PRINTER CONTROL
If a printer is attached . . .
to your system, you can obtain permanent records of a number of the
system’s features. You control the printer by dialing a code after
pressing FUNCTION. See Attendant Function Codes in Chapter 5.
The following types of printout are available (but note that your
system may not have all these features):
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Alarm Records
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SMDR reports
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Data Dumps
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Message Register
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Wake-up Records
SMDR reports and Wake-Up Records are printed out automatically and
do not concern you; however, you might be asked to control the
printer to print out message register contents, alarm records or data
dumps.
The same printer is used for all types of printout. The system can store
printout information in its memory (said to be in the print queue) and
send the print command after any current printing has finished.
General Printing Commands
This section tells you how to control the printing process. It does not
give instructions for turning the printer on and off, loading paper and
changing ribbons, and so on
--for these you have to see the manual
that came with the printer itself. We assume that the printer is ON, has
enough paper and is ready to print as soon as the telephone system
gives it the message to begin.
Three commands control printing:
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SUSPEND PRINTING - means stop sending information to the printer,
and put this information in a queue instead so that it can be sent
when printing is restarted. You might need to do this, for example,
when the printer has run out of paper and you need to add more.
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PURGE PRINT QUEUE - removes all information from the print queue
so that it stops printing entirely.
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RESUME PRINTING -
causes information to be sent to the printer
again; if there is anything in the print queue, this information is sent
first.
Attendant Functions 4-17
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