Re: How to redirect LPT1 output to a disk file?

["Peća Nešovanović" <office.eleservice@gmail.com>]

>
> # $_lpt1 = "lpr -l"
> # $_lpt2 = "lpr -l -P lpt2"
> # $_lpt3 = ""
> 
> # idle time in seconds before spooling out. Default: (20)
> 
> # $_printer_timeout = (20)
> 
> ##############################################################################
> 
> However, these lines are not at all clear to me.  What changes are needed so
> that lpt1 output goes to a disk file?


well, you could try to capture LPT output in file, convert to PDF and mail to yourself

/HOME/USERNAME/.dosemurc

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$_lpt1 = "tmpprn"
$_printer_timeout = (30)
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/USR/LOCAL/BIN/tmpprn

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#!/bin/bash
#
#
TMP1=`mktemp /home/$USER/epson.XXXXX` || exit 1
TMP2=`mktemp /home/$USER/outps.XXXXX` || exit 1
TMP3=`mktemp /home/$USER/pdf.XXXXX` || exit 1
#
date > ~/dt.txt
#
# write out data into TMP1
#
cat "$@" > $TMP1
cd /usr/local/bin
#
epsonps -q -ta4-12 -o$TMP2 $TMP1
gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -sOutputFile=$TMP3 -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE $TMP2 $
sleep 2
#
mv $TMP3 $TMP3.pdf
/usr/bin/mutt -a $TMP3.pdf -s "DOS PRINT" $USER@localhost < ~/dt.txt
#
sleep 2
#cleanup
rm -f $TMP1
rm -f $TMP2
rm -f $TMP3.pdf
rm -f ~/dt.txt
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Hope this lead you to right way