[K12OSN] Local printer and console printing

[Shawn Austin]

Im trying to do a print screen type thing to a local printer attached to
the thin client that is ssh'd to a VMS box.  I don't need to do any
printing through the VMS box, I want that done locally through a local
printer on the thin client.

So far I have found out that you can cat /dev/vcsa1 to output the
contents of virtual terminal 1.

The best solution that I can come up with is to cat the content of
/dev/vcsa1 and dump the content in a directory that the server can
access, and then have cron do a lpr -P localprinter on all the files in
the directory every 30 seconds or so.

Im currently trying to figure out how to bind the Print screen key to a
shell script that will output the contents of that virtual terminal to
the printing directory so cron can do its thing.

Thanks for the reply.

Shawn

On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 16:59, Petre Scheie wrote:
> My VMS is pretty rusty, but don't you need to define the printer on the VAX in 
> order for it to talk to the printer, whether the printer is connected to the 
> LTSP client or otherwise?  In other words, how does the VAX print to any other 
> printers on the network?  Or does it just print to locally attached (serial) 
> printers?
> 
> Petre
> 
> Shawn Austin wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I am trying to get a local printer to print from a console(no X), and I
> > have reached a bit of a road block.
> > 
> > I have already setup the printer using CUPS, and I have seen a message
> > on the console of the station that shows cups is monitoring the printer
> > port on the machine.
> > 
> > I have already printed a test page from CUPS sucessfully.
> > 
> > 
> > This is the machine entry from the lts.conf file.
> > [Reg-term]
> >         SCREEN_01          = ssh
> >         SSH_HOST = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (edited out)
> >         LOCAL_APPS         = N
> >         USE_NFS_SWAP       = N
> >         SWAPFILE_SIZE      = 48m
> >         PRINTER_0_DEVICE   = /dev/lp0
> >         PRINTER_0_TYPE     = P
> > 
> > What I am trying to do is connect to a VAX box that runs our student
> > information system and print from something that looks like a curses
> > based application(not sure is VAX uses curses or not, but it looks
> > similar).
> > 
> > I was hoping that just the Printscrn button on the keyboard would work,
> > but it doesn't.  I have also tried every conceviable combination of
> > shift alt and ctrl with the printscrn button.
> > 
> > I have googled for quit a while now and have come up with nothing
> > useful.  Hopefully someone will have done this before, and has a
> > sollution, or at least a point in the right direction.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Shawn Austin
> > 
> > University of Indianapolis
> > Client Services
> > 
> > 
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