On Wed, 25 May 2011, Bryan Evans wrote:
> I apologize upfront if this is more related to Unix rather than UniVerse.
> We have a remote warehouse that connects to us via telent on a dumb
> terminal. They have a line printer hooked up to the dumb terminal. When we
> print packing lists, we open up the aux port and send the print job to the
> printer. We are looking to eliminate the dumb terminal, but we are stuck on
> how to send a print job to a local printer hooked to a PC. Has anyone done
> this before? Is it possible? The remote warehouse is not on our network -
> the only way they can connect is via telent.
>
> We are running UniVerse 10.2 on HP-UX and use AccuTerm as our emulation
> software.
First, if it's a dumb terminal they're probably not doing a telnet
connection. (If there's something spelled "telent" out there, I don't know
about it.) A dumb terminal communicates via serial. You MIGHT have a
serial-to-telnet adapter of some kind, and it would be important to know
that.
If you connect your AccuTerm in a similar manner, and use the correct
control codes to turn on and off the printer port, then AccuTerm *is* able
to do passthrough print. Note, though, that these codes vary by terminal
type, and you said you turned on the AUX port instead of the printer port,
so you might have the wrong codes.
Bottom line: it should be possible to do what you're doing with AccuTerm.
If the data needs to be manipulated to work on the (new) printer, such as
if you're transitioning to a laser printer or even a "Windows-only" (i.e.,
brain-dead) printer, you could bring our Print Wizard software in to play,
by doing passthrough print through AccuTerm, then feeding it to Print
Wizard, and out to the printer. Print Wizard could also apply a form
image, allowing you to print on plain paper instead of preprinted stock,
for instance.
It is also an option to run a freestanding version of Print Wizard, which
would mimic a JetDirect device.
There are lots of options. Call me if you'd like to discuss them.
Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc.
personal e-mail: r...@anzio.com
company e-mail: r...@anzio.com
voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)
fax: (US) 503-624-0760
web: http://www.anzio.com
street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc.
10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9
Portland, OR 97223 USA
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