by the library
functions. You need not follow this method except where it is
imbedded in SuperLib metafunctions.
The function SLS_PRN() is a SET/RETRIEVE function
which sets and retrieves the default printer port as a string
with the default as "LPT1". This function may be called with any
valid printer port name as a parameter to set a new printer port
for SuperLib usage.
Valid values are "LPT1", "LPT2", "LPT3", "COM1",
"COM2" - anything you could issue a SET PRINTER TO
<cPort> with.
Another SET/RETRIEVE function - SLS_PRNC() - points
to the setting which determines if the printer port will be
checked for readiness before printing. Passing it a False causes
it to not check the printer before printing - handy in some
network situations.
At print time, LPT* ports are checked for readiness
via the P_READY() function. (COM ports are not checked for
readiness.) However, if SLS_PRNC() has been passed a .f., no
check for readiness is done.
P_READY() uses the .ASM function ISPRN() to check for
readiness.
If the port is not ready, the user is given
the option to: Try Again
Ignore the Warning
Select a Different Printer Port
Abort the print request
If Abort is selected, P_READY() returns false.
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