Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file

Wed, 09 May 2007 09:07:16 -0700 

Mac,
We do this type of thing all of the time. The following is one of our printer scripts (with bogus path names). In your printer device setup use the script that you create as the device driver. Make sure the script is executable. The case statement uses the form type to distribute the printout. The first case sends the printout to a file using the banner as the filename. Make sure you use valid system filenames in the banner, no spaces, I advise using a date and time stamp when creating the banner so it will be different every time. The second case is for both sending to a file and printing to a printer in landscape 132 character mode. The third case is for sending the file out through email using the banner as the email address and converting the printout to a pdf document using a free program from the internet (there are many out there, even with the same name, this one just happened to be freeware). I used mailx on this particular system so I could put in a return email address for bounced email but you can use whatever is available. You will notice the fields at the top of the script are the numbered positions of fields sent from the UniVerse spooler, these are used to determine how to treat the printout. If the form type is empty or not a case then the printout just prints on the printer in landscape 132 character mode. 
Jerry

ptr.drv

#!/usr/bin/sh
# $1 = user no, $2 = job no, $3 = bytes, $4 = banner, $5 = form,
# $6 = printer name
#
spool_file=/tmp/$1_$2
spool_file1=/tmp/$1_$2
spool_file2=/tmp/$2_$1
case $5 in
  TO_FILE)
     spool_file=/data/ibm/REPORTS/$4
     cat - >> $spool_file
     ;;
  TO_FILE&PTR)
     spool_file=/data/ibm/REPORTS/$4
     cat - >> $spool_file
     echo "^027E^027&l1o8D^027(s16.7H" > $spool_file1
     cat $spool_file >> $spool_file1
     echo "^027E" >> $spool_file1
     cat $spool_file1 | sed 's/$/^013/' > $spool_file2
     lp -d hpptr -o nobanner $spool_file2
     ;;
  MAIL)
     if test $7 -lt 100
      then
         cat - |/data/spool/text2pdf -c$7 -l$8 -v10 -F -s8 > $spool_file
     else
         if test $7 -lt 200
         then
cat - |/data/spool/text2pdf -c$7 -l$8 -v10 -F -s6 -L > $spool_file 
         else
cat - |/data/spool/text2pdf -c$7 -l$8 -v8 -F -s6 -L -y1008 > $spool_file 
         fi
     fi
cat $spool_file | uuencode $2.pdf | mailx -r [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s "Report from Account" $4 
     ;;
  *)
     echo "^027E^027&l1o8D^027(s16.7H" > $spool_file1
     cat - >> $spool_file1
     echo "^027E" >> $spool_file1
     cat $spool_file1 | sed 's/$/^013/' > $spool_file2
     lp -d hpptr -o nobanner $spool_file2
     ;;
esac
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac Bhyat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:51 AM
Subject: [U2] Redirect printer to file



Hi,

I wonder if someone can help, I am universe for Unix, and I would like to
setup a printer device where the output from the print is sent to a
directory as a unique file in that directory. how do i do this with the uv
spooler

thanks

mac







Mac Bhyat
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