HP 250 - Peripheral Addresses; Outputting Listings and Catalogs (SYSTEM PRINTER IS); Printing All Displayed Information (PRINT ALL IS)

System Commands
Peripheral Addresses
Each peripheral device connected to your HP 250 responds to a
unique address. The address is a number between 0 and 20.
Switches on each device are used to set each address. The
following table is a list of the numbers that you will use to
direct output to printers.
o through 5
8
10 through 20
System Printers
Display
Remote printers connected to workstation
Outputting Listings and Catalogs (SYSTEM PRINTER IS)
The SYSTEM PRINTER IS statement assigns the device used for all
SYSTEM outputs; these include the CAT and LIST co~mands.
To specify the system printer as the output device, enter the
following command:
SYSTEM PRINTER IS 0
Suppose you want to print a catalog listing of a volume on a
printer, rather than displaying it on the screen. You would
execute the above command, followed by the appropriate CAT
command. When you no longer wanted to direct information to the
line printer, enter the following command:
SYSTEM PRINTER IS 8
After executing this statement, all information is displayed to
the screen only.
Printing all Displayed Information (PRINT ALL IS)
To obtain a permanent copy of all of your interactions with the;
system, you use the PRtNT ALL IS command to specify a device
other than the display. For example, suppose you want to use the
system printer to record all of your interactions. Enter the
following command:
PRINT ALL :rS 0
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System Commands
Peripheral Addresses
Each peripheral device connected to your HP 250 responds to a
unique address. The address is a number between 0 and 20.
Switches on each device are used to set each address. The
following table is a list of the numbers that you will use to
direct output to printers.
o through 5
8
10 through 20
System Printers
Display
Remote printers connected to workstation
Outputting Listings and Catalogs (SYSTEM PRINTER IS)
The SYSTEM PRINTER IS statement assigns the device used for all
SYSTEM outputs; these include the CAT and LIST co~mands.
To specify the system printer as the output device, enter the
following command:
SYSTEM PRINTER IS 0
Suppose you want to print a catalog listing of a volume on a
printer, rather than displaying it on the screen. You would
execute the above command, followed by the appropriate CAT
command. When you no longer wanted to direct information to the
line printer, enter the following command:
SYSTEM PRINTER IS 8
After executing this statement, all information is displayed to
the screen only.
Printing all Displayed Information (PRINT ALL IS)
To obtain a permanent copy of all of your interactions with the;
system, you use the PRtNT ALL IS command to specify a device
other than the display. For example, suppose you want to use the
system printer to record all of your interactions. Enter the
following command:
PRINT ALL :rS 0
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