Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file
SETPTR 0,3,BANNER FILE, ... 2007/5/10, Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When the jobs are spooled they stay in the queue until we change the form type on the printer queues. We also have a paragraph that is run periodically during the day that sets the form type on the print queues using the usa command (SH -c /ibm/uv/bin/usa -p HP2132 -F FILE). - Original Message - From: Rod Hills [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:13 AM Subject: RE: [U2] Redirect printer to file Jerry, I am doing something similar, but I am using the USEROPT parameter, which is passed as argument 11 to the print driver. I have a question on your scenario. Since universe won't run the print driver script until the FORM on the print job matches the FORM currently set on the printer queue, how do you get the print driver to run? Rod Hills Leupold and Stevens -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:41 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file 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_FILEPTR) spool_file=/data/ibm/REPORTS/$4 cat - $spool_file echo ^027E^027l1o8D^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^027l1o8D^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: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org 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 Software Engineer - Special Projects Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd. URL: http://www.unibase.co.za http://www.unibase.co.za/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 011 621 7000 Cell: 079 181 3266 Fax: 011 621 7029 DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY This message and any attachment contain information intended solely for the addressee which is confidential or private in nature and subject to legal privilege. If you receive this message in error please notify the sender immediately by email and thereafter delete the message and do not disclose the content in any way
Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file
No, that will send the printout to the hold file. You can use the administrators account, the motif version or the gui version, to change the form type on the printer or use the usa command if you are part of the printer group that is allowed to run the command. The SETPTR command used is similar to the following: SETPTR 0,1,FORM MAIL,BANNER UNIQUE [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Salvador Rigau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file SETPTR 0,3,BANNER FILE, ... 2007/5/10, Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When the jobs are spooled they stay in the queue until we change the form type on the printer queues. We also have a paragraph that is run periodically during the day that sets the form type on the print queues using the usa command (SH -c /ibm/uv/bin/usa -p HP2132 -F FILE). - Original Message - From: Rod Hills [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:13 AM Subject: RE: [U2] Redirect printer to file Jerry, I am doing something similar, but I am using the USEROPT parameter, which is passed as argument 11 to the print driver. I have a question on your scenario. Since universe won't run the print driver script until the FORM on the print job matches the FORM currently set on the printer queue, how do you get the print driver to run? Rod Hills Leupold and Stevens -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:41 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file 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_FILEPTR) spool_file=/data/ibm/REPORTS/$4 cat - $spool_file echo ^027E^027l1o8D^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^027l1o8D^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: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org 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 Software Engineer - Special Projects Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd. URL: http://www.unibase.co.za http://www.unibase.co.za/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 011
RE: [U2] Redirect printer to file
Jerry, I am doing something similar, but I am using the USEROPT parameter, which is passed as argument 11 to the print driver. I have a question on your scenario. Since universe won't run the print driver script until the FORM on the print job matches the FORM currently set on the printer queue, how do you get the print driver to run? Rod Hills Leupold and Stevens -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:41 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file 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_FILEPTR) spool_file=/data/ibm/REPORTS/$4 cat - $spool_file echo ^027E^027l1o8D^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^027l1o8D^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: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org 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 Software Engineer - Special Projects Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd. URL: http://www.unibase.co.za http://www.unibase.co.za/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 011 621 7000 Cell: 079 181 3266 Fax: 011 621 7029 DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY This message and any attachment contain information intended solely for the addressee which is confidential or private in nature and subject to legal privilege. If you receive this message in error please notify the sender immediately by email and thereafter delete the message and do not disclose the content in any way. Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd cannot assure the integrity of this communication, nor that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference, and disclaims all liability for any such. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of the company. The authority of the sender to bind the company should be verified by the recipient and not assumed. For contact and address information regarding the company please go to http://www.unibase.co.za/ www.unibase.co.za -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http
Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file
When the jobs are spooled they stay in the queue until we change the form type on the printer queues. We also have a paragraph that is run periodically during the day that sets the form type on the print queues using the usa command (SH -c /ibm/uv/bin/usa -p HP2132 -F FILE). - Original Message - From: Rod Hills [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:13 AM Subject: RE: [U2] Redirect printer to file Jerry, I am doing something similar, but I am using the USEROPT parameter, which is passed as argument 11 to the print driver. I have a question on your scenario. Since universe won't run the print driver script until the FORM on the print job matches the FORM currently set on the printer queue, how do you get the print driver to run? Rod Hills Leupold and Stevens -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:41 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file 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_FILEPTR) spool_file=/data/ibm/REPORTS/$4 cat - $spool_file echo ^027E^027l1o8D^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^027l1o8D^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: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org 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 Software Engineer - Special Projects Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd. URL: http://www.unibase.co.za http://www.unibase.co.za/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 011 621 7000 Cell: 079 181 3266 Fax: 011 621 7029 DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY This message and any attachment contain information intended solely for the addressee which is confidential or private in nature and subject to legal privilege. If you receive this message in error please notify the sender immediately by email and thereafter delete the message and do not disclose the content in any way. Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd cannot assure the integrity of this communication, nor that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference, and disclaims all liability for any such. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of the company. The authority of the sender to bind the company
[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 Software Engineer - Special Projects Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd. URL: http://www.unibase.co.za http://www.unibase.co.za/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 011 621 7000 Cell: 079 181 3266 Fax: 011 621 7029 DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY This message and any attachment contain information intended solely for the addressee which is confidential or private in nature and subject to legal privilege. If you receive this message in error please notify the sender immediately by email and thereafter delete the message and do not disclose the content in any way. Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd cannot assure the integrity of this communication, nor that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference, and disclaims all liability for any such. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of the company. The authority of the sender to bind the company should be verified by the recipient and not assumed. For contact and address information regarding the company please go to http://www.unibase.co.za/ www.unibase.co.za -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file
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_FILEPTR) spool_file=/data/ibm/REPORTS/$4 cat - $spool_file echo ^027E^027l1o8D^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^027l1o8D^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: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org 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 Software Engineer - Special Projects Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd. URL: http://www.unibase.co.za http://www.unibase.co.za/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 011 621 7000 Cell: 079 181 3266 Fax: 011 621 7029 DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY This message and any attachment contain information intended solely for the addressee which is confidential or private in nature and subject to legal privilege. If you receive this message in error please notify the sender immediately by email and thereafter delete the message and do not disclose the content in any way. Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd cannot assure the integrity of this communication, nor that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference, and disclaims all liability for any such. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of the company. The authority of the sender to bind the company should be verified by the recipient and not assumed. For contact and address information regarding the company please go to http://www.unibase.co.za/ www.unibase.co.za -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
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Re: [U2] Redirect printer to fileI forgot two of the spooler fields that are used: $7 = line length, $8 = page length - Original Message - From: Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [U2] Redirect printer to file 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_FILEPTR) spool_file=/data/ibm/REPORTS/$4 cat - $spool_file echo ^027E^027l1o8D^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^027l1o8D^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: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org 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 Software Engineer - Special Projects Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd. URL: http://www.unibase.co.za http://www.unibase.co.za/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 011 621 7000 Cell: 079 181 3266 Fax: 011 621 7029 DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY This message and any attachment contain information intended solely for the addressee which is confidential or private in nature and subject to legal privilege. If you receive this message in error please notify the sender immediately by email and thereafter delete the message and do not disclose the content in any way. Unibase Solutions (Pty) Ltd cannot assure the integrity of this communication, nor that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference, and disclaims all liability for any such. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of the company. The authority of the sender to bind the company should be verified by the recipient and not assumed. For contact and address information regarding the company please go to http://www.unibase.co.za/ www.unibase.co.za -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/