Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!apollo!paulsen
From: paulsen@apollo.COM (Bill Paulsen)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: VT100 with a printer
Message-ID: <3ec868b7.13cf3@apollo.COM>
Date: 30 Sep 88 20:32:00 GMT
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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I have (at home) a VT100 clone with an auxiliary RS232 port
that's connected to a printer that accepts Epson and IBM
escape sequences to get into special print modes.

It seems that when the terminal is in send to printer mode,
escape sequences that I send from the host are interpreted
by the terminal with possibly bad effects.

Is there a way to send arbitrary escape sequences to the printer?

        Can I quote VT100 escape sequences?

        If I set the set-mode b, group 2, position 1 to make
        control characters visible (rather than invisible),
        then is there a way for my program running on the host
        that is sending the data to get the terminal out of this
        mode when the file is finished printing?

        Or, should I just get an a/b switch.

(The terminal is a CIT-101e)

Thanks,
Bill