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From: garrett@netcom.com (Garrett D'Amore)
Subject: [ANN] vtprint-1.21 update
Message-ID: <garrettCJx0BA.20F@netcom.com>
Summary: relese announcement for vtprint-1.21
Keywords: vtprint rxvt vt100 print
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 06:21:09 GMT
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Do you connect via modem or SLIP to a remote UN*X system?  Tired of
saving files, downloading them, and *then* printing them?  Don't have a
decent printer logging facility in your comm program?  Don't like
seeing all those nasty control codes in your printed ouput?

DO YOU JUST WANT A BETTER WAY TO PRINT FILES FROM YOUR HOST TO YOUR
PRINTER AT HOME WITH A SINGLE COMMAND?

Well, then vtprint-1.21.tar.gz is for you!  This nifty little program
allows you to print files to your remote printer using terminal escapes
sequences supported by most major VT100/ANSI/VT220 terminal emulators.

It functions as a drop in replacement for lpr where the printer is not
serviceable by lpd. 

The actual archive (vtprint-1.21.tar.gz) is located at netcom.com in the
/pub/garrett anonymous ftp directory.  The archive contains source and
complete documentation, including man pages.  Binaries may be made
available in a seperate archive if I get enough requests.  The file is
gzipped, and the uncompressed tar file should be untarred inside a
source directory, e.g. /usr/src.

-- IF YOU USE X11 AT HOME -- and want the functionality of vtprint,
please get the patches for rxvt or the patched source tree from the same
archive directory on netcom.com (read INDEX for exact filename).  Rxvt
is a low-resource-using clone of xterm, and my patches give it the
ability to work with vtprint.  XTERM DOES NOT SUPPORT THE NECESSARY
ESCAPE SEQUENCES TO WORK WITH VTPRINT!  Besides which, unless you have a
high-end workstation at home, you will probably benefit from using a
terminal emulator that uses *much* less memory than xterm. :^)

IF YOU USE A PREVIOUS VERSION OF VTPRINT -- please get this newer
version.  It fixes some bugs and adds significant new functionality over
previous releases.  The full details are in the CHANGES file in the
archive.

VTPRINT IS FREELY REDISTRIBUTABLE/MODIFIABLE/USABLE, AS LONG AS MY
COPYRIGHT NOTICES ARE KEPT INTACT.  The full licensing details are given
in the documentation that is included in the archive.

Thanks, and happy vtprinting!

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Garrett D'Amore                 |     garrett@netcom.com
Network Programmer/Analyst      |     Available for hire !!
=================================================================

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