PRINTER=<dflt ptr name>{,screen pict ptr{,NODLG}}

Examples:  PRINTER=LASER

           PRINTER=LASER,MYJET

           PRINTER=LASER,MYJET,NODLG

 

PRINTER is used to define the A-Shell default printer, i.e. the printer to be used if no printer name is specified in a SPOOL.SBR or PRINT.LIT command. This name specified is the name that the printer is to be known by within your applications (i.e. the “AMOS Spooler Name”.) A-Shell then looks in the SYS: account for an INI file with that name (i.e. SYS:LASER.INI) which contains further information about the printer, including the host operating system’s identification for the corresponding printer. These files are discussed in detail in a subsequent section entitled Printer Configuration.

Optionally, you may define a separate printer name that will be used for screen pictures only. If defined, the screen picture command (Ctrl+P) will skip past the printer selection (saving precious keystrokes when taking screen pictures.) You may also specify a third parameter, the keyword “NODLG” (not case sensitive) which complete eliminates the screen picture dialog options (just sending the screen picture to the specified printer with no option to add a comment, view it, opt not to delete the picture file, etc.) See Screen Pictures for more details.