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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: |
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| RAW || RAW/S || Switch for turning carriage return translation off. |
| RAW || RAW/S || Switch for turning carriage return translation off. |
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| − | | 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. |
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| 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. |
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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: |
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| − | OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=', 'W' ) |
+ | OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' ) |
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PARSE VAR charset out +pageWidth charset |
PARSE VAR charset out +pageWidth charset |
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WRITELN( 'printer', out ) |
WRITELN( 'printer', out ) |
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WRITELN( 'printer', '' ) |
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WRITELN( 'printer', separator ) |
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Latest revision as of 15:17, 27 March 2019
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:
| Keyword | Template | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RAW | RAW/S | Switch for turning carriage return translation off. |
| 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. |
Parameters are separated with /. For example to open a PRT: device unit 0 and disable translation and substitution:
OPEN( 'printer', 'PRT:TRANSPARENT/UNIT=0', 'W' )
Program 29. PrintTestPage.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' )
