🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <_4x1Hg08&9@atlantis.psu.edu> barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
>In article <1992Oct4.213425.3041@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
>>How does one print an article from trn?  Where do you set the print
>>string?
>
>| lpr

This won't work on Netcom, since our users dial in from home/work, and
don't have access to our printers.

Attached is a little C program I use to print to my local printer.
Basically, it isues a VT100 printer-on escape sequence, sends the data, then
isues a VT100 printer-off escape squence.  Make sure your terminal
emulator supports this.

I call it "lprint", so from trn, I can type "| lprint", and the article will
be printed to my printer.

#include <stdio.h>

main ()
	{
	int in;

/* turn on printer */
	putchar (27);
	putchar ('[');
	putchar ('5');
	putchar ('i');
	while ((in = getc (stdin)) >= 0)
		{
		putchar (in);
		}
	putchar (27);
	putchar ('[');
	putchar ('4');
	putchar ('i');
	}
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    Robert Hood             hoodr@netcom.com             (408) 554-UNIX
  System/Network Administrator for Netcom On-line Communications Services