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Printer Control
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If you used a dumb interface when your printer was added see changes below, click here for the crnlmap.

vi lpt1         Start the editor with the printer name

:
# @(#) dumb 23.3 91/10/16
#
# Copyright (C) 1988-1991 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
# All Rights Reserved.
# The information in this file is provided for the exclusive use of
# the licensees of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Such users have the
# right to use, modify, and incorporate this code into other products
# for purposes authorized by the license agreement provided they include
# this notice and the associated copyright notice with any such product.
# The information in this file is provided "AS IS" without warranty.
#
#ident "@(#)lp:model/dumb 1.3.1.2"
# lp interface for dumb line printer
#  Below are the common setting for RS232 printer for flow control {CTSflow Xon/Xoff}You will #have to check you printer manual to see what your printer is setup for.
/usr/bin/ditty ixon /dev/ttyxxx         For printers using Xon/Xoff
/usr/bin/ditty ctsflow /dev/ttyxxx  For printers using CTSflow or ssd-
x="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

#Set up some global variables.
: ${SPOOLDIR:=/usr/spool/lp}
: ${LOCALPATH:=${SPOOLDIR}/bin}

#Set up the default filter.
if [ -x "${LOCALPATH}/lp.cat" ]
then
LPCAT="${LOCALPATH}/lp.cat 0"
else
LPCAT="cat"
fi

#If we are not using a filter, use the default one.
if [ -z "${FILTER}" ]
then
FILTER="${LPCAT}"
fi

if [ -x "${LOCALPATH}/drain.output" ]
then
DRAIN="${LOCALPATH}/drain.output 1"
else
DRAIN=
fi

nobanner="no"            Change "no" to "yes" for banners to stop printing
for i in $5
do
case "${i}" in

nobanner )
nobanner="yes"
;;
esac
done

if [ "no" = "${nobanner}" ]
then
#echo "\014\c"             Insert a # sign to stop the first form feed
echo "$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n"
banner "$2"
echo "\n"
user=`grep "^$2:" /etc/passwd | line | cut -d: -f5`
if [ -n "$user" ]
then
echo "User: $user\n"
else
echo "\n"
fi
echo "Request id: $1 Printer: `basename $0`\n"
date
echo "\n"
if [ -n "$3" ]
then
banner $3
fi
fi

copies=$4
#echo "\014\c"            To stop the second form feed
shift; shift; shift; shift; shift
files="$*"
i=1
while [ $i -le $copies ]
do
for file in $files
do
0<${file} eval ${FILTER} 2>&1
#echo "\014\c"                         To stop the last form feed
done
i=`expr $i + 1`
done

if [ "no" = "${nobanner}" ]
then
echo "$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n"
echo "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$x\n$x\n
$x\n$x"
echo "$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n"
echo "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
echo "$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n"
fi

#Draining characters might be necessary.
${DRAIN}
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