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From: jhurwit@netcom.com (Jeffrey Hurwit)
Subject: Alternative to ansi printing
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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 04:00:45 GMT
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For whatever this is worth to anyone... It'll probably work on
other host systems, bus since Unix is what I'm familiar with...
I got the idea while reading through some of the documentation for
MS-Kermit 3.14 BETA that ansi printing does no packet checking, but
simply switches output from your screen to your printer. If you
have a modern error-correcting modem, this is probably fine, but if
your modem is old (like mine) and lacks that feature, there is the
potential for characters to be lost, bursts of line noise showing
up in your printout, etc. If you're using MS-Kermit 3.13 or later
as your comm program, you can use it with C-Kermit (preferably
5A(190)) to print with full error correction. Pipe whatever you
want printed into this:
/usr/5bin/echo '\033_rec\033\\\c'; kermit -s - -a PRN
The echo command simulates an apc command to MS-Kermit (kermit -C
"apc rec" doesn't work; check your man page for echo to make sure
it supports the special functions), which puts MSK into receive
mode (be sure you have apc on-- SET TERM APC ON). The options for
C-Kermit tell it to send from the standard input (from a pipe), and
send it as PRN. MS-Kermit will accept PRN as a valid name; MS-DOS
will send it to your printer.
Jeff