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From: rockingred <willsteve2...@yahoo.ca>

Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:20:11 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Fri 9 May 2008 19:20

Subject: Re: Unidata on Unix SP-ASSIGN ? command

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On May 8, 1:36 pm, Dave <da...@sysmarkinfo.com> wrote:

> You can interrogate the current setting of any print unit assigned to
> your port by issueing the SETPTR command followed by the print unit
> number. No number is interpreted at the default print unit number
> zero.

> SETPTR (without a number) will show you the print settings on print
> unit zero.

> SETPTR 1 will show you the print settings on print unit 1, etc.

> Let me know if you have any other questions.

> Rgds,

> Dave Taylor

> Sysmark Information Systems, Inc.
> Authorized IBM Business Partner

Thanks Dave, but what if I don't know which printer/printer queue the
port is currently assigned to? Basically I want to find out which is
in use before using specific ESC codes. So if port 10 is using
printer 0 it needs the ESC code set for the Lexmark printer. If it's
using printer 1 it requires the ESC code set for the HP printer.

I'm assuming when SETPTR is used it actually assigns the printer to
the current port, which is not what I want to do in this instance.

Sincerely,
Marianne.

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