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From: jhoward@helps.cactus.org (James Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Attached printers over modems
Message-ID: <1145@helps.cactus.org>
Date: 29 May 91 14:40:58 GMT
References: <9u5g34w164w@cccbbs.UUCP>
Organization: Howard Electronic Laboratories Products & Services, Austin, TX
Lines: 88

In article <9u5g34w164w@cccbbs.UUCP> dpavey@cccbbs.UUCP (doug pavey) writes:
>Does anyone have an idea of how one might be able to setup a printer
>on a unix system such that a remote user, calling in over a modem can
>print on his local printer?
>...

Here is the shell script used here.  We only have VT100 terminals calling.
You could use if statements based on the "$TERM" to select the correct
strings to use the local printer.

Also following is an old artical on the same subject.

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:
echo "\033[5i\c"
if [ $# -ge 1 ]
then
	files="$*"
	for file in $files
	do
		cat "$file" 2>&1
		echo "\014\c"
	done
else
	cat -
	echo "\014\c"
fi
echo "\033[4i\c"
sleep 1
exit 0
#
# Clarence A Dold - dold@tsmiti.Convergent.COM		(408) 434-5293
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# 
# Article 1588 of comp.unix.xenix:
# From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
# Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
# Subject: Re: LOCAL PRINTING (LPRINT) UNDER XENIX -  NEED HELP!
# Message-ID: <699@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
# Date: 19 May 89 16:11:46 GMT
# References: <133@tdl.UUCP>
# Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
# Lines: 68
# 
# in article <133@tdl.UUCP>, raulin@tdl.UUCP (Raulin Olivera) says:
# 
# > In article <2446@rencon.UUCP>, gary@rencon.UUCP (Gary Falsken) writes:
# >> I have 5 modem lines coming into my 386 system with users calling in from
# >> other locations using MS-DOS based equipment and Procomm Plus as the 
# >> terminal emulator.  These users want to be able to print files out on their 
# >> local printers.  SCO says I should use a program called lprint.  I looked
# 
# > do the same thing.  Lprint didn't tell me much.  I imagine that you
# > can write your own interface script to send whatever codes necessary
# > to get remote printing to work.  The problem as I see it is that any
# > codes sent will be intercepted by Procomm while in terminal mode.  I 
# 
# The codes that cause a vt100 terminal to turn on printing to a second
# serial port are recognized both by MS-DOS Kermit and ProComm.  In both
# cases, it causes print to go to PRN:, which is normally a parallel printer.
#  
# You can either have someone use 'local' instead of 'lp' as their print
# program: ( local /etc/passwd ), or you can install an lp printer
# using an interface that sends the same codes, and -v set to each of
# the available ports.
# The 'lp' method is pretty ugly but it works.  /etc/profile could then set 
# LPDEST to some printer name, based on the terminal line in use.
# You can't use '/dev/tty', since the lp spooler has no attached tty.
# This method is really only for programs hard-coded to drive lp.
# Any configurable program should be set up to use 'local', or whatever
# you might call it.
# 
# If you are using some smart XENIX serial port board, there are ways
# to do simultaneous print, this shell script freezes the terminal until
# printing is done.
#
# For a terminal or emulator understands ansi local print controls.
# see pg 29 of TERMINFO(4) in CTIX Version C manual for detail.
# Media copy strings for ansi:
# mc5i - echo "\033[5i\c" - print without displaying to screen
# mc4  - echo "\033[4\c"  - turn off local print
# presumably 'tput mc5i' would work in place of the echo strings below.

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