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General Description

The HOSTPrint utility is used to print CHARON output to Windows printers. It receives Typically it receives data from COM2 port of emulated HP Alpha model via a TCP/IP socket and prints the data received on the default Windows printer (if no printer is specified at the utility command line) on the host computer.

Info

Note that the second console line "TTA0" (COM2) is available only for 1 CPU models such as:

  • HP AlphaServer 400
  • HP AlphaServer 800
  • HP AlphaServer 1000
  • HP AlphaServer 1000A
  • HP AlphaServer DS10
  • HP AlphaServer DS10L
  • HP AlphaServer DS15

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Usage

HOSTPrint calling is specified in the CHARON configuration file. The call implements one or more of the following parameters:

ParameterDescription
-host=<hostname>Name of the host - source of the printing data.
-port=<connection port number>Port on the host to get the information to print from.
-delay=<delay for automatically buffer flush in seconds>Flushing delay, 0 - wait infinite, 5..10800 - timeout for flush
-printer=[PrinterDeviceName]

Host name for the printer used.

Example 1:

-printer=[\\.\Microsoft Office Document Image Writer]

Example 2:

-printer=[\\print_server\MSCLPS]


-font=<default font face>Default font name.
-fontsize=<default font size> Default font size.


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The two last parameters are only used for compatibility with older versions of the utility (HOSTprint allows changing font settings from a popup menu).

Note

It is strongly recommended to use fixed-size fonts (by default the "Courier" font is used) to avoid any problems relevant to proper calculation of the printing line length.

Example of CHARON-AXP configuration file for the HOSTPrint usage:


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load virtual_serial_line set COM2 alias = TTA0 port = 10000 application = "hostprint.exe -port=10000 -printer=[\\print_server\MSCPS2] -font=\Courier New\ -fontsize=10"set COM2 line=TTA0



After initialization, HOSTprint creates an icon in the Windows tray. The icon can have two colors:

ColorDescription
Status
colourGreen
titlegreen
IDLE (or Ready) state
Status
colourYellow
titleyellow
BUSY (processing) mode


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*: (lightbulb) To access the HOSTprint application popup menu, point the mouse cursor at its icon in the system tray menu and click the right button, preview the last page content then change the utility mode via the flush buffer delay or change the default font setting.

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