HP 3000 Manuals

HP 3000 Series 9X8LX Computer Systems Task Reference

Printing the Contents of a File 

You can choose various methods to print a file.  Word processing programs
have specific commands that allow you to specify the file and format of
the text.  This type of command is unique to the word processing program
and is not dealt with here.  Refer to the documentation that came with
your word processor.

Several methods of displaying or printing the contents of a file are
available.  The variations include sending output to a printer as well as
to a terminal.

To print a file to paper 

To print the contents of a file to a printer, use the FILE command to
identify the printer.

   1.  Create a file equation that correlates a name with the printer's
       device class or logical device number.  Then use the printer
       reference in the PRINT command.

            :FILE name;DEV=printer Return 

       In the following example, the name PRTR is equated with the LP
       device.

            :FILE PRTR;DEV=LP Return 

   2.  Enter the PRINT command.  Include in its parameters, the name of
       the file to be printed, the OUT= parameter, an asterisk, and the
       name specified in the file equation.  In the following example,
       the OUT= parameter refers back to the previous file equation and
       designates *PRTR as the output file.  Because of the file
       equation, the *PRTR is equivalent to the LP device, namely the
       printer.

            :PRINT MYFILE;*PRTR Return 

To print a file and save it as a spool file 

   1.  To keep a copy of your printed file as a spool file, attach the
       SPSAVE option on the FILE command:

            :FILE PRTR;DEV=LP;SPSAVE Return 

   2.  Enter the following:

            :PRINT MYFILE;*PRTR Return 

To print selected lines of the file 

To print selected lines of a file to a printer, use the FILE command to
identify the printer and the PRINT command to specify the lines of text
that you want printed.

   1.  Create a file equation that correlates a file name with the
       printer's device class or logical device number.  In the following
       example, the file name PRTR is equated with the LP device:

            :FILE PRTR;DEV=LP Return 

   2.  Enter the PRINT command.  Include the file to be printed, the
       starting and ending line numbers, the OUT= parameter, an asterisk,
       and the name specified in the file equation.  In the following
       example, the OUT= parameter refers back to *PRTR as the output
       file, which in this case is equivalent to the printer:

            :PRINT MYFILE;START=1;END=10;*PRTR Return 

To print only the end of a file 

To print the last lines of a file to a printer, use the FILE command to
identify the printer and the PRINT command to specify the portion of the
file to print.  Use a negative number after the START= parameter of the
PRINT command, to specify the starting line number from the end of the
file.

   1.  Create a file equation that identifies a file name with the
       printer's device class or logical device number.  In the following
       example, the name PRTR is equated with the LP device:

            :FILE PRTR;DEV=LP Return 

   2.  Enter the PRINT command.  Include in its parameters, the name of
       the file to be printed, the START= starting line number, an
       asterisk, and the name specified in the file equation.

       In the following example, the last twenty lines of the file MYFILE
       will be printed to a printer equated in the preceding file
       equation to PRTR.

            :PRINT MYFILE;START=-20;*PRTR Return 

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