Mastering Printing

Mastering Printing

• Printer Control Options

• Server-Side Printing

• Client-Side Printing

• WinPrint for Windows Printing

• Appx_print for Unix printing

Printing Basics:

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• Controls printer initialization

• Controls report queuing

• Processed by winprint/appx_print

• Can be set on a Printer

• Can be set on a Form

• Can be set at Runtime

Printer Control Options:

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• Uses winprint.exe on Windows

• Uses appx_print on Unix

• Uses server printer subsystem

• Printers are viewed from server

• Printer & Form Options

• APPX_PRT_SCRIPT=

Server-Side Printing:

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• Uses winprintdll.dll on Windows

• Uses appx_print on Unix

• Uses client printer subsystem

• Printers are viewed from client

• Printer & Form Options

• Client/Server printer override options

Client-Side Printing:

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• Run with no arguments for options

• The –raw option for total control

• -interactive for user control

• -pitch is really a point size

• Not all print driver support all options

• Written in C and is Open source

WinPrint Options:

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• -? or --help for usage help

• Uses new “filter” scripts

• Generates extensive logging

• Auto-adapts to lp, lpr, ulp

• Written in “sh” and is Open source

Appx_print Options:

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• -? or --help for usage help

• Stored in appx/data/filters

• Form Options go to filter script

• Printer Options go to spooler

• Written in “sh” and are Open source

• Are set in Appx as FORMAT option

Appx_print Filters:

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• -orientation=portrait/landscape

• -pitch=# Characters/Inch

• -lpi=# Lines/Inch

• -vsi=# Vert. Space 1/48 of inch

• -lpp=# Lines per Page

• Any valid “mpage” argument

MPAGE Filter Options:

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• -orientation=portrait/landscape

• -pitch=# Characters/Inch

• -lpi=# Lines/Inch

• -vsi=# Vert. Space 1/48 of inch

• -lpp=# Lines per Page

PCL Filter Options:

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• /tmp/appx_print.last

• Logs EVERYTHING it does

• Only logs the last print request

Appx_print Logging:

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Questions?