Remote Printing - Revision history

Gordon.dye at 16:02, 13 March 2020

2020-03-13T16:02:23Z

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	'''Remote Printing''' is used in ~~many~~ [[Client Server]] ~~versions~~ of [[Business Rules!]]		'''Remote Printing''' is used in the [[Client Server]] model of [[Business Rules!]]

	~~ALL~~ PRN:/ ~~and WIN~~:/ ~~normally prints on~~ the ~~CLIENT.~~		Valid Business Rules printer names are:
			* LPT1: ( port name )
			* PRN://10 original BR printer designation - denoting LPT1:
			* PRN:/ printer number or name
			Normally legacy programs redirect PRN:/ printer names to one of the following (via SUBSTITUTE configuration statements):

	SPOOLCMD governs PRN:/ output, and if @ is not indicated SPOOLCMD runs		* WIN:/ case sensitive printer name substring (partial name)
	and prints on the server. There is nothing, however, that prevents		* PREVIEW:/ name substring
	SPOOLCMD from forwarding spooled output to clients.		* DIRECT:/ name substring

			In Client Server mode printing normally occurs on the CLIENT.

			SPOOLCMD governs PRN:/ output, and if @ is not indicated SPOOLCMD runs and prints on the server. There is nothing, however, that prevents SPOOLCMD from forwarding spooled output to clients.

	With OPTION 30- (suppress remote printing)		With OPTION 30- (suppress remote printing)
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	Printer Output Method		Printer Output Method
	Name ------------------------------------------------------------------		Name ------------------------------------------------------------------
	~~Normal Unix Unix~~ ~~Unix~~ Windows ~~Unix~~		PRN:/ Server: Linux Linux Linux Windows Linux
	Opt 30 Spoolcmd both Spoolcmd Spoolcmd @		Opt 30 Spoolcmd both Spoolcmd Spoolcmd @
	------------------------------------------------------------------		------------------------------------------------------------------
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	Ctrl-P only works at a LINPUT statement or at a command prompt.		Ctrl-P only works at a LINPUT statement or at a command prompt.

	Client side reports are always created in a spool file on the client. This includes both WIN:/ and 'SPOOLCMD @' reports.		Client side reports are always created in a spool file on the client. This includes both WIN:/ and 'SPOOLCMD @' reports.

	Two SPOOLPATH statements are allowed, one for the server and one for the client. The client SPOOLPATH should have '@' right after the SPOOLPATH keyword (e.g. SPOOLPATH @ ...) to designate where on the client spool files should be placed.		Two SPOOLPATH statements are allowed, one for the server and one for the client. The client SPOOLPATH should have '@' right after the SPOOLPATH keyword (e.g. SPOOLPATH @ ...) to designate where on the client spool files should be placed.

	~~Remote printing now supports 'COPIES='.~~

	~~Remote printing overriding server side printing via PRN:@/ didn't contain carriage returns (had line feeds only)~~

	;The config statement:		;The config statement:

Gordon.dye: /* PrinterList() */

2020-03-13T15:30:17Z

PrinterList()

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	Now Parametrized Printer Substitution statements are now supported along with several other NWP enhancements, including shading, boxing and pictures.		Now Parametrized Printer Substitution statements are now supported along with several other NWP enhancements, including shading, boxing and pictures.

	===~~PrinterList~~()===		===Printer_List()===
	~~Returns only~~ the ~~client's~~ printer ~~list~~.		Printer_List() is a system function that loads an array with local printer definitions.

			An example of its use:
			10 DIM A$(1)*1000
			20 Printer_List(A$)
			30 PRINT MAT A$

			This will print a list of printer names with each followed by their respective @port-name.

			The array A$ will be redimensioned by the system to the correct number of elements, but you must first dimension the length of the elements as shown in the example. Microsoft OneNote tends to include a very lengthy printer definition.

