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| + | ==OSBYTE &05 (5) - Select the printer type.== | ||
| + | On entry: A=&05 | ||
| + | X=new printer output | ||
| + | On exit: X=previous print output | ||
| − | + | Controls which printer output device will be used when output is sent to the printer. | |
| + | This does not activate and<br> | ||
| + | send data to the printer. [[VDU 2]] must be used to start output going to the selected | ||
| + | printer channel, and [[VDU 3]]<br> | ||
| + | to end the output. | ||
| − | + | When selecting a printer, the MOS waits for the printer buffer to empty and the current | |
| − | + | printer to become idle. | |
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| + | The value in X indicates the following printer drivers: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| − | ! Value !! Meaning | + | ! Value !! Meaning |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | 0 || | + | | 0 || Printer sink - all characters are lost, preventing the system 'hanging' with a full printer buffer. |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | 1 || | + | | 1 || Parallel printer output (built into MOS). |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | 2 || | + | | 2 || Serial output (built into MOS). |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | 3 || | + | | 3 || User printer driver. |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | 4 || | + | | 4 || Econet printer driver (built into NFS). |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | || The following are conventional values used by user printer drivers | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 5 || Output to a file, eg '''*PRINTTO <filename>''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 6 || Output to NFS (Ethernet) printer. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 13 || Output to USB printer, eg '''*USBPRINT ON'''. | ||
|} | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | Selecting a printer 3 or higher causes all printer output to be vectored via [[NETV]] and then [[UPTV]]. Note that only<br> | ||
| + | printer values 0-7 can be stored in configuration settings. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Printing]] | ||
| + | * [[OSBYTE &F5]] current selected printer | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[User:Jgharston|Jgharston]] ([[User talk:Jgharston|talk]]) 19:00, 8 November 2020 (CET) | ||
Latest revision as of 19:00, 8 November 2020
OSBYTE &05 (5) - Select the printer type.
On entry: A=&05
X=new printer output
On exit: X=previous print output
Controls which printer output device will be used when output is sent to the printer.
This does not activate and
send data to the printer. VDU 2 must be used to start output going to the selected
printer channel, and VDU 3
to end the output.
When selecting a printer, the MOS waits for the printer buffer to empty and the current printer to become idle.
The value in X indicates the following printer drivers:
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Printer sink - all characters are lost, preventing the system 'hanging' with a full printer buffer. |
| 1 | Parallel printer output (built into MOS). |
| 2 | Serial output (built into MOS). |
| 3 | User printer driver. |
| 4 | Econet printer driver (built into NFS). |
| The following are conventional values used by user printer drivers | |
| 5 | Output to a file, eg *PRINTTO <filename> |
| 6 | Output to NFS (Ethernet) printer. |
| 13 | Output to USB printer, eg *USBPRINT ON. |
Selecting a printer 3 or higher causes all printer output to be vectored via NETV and then UPTV. Note that only
printer values 0-7 can be stored in configuration settings.
See also
- Printing
- OSBYTE &F5 current selected printer
