Unix 11.22 : Print to workstation local printer

[Ming Wong]

Hi HPUX expert,

I want to print a file from Unix server to workstation's local printer under telnet session. Anyone can help?
Our server running HPUX 11.22 and Workstation is Windows.
Thanks, ming

[Bill Hassell]

This is called pass-through printing and is quite complicated. The simplest method is to use your terminal emulator's print button to capture what is onthe screen. But to take a large file on HP-UX and print to your local PC printer, you need an emulator that supports pass-through printing. There are several products that will do this (Hyperterminal is NOT one of them). Check out Secure NetTerm and Reflection for Unix.

[spex]

Ming,

First enable logging in your terminal emulator software. Then 'cat' the file in your telnet session and print the local log file.

Alternatively, some terminal emulator software allows immediate printer output, doing away with the intermediate log file. If you haven't tried it yet, PuTTY is one of the best emulators out there, and it's free:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

PCS

[Ming Wong]

Hi all,

Thanks your suggestion. I tested success.
ming