Hi
I got two very quick answers to my question. Thanks to Dan Harrington
and Simon Millard. Simon also provided the information for the PC
keyboard which is what I have. It all works wonderfully now.
simon.millard_at_barclays.co.uk wrote:
>
> It depends on why type of keyboard you have. If it is a PC keyboard,
> then CTRL-PrintScrn usually sets up a constant output to the printer.
>
> If it is a proper DEC keyboard where F1 is hold, then I believe that it
> is Ctrl-F2.
>
> Simon
>
Dan Harrington wrote:
> I think what you want is to initiate Auto Print mode, which can be done by
> sending the proper escape sequence to the terminal...mind you, my
> experiences in doing this sort of thing go back to VT100's on Pro 350's,
> but I believe all the escape sequences are carried forward. A quick search
> of the web turned up several VT220 reference pages.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Dan
>
Original question
>
> Hi,
> I have a VT510 and a LA30N companion printer attached to our AS8400.
> For a while now I have been trying to get the printer to print what is
> on the screen of the terminal as and when it is displayed. So for
> example if I wanted to have a hard copy record of a boot up the boot
> up would be displayed on the screen and printed out on the printer at
> the same time. I can get a screen dump by pressing print, but that is
> a pain as it misses information and it isn't what I really want to
> have to keep doing.
>
> I havent been able to find anything in the VT510 or the printer
> manuals that we have. Anyone got any information on how to do this.
> We are using the parallel port on the printer and the monitor.
>
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Gwen Pettigrew
Computer Officer
Department of Earth Sciences
Cardiff University
gwen_at_ocean.cf.ac.uk
Received on Tue Nov 14 2000 - 11:45:49 NZDT