Mastering Printing

Printer Control Options Server-Side Printing Client-Side Printing WinPrint for Windows Printing Appx_print for Unix printing Printing Basics:

Mastering Printing 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:

Mastering Printing 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:

Mastering Printing 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:

Mastering Printing 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:

Mastering Printing -? 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:

Mastering Printing -? 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:

Mastering Printing -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:

Mastering Printing -orientation=portrait/landscape -pitch=#Characters/Inch -lpi=#Lines/Inch -vsi=#Vert. Space 1/48 of inch -lpp=#Lines per Page PCL Filter Options:

Mastering Printing /tmp/appx_print.last Logs EVERYTHING it does Only logs the last print request Appx_print Logging:

Mastering Printing Questions?