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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DMDCAT 1 "630 MTG"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: dmdcat - send files to a 630 MTG connected printer.
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: \fBdmdcat\fR [ \f3\-s\f1 ] [ \f3\-b\f1 ] [ \f3\-v\f1 ] [
        !             6: \f3\-u\f1 ] [ \f3\-t\f1 ] [ \f3\-e\f1 ] [ file\&.\&.\&. ]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: The
        !             9: .I dmdcat
        !            10: command is intended to be used
        !            11: to send files to a printer connected to the Printer port of the 630
        !            12: MTG terminal.
        !            13: \f2Dmdcat\f1 will send the concatenation of files specified on its
        !            14: command line, or the standard input if no files are specified.
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: The data is sent to the terminal preceded by a \fIPrinter-On\fR Request
        !            17: escape sequence, and is terminated by a \fIPrinter-Off\fR request
        !            18: escape sequence.
        !            19: The \fIPrinter-On\fR request escape sequence commands the terminal emulator to start
        !            20: sending incoming data to the printer if the printer is available. The \fIPrinter-Off\fR request escape sequence tells
        !            21: the terminal emulator to stop the sending.
        !            22: The escape sequences sent are:
        !            23: .RS 8
        !            24: .ft CW
        !            25: .sp
        !            26: \f3Printer On\f1  - ESC[?5;1i
        !            27: .sp
        !            28: \f3Printer Off\f1 - ESC[?4i
        !            29: .ft 1
        !            30: .RE
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: If the \fB\-s\fR is present, \f2dmdcat\f1 uses this set of escape
        !            33: sequences:
        !            34: .RS 8
        !            35: .ft CW
        !            36: .sp
        !            37: \f3Printer On (no screen)\f1  - ESC[?5;2i
        !            38: .sp
        !            39: \f3Printer Off (no screen)\f1 - ESC[4i
        !            40: .ft 1
        !            41: .RE
        !            42: .sp
        !            43: which tells the terminal emulator to start/stop
        !            44: sending incoming data to the printer (if the printer is available) as before
        !            45: but not to display this data on the screen.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: The terminal responds with:
        !            48: .RS 8
        !            49: .ft CW
        !            50: .sp
        !            51: ESC[?\f3ps\f1i where:
        !            52: .sp
        !            53: \f3ps\f1=0 indicates printer was not granted
        !            54: .sp
        !            55: \f3ps\f1=1 indicates printer was granted.
        !            56: .ft 1
        !            57: .RE
        !            58: .sp
        !            59: If the printer was not granted, or if the terminal does not respond,
        !            60: \fIdmdcat\fR displays a message and aborts.
        !            61: .PP 
        !            62: The second option, \fB\-b\fR, strips backspaces
        !            63: from the output of \f2dmdcat\f1.
        !            64: If backspaces result in two or more characters appearing
        !            65: in the same place, only the last character read is output.
        !            66: This means that the printed output appears exactly as it
        !            67: appears on the 630 MTG screen, without bold and underline.
        !            68: This option is useful for printers which either cannot process
        !            69: backspaces or are slow in processing backspaces.
        !            70: .PP
        !            71: \fIDmdcat\fR is a shell program that calls \fIcat\fR(1) and will pass
        !            72: the options \fB-u\fR, \fB-v\fR, \fB-t\fR, and \fB-e\fR to \fIcat\fR(1).
        !            73: 
        !            74: .SH FILES
        !            75: $DMD/lib/dmdgetpr      reads terminal response
        !            76: 
        !            77: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            78: cat(1), col(1) in the
        !            79: \f2UNIX System V User Reference Manual\f1.
        !            80: .br
        !            81: \f2630 MTG Terminal User's Guide\f1.
        !            82: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            83: \f2Dmdcat\f1 uses the \f2col\f1(1) command to
        !            84: strip backspaces with the \fB\-b\fR option.
        !            85: \fICol\f1(1) is not available on all \s-1UNIX\s+1
        !            86: systems.
        !            87: The \fB\-b\fR option will give 
        !            88: an error message if it cannot locate the \f2col\f1(1) command.
        !            89: .PP
        !            90: \f2Dmdcat\f1 only works if it is executed from 
        !            91: the default 630 MTG terminal emulator or any terminal emulator that supports the
        !            92: escape sequence sets described above. 

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