AmigaOS Manual: Printing - Revision history

Janne Peräaho at 13:17, 27 March 2019

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	OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )		OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	= Program 28. PrintTestPage.rexx =		= Program 29. PrintTestPage.rexx =
	<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">		<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">
	/*		/*

Janne Peräaho at 12:46, 27 March 2019

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	OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )		OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )
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	= Program 18. PrintTestPage.rexx =		= Program 28. PrintTestPage.rexx =
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	/*		/*

Janne Peräaho at 22:01, 21 September 2017

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	A printer configured in the Printer Preferences can be used for printing ANSI text and text files. Depending on the selected printer driver, you can print with a parallel port printer or an USB printer ('''usbprinter.device''') or print to a file ('''printtofile.device'''). Printing graphics is not supported.		A printer configured in the [[AmigaOS Manual:Printer Preferences\|Printer Preferences]] can be used for printing ANSI text and text files. Depending on the selected printer driver, you can print with a parallel port printer or an USB printer ('''usbprinter.device''') or print to a file ('''printtofile.device'''). Printing graphics is not supported.

	Printing is done using the '''PRT:''' device. The printing procedure is as follows:		Printing is done using the '''PRT:''' device. The printing procedure is as follows:

Janne Peräaho at 19:27, 8 August 2017

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	OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )		OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	= Program 17. PrintTestPage.rexx =		= Program 18. PrintTestPage.rexx =
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	/*		/*

Janne Peräaho at 20:44, 7 August 2017

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	OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )		OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	= Program 16. PrintTestPage.rexx =		= Program 17. PrintTestPage.rexx =
	<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">		<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">
	/*		/*

Janne Peräaho at 15:03, 5 August 2017

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	\| RAW \|\| RAW/S \|\| Switch for turning carriage return translation off.		\| RAW \|\| RAW/S \|\| Switch for turning carriage return translation off.
	\|-		\|-
	\| TRANSPARENT \|\| TRANSPARENT/S \|\| Switch for disabling carriage translation and ANSI sequence substitution.		\| TRANSPARENT \|\| TRANSPARENT/S \|\| Switch for disabling carriage return translation and ANSI sequence substitution.
	\|-		\|-
	\| UNIT \|\| UNIT/K/N \|\| Numeric argument telling which printer device unit should be used. The default unit is 0.		\| UNIT \|\| UNIT/K/N \|\| Numeric argument telling which printer device unit should be used. The default unit is 0.

Janne Peräaho at 15:02, 5 August 2017

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	Parameters are separated with '''/'''. For example to open a '''PRT:''' device unit 0 and disable translation and substitution:		Parameters are separated with '''/'''. For example to open a '''PRT:''' device unit 0 and disable translation and substitution:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">		<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">
	OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=', 'W' )		OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	= Program 16. PrintTestPage.rexx =		= Program 16. PrintTestPage.rexx =

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	PARSE VAR charset out +pageWidth charset		PARSE VAR charset out +pageWidth charset
	WRITELN( 'printer', out )		WRITELN( 'printer', out )
			END
	end
	WRITELN( 'printer', '' )		WRITELN( 'printer', '' )
	WRITELN( 'printer', separator )		WRITELN( 'printer', separator )

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A printer configured in the Printer Preferences can be used for printing ANSI text and text files. Depending on the selected printer driver, you can print with a parallel port printer or an USB printer ('''usbprinter.device''') or print to a file ('''printtofile.device'''). Printing graphics is not supported.

Printing is done using the '''PRT:''' device. The printing procedure is as follows:

# Open the '''PRT:''' device for writing.
# Write the text to be printed to the device.
# Close the device.

By default the '''PRT:''' device processes ANSI sequences before sending the text to the printer. This can be changed. When opening the device, it can be instructed to not substitute any ANSI sequences or to just turn the carriage return translation off.

While opening the '''PRT:''' device the following keywords are available:

{| class="wikitable"
! Keyword !! Template !! Description
|-
| RAW || RAW/S || Switch for turning carriage return translation off.
|-
| TRANSPARENT || TRANSPARENT/S || Switch for disabling carriage translation and ANSI sequence substitution.
|-
| UNIT || UNIT/K/N || Numeric argument telling which printer device unit should be used. The default unit is 0.
|}

Parameters are separated with '''/'''. For example to open a '''PRT:''' device unit 0 and disable translation and substitution:
<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">
OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=', 'W' )
</syntaxhighlight>
= Program 16. PrintTestPage.rexx =
<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">
/*
** Print a test page
*/

/* Get date and time */
createdDate = TIME() || ' ' || DATE()

/* Set page width (characters) */
pageWidth = 69

/* Use printer unit 0 */
printerUnit = 0

/*--- Open printer ---*/
IF ( ~OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:UNIT=' || printerUnit, 'W' ) ) THEN DO
SAY 'Cannot connect to the printer.'
EXIT 0
END

/* Compose title */
titleL = 'Line Mode Printing Test Page'
titleR = RIGHT( 'AmigaOS 4', pageWidth )
title = OVERLAY( titleL, titleR )

/* Compose character set */
charset = XRANGE( ' ', '/') || XRANGE( ':', '@' )
charset = charset || XRANGE( '[', '`' ) || XRANGE( '{', '~' )
charset = charset || XRANGE( '0', '9' )
charset = charset || XRANGE( 'A', 'Z' ) || XRANGE( 'a', 'z' )

/* Separator line */
separator = COPIES( '-', pageWidth )

/*--- Print test page ---*/
WRITELN( 'printer', title )
WRITELN( 'printer', '' )
WRITELN( 'printer', separator )
WRITELN( 'printer', '' )
DO WHILE ( LENGTH( charset ) > 0 )
PARSE VAR charset out +pageWidth charset
WRITELN( 'printer', out )
end
WRITELN( 'printer', '' )
WRITELN( 'printer', separator )
WRITELN( 'printer', '' )
WRITELN( 'printer', 'Page width: ' || pageWidth || ' characters' )
WRITELN( 'printer', 'Printer: Workbench printer (SYS:Prefs/Printer)' )
WRITELN( 'printer', 'Created at: ' || createdDate )
WRITELN( 'printer', 'Printed at: ' || TIME() || ' ' || DATE() )

/*--- Close printer ---*/
CLOSE( 'printer' )
</syntaxhighlight>