From:	MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX"  5-MAY-1992 16:18:55.86
To:	news.hawaii.edu!root@ames.arc.nasa.gov
CC:	info-vax@sri.com, bill@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
Subj:	RE: Is there a Transparent Print for VMS?............

	<bill@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu> writes:
>
>
>	In the UNIX world there is a Tprint program
>	that allows you to print a file to your LOCAL
>	printer from the mainframe. Really!
>
>	Does such software exist for VMS?
>	thanx in advance.
>

	There is now!

$! TPRINT.COM
$!--- PRINT FILE TO TERMINAL PORT PRINTER
$! 
$ SET TERMINAL /FORM /WIDTH=131 /NOWRAP
$ ESC[0,8] = %X1B		! Escape character
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "''ESC'[5i"	! Printer control on
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "''ESC'[4w"  ! Set horizontal pitch for 132 chars
$ TYPE /NOPAGE 'P1'
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "''ESC'[4i"	! Printer control off
$ SET TERMINAL /NOFORM /WIDTH=80 /WRAP

	Season to taste....


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