At this point we have just been using PuTTY's slave printing feature from the terminal, haven't had a need to print from a central print server, glad to see you have a solution for your problem.
Steven B. Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pacific Telehealth and Technology Hui www.PacificHui.org > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Beza, > Fil > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Redirecting output to a printer > > > Printing is such a basic part of this software. I am amazed that HUI > did not have any working devices as part of their OpenVista. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Nancy > E. Anthracite > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Redirecting output to a printer > > This printer issue has been a recurring theme on the Hardhats mailing > list, so perhaps someone (hint for a volunteer) can combine > Kevin's and > Fil's explanations into a newbie level document for Cache/Windows and > GTM/Linux > printing. > > Fil is terrific at writing newbie level stuff ( witness the > installation instructions on the HardHat's web site) so I hope he will > do the Cache part of it. Kevin, I have a bunch of printers I use in a > weeks time, some parallel ports and some networked and some USB, so I > might be a good guinea pig for testing your GTM explanation. > Fil, I can > likewise test yours with Cache if you wish. > > So far I have managed to avoid printing anything from VistA, > so I should > be a relatively good newbie tester of the instructions. > > On Monday 10 January 2005 12:14 pm, Lloyd Milligan wrote: > > I would suggest using a namespaced local variable rather > than a global > > > variable to save a copy of the file name. If you use a global > > variable the subscript would need to be process-specific. Also the > > file name itself should include the process ID number in > case two or > > more users invoke the print option at the same time. (I'm assuming > > VistA users share the same $HOME directory.) > > > > Lloyd > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Toppenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:44 AM > > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Redirecting output to a printer > > > > > Lloyd, > > > > > > Thanks. That help. It now works. > > > > > > > > > Let me add here some info I just figured out. > > > I changed my execute code fields to a simple line that > showed what > > > IO was. Here is a log of output: > > > > > > OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: DEVICE// > > > SORT BY: NAME// > > > START WITH NAME: FIRST// > > > FIRST PRINT FIELD: .01 NAME > > > THEN PRINT FIELD: 1 $I > > > THEN PRINT FIELD: > > > Heading (S/C): DEVICE LIST// > > > DEVICE: test TEST-LINUX-PRINTER Laughlin_Office KT// PRE-OPEN > > > EXECUTE CODE. > > > IO=$HOME/slave-print-file.dat > > > > > > > > > //KT POST-CLOSE EX CODE. IO=/dev/pts/1 > > > > > > Press RETURN to continue... > > > > > > What this tells me is that the value for $I is loaded into the > > > variable IO. Then the report is actually sent out. When the > > > Post-close execute is called, IO is put back to what it was > > > originally. > > > > > > So If I am going to do the ZSYSTEM lpr <filename> command, I am > > > going to have to store it in a ^global var in the > pre-execute code > > > (as was suggested in an earlier post). > > > > > > I think I am making progress. I'll post a summary here > when I get > > > it working. > > > > > > Thanks all! > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > --- Lloyd Milligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Your logon DEVICE (console or Telnet, etc.) should have > ASK DEVICE > > >> set to yes. This is a DEVICE file field, not the same as ASK > > >> DEVICE AT LOGIN. > > >> > > >> Lloyd > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Kevin Toppenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> To: "Hardhats Sourceforge" > > >> <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:19 AM > > >> Subject: [Hardhats-members] Redirecting output to a printer > > >> > > >> > Hey all, I feel silly asking the question because > > >> > > >> it > > >> > > >> > is so basic. > > >> > > > >> > How do I redirect output to a printer? On one of > > >> > > >> my > > >> > > >> > practice systems it asks me where I want output > > >> > > >> sent > > >> > > >> > to. But on my production system, it automatically > puts reports > > >> > to the screen. I thought this had to > > >> > > >> do > > >> > > >> > with "ASK DEVICE AT LOGIN" -- but I changed that > option to YES, > > >> > and still it doesn't ask me where I want a report sent to. > > >> > > > >> > Thanks > > >> > Kevin > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > __________________________________ > > >> > Do you Yahoo!? > > >> > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! 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