Print Methods - Data General Dasher D461 User Manual

Print Methods
The 0411/0461 terminal supports local, ASCII-based serial printers.
Table 1-2 shows the six different print methods available in the Oata
General mode on the 0411/0461 terminal and the commands
supported by each. See your programmer's reference manual for details
about each command.
Table 1-2. 0411/0461 Print Methods for Data General Syntax
Method Commands Supported
ASCII text Print Window
Print Form
Bit-image screen Window Bit Dump
dump test Form Bit Dump
ASCII print
pass through
Print Pass Through
ASCII Simulprint ASCII Simulprint
The standard ASCII character sets for the U.S. and the sets for the other
countries mentioned earlier can be printed using commands under the
ASCII text method. User-defined characters and the special-symbol
character sets (those containing the word-processing, math, Greek
alphabet, superscript/subscript, and line-drawing symbols) can be
printed using commands under the Bit Image Screen Oump method if a
graphics serial printer is connected. User-defined characters, discussed in
the next section, are unique to the 0461 terminal. In the ASCII Print
Pass Through method, all characters received over the host link are
transmitted to the printer without being displayed on the terminal
screen. In the ASCII Simulprint method, all characters received over the
host link are transmitted to the printer and simultaneously displayed on
the screen.
Similar printing functions can be obtained using a command in ANSI
mode; the Media Copy command used in conjunction with either the
set or reset state of the Forms mode and the Guarded Area Transfer
mode initiates printing and controls the print method. A variation of
this same command causes a bit-image dump to be sent to the printer.
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