hi mike! if you can't find a telnet client that does it, you can easily add code (all those telnet clients that are free software/open source) that watches out for the ANSI print sequences and have it redirect the output to lpr or your preferred method of printing (cups in kubuntu/xubuntu). if you can't do it yourself, you can probably convince (through monetary or other form of reward) someone (on this list or otherwise) to write the code and contribute it back to the community. this is the way free software progresses, eh? :)
for reference, the ctrl sequences for ANSI printing are below. (for those of you on the list who want to cut your teeth on coding to solve a problem and get your code into free software, here's an opportunity!!! maybe mike might even treat you out to lunch for your code.) Print Screen <ESC>[i * Print the current screen. Print Line <ESC>[1i * Print the current line. Stop Print Log <ESC>[4i * Disable log. Start Print Log <ESC>[5i * Start log; all received text is echoed to a printer On 10/5/06, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all, I'm looking in migrating some of our corporate users to Kubuntu/Xubuntu. There's just one more thing I need to resolve: We're using a custom-built legacy system access thru telnet clients. The users do a lot of printing of reports and various documents. The way the programs were built was to make us of telnet ANSI printing wherein the telnet client redirects all output to the clients printer (whatever is set up at the client). There is no problem with the method in Windoze. Unfortunately, I have yet to see a Linux telnet client that do this. Even Putty for Linux do not have this capability. Anybody out there know of X-based Telnet clients that can do Telnet ANSI Printing?
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