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Startup Command and Parameter
Reference
Printer (-o)
printername
Identifies the printer to use when processing the OUTPUT TO PRINTER statement in procedures.
On Windows:
Use Printer (
-o
) followed by the name of the printer port. For example:
If you do not use the
-o
parameter, Progress uses the printer specified as the default printer.On UNIX:
Use Printer (
-o
) followed by the name of the spooler and any necessary parameters. If you do not use the-o
parameter, Progress defaults to “lp” (System V) or “lpr” (BSD). If you are passing arguments with this parameter and are using a script such as PRO or one of your own, enclose the entire string in quotes so that the argument to -o is returned as a single value when passed to the Progress module:
Progress uses the spooler or printer port named at execution time rather than using the name at compile time. That way, precompiled procedures work regardless of which spooler or printer port is in effect.
To use a print spooler with spooler parameters, use OUTPUT TO PRINTER and specify the spooler parameters with
-o
. Use one of the following commands:
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