On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 12:27:44AM +0000, phoebus phoebus wrote: > Dear members of the Debian community, > > I am currently on the lookout for a terminal emulator on Debian that > can handle controlled printing from a remote server often referred to > as "passthrough" printing. Our specific requirement is the ability to > select the printing device using a specific method, either the physical > COM port or the virtual COM port (emulated by a USB device). > > To be more precise, we want the terminal emulator to transmit data > exactly as it is received from a remote server (which is a Linux server) > when it attempts to print data through a set of escape sequences to > send text in transparent mode. This transmission should be directed > to the COM device without any modifications. > > We have noticed that PuTTY allows "passthrough" printing but > unfortunately, it only works unidirectionally and requires > the use of a serial software printer which also supports only > unidirectional flow. While PuTTY can manage connections to > devices via the serial port bidirectionally, it does not provide > a solution to manage "passthrough" printing directly to the COM > port. This configuration is described in the PuTTY documentation > (https://documentation.help/PuTTY/config-printing.html). > > Our application runs on Linux and needs to communicate with a > specialized serial printer by sending data directly to it through a > terminal emulator on a client machine (with the printer connected to > the client machine's serial port). > > The purpose of my request is to explore the possibility of moving > away from a third-party terminal emulator that runs on Windows and is > compatible with somewhat older hardware and operating systems. > > I have conducted research within the list of available > emulators on Debian but have not yet found a solution that > meets our requirements. Therefore, I am reaching out to > seek your assistance and suggestions. I have tried Tera Term > (https://osdn.net/projects/ttssh2/releases/) but it does not offer > the desired functionality. > > If you have any ideas or recommendations for a Debian terminal > emulator capable of bidirectional "passthrough" printing, I would > greatly appreciate hearing from you. > > Thank you in advance for your assistance and valuable suggestions.
Suggestion: Make another description of the challenge. Describe it as a travelling route. Spend effort on telling what the endpoints were and are. > Best regards, Thierry Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
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