Re: Input capable printer

That's not "input" Charles surely? That is status stuff like on/off line
etc. Not something an RPG program would process directly.


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On Jul 26, 2017, at 1:00 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

"bi-directional" printers just mean that it's a two-way communication
between host & printer.

"paper jam", "out of paper", "toner low", etc.

Used to be, you'd be lucky to get back "error" from a printer.

Added as part of the IEEE 1284 spec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1284


Charles

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Now that raises an unasked question: Aren't many printers today
bi-directional?

Which leads to other questions, like.. would I ever want an RPG program

to

get its input from a printer that has scanned a document?


On 7/25/2017 12:40 PM, Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc. wrote:

I also find it frustrating to have to specify every little detail. For

example, if I say it is a printer file, then of course the thing is

output.

How many input-capable printers have you ever encountered?

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