	<noinclude>		<noinclude>

Laura at 19:35, 5 April 2013

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	PRN:@/ and WIN:@/ print on the client		PRN:@/ and WIN:@/ print on the client

	[[Option (Config)\|Option]] 31 - suppresses [[native windows formatting]] but doesn't suppress printing via Windows. OPTION 31 has been deprecated in favor of DIRECT:/		[[Option (Config)\|Option]] 31 - suppresses native windows formatting but doesn't suppress printing via Windows. OPTION 31 has been deprecated in favor of DIRECT:/

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Laura at 19:34, 5 April 2013

2013-04-05T19:34:55Z

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	PRN:@/ and WIN:@/ print on the client		PRN:@/ and WIN:@/ print on the client

	[[Option (~~config~~)\|Option]] 31 - suppresses [[native windows formatting]] but doesn't suppress printing via Windows. OPTION 31 has been deprecated in favor of DIRECT:/		[[Option (Config)\|Option]] 31 - suppresses [[native windows formatting]] but doesn't suppress printing via Windows. OPTION 31 has been deprecated in favor of DIRECT:/

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'''Remote Printing''' is used in many [[Client Server]] versions of [[Business Rules!]]

ALL PRN:/ and WIN:/ normally prints on the CLIENT.

SPOOLCMD governs PRN:/ output, and if @ is not indicated SPOOLCMD runs
and prints on the server. There is nothing, however, that prevents
SPOOLCMD from forwarding spooled output to clients.

With OPTION 30- (suppress remote printing)
PRN:/ and WIN:/ print on the server
PRN:@/ and WIN:@/ print on the client

[[Option (config)|Option]] 31 - suppresses [[native windows formatting]] but doesn't suppress printing via Windows. OPTION 31 has been deprecated in favor of DIRECT:/

==========================================================================
<nowiki>
Printer Output Method
Name ------------------------------------------------------------------
Normal Unix Unix Unix Windows Unix
Opt 30 Spoolcmd both Spoolcmd Spoolcmd @
------------------------------------------------------------------

PRN:/ client server server server client client
direct lp spoolcmd spoolcmd spoolcmd spoolcmd

PRN:@/, WIN:/, WIN:@/ or PREVIEW:/

Opt 31 client client client client client client
direct mode ---------------------------------------------------->

WIN:/ client server client server client client
native windows printing ----------------------------------------->

PREVIEW:/
-or-
WIN:@/ client client client client client client
native windows printing ----------------------------------------->
</nowiki>
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<br>
;Notes:
OPTION 30 is not allowed on Windows servers.

SPOOLCMD always runs on the server unless it specifies a leading @.<br>
e.g. SPOOLCMD @ print.bat [SPOOLFILE] runs print.bat on the client.

Ctrl-P only works at a LINPUT statement or at a command prompt.

*Client side reports* are always created in a spool file on the client. This includes both WIN:/ and 'SPOOLCMD @' reports.

Two SPOOLPATH statements are allowed, one for the server and one for the client. The client SPOOLPATH should have '@' right after the SPOOLPATH keyword (e.g. SPOOLPATH @ ...) to designate where on the client spool files should be placed.

Remote printing now supports 'COPIES='.

Remote printing overriding server side printing via PRN:@/ didn't contain carriage returns (had line feeds only)

;The config statement:

SPOOLCMD @ print.bat [SPOOLFILE]

Causes print.bat to be issued ON THE CLIENT in the client current directory.

===Direct Printing===
DIRECT:/ can be used in lieu of PRN:/ to ignore SPOOLCMD. DIRECT:/ is synonymous with PRN:/ except that SPOOLCMD doesn't apply to DIRECT. ( DIRECT:/ is equivalent to specifying WIN:/ with OPTION 31 on. )

Now Parametrized Printer Substitution statements are now supported along with several other NWP enhancements, including shading, boxing and pictures.

===PrinterList()===
Returns only the client's printer list.

<noinclude>
[[Category:Client Server]]
[[Category:Printing]]
</noinclude>