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# Apple II Email and Usenet News Suite
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<p align="center"><img src="img/emailler-logo.png" alt="emai//er-logo" height="200px"></p>
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[Back to Main emai//er Docs](README.md#detailed-documentation-for-email-functions)
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## `PRINT65.SYSTEM`
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<!-- <p align="center"><img src="img/SMTP65.jpg" alt="SMTP65" height="400px"></p> -->
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`PRINT65.SYSTEM` is a utility for printing to a network-connected printer using the Hewlett Packard Jetdirect protocol. It requires an Uthernet-II ethernet card and will not work with other interfaces without modification, because it uses the W5100 hardware TCP/IP stack.
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Before running `PRINT65.SYSTEM` for the first time, use `EDIT.SYSTEM` to create a configuration file called `PRINT.CFG`. This file consists of a single line specifying the IP address of the network printer to use, optionally followed by a colon and a port number. If the port number is omitted it defaults to 9100. For example:
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```
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192.168.10.4:9100
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```
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`PRINT65.SYSTEM` performs the following tasks:
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- If no filename was provided on the command line, prompt for the filename to print
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- Detect Uthernet-II
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- Obtain IP address using DHCP
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- Connect to Jetdirect printer
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- Open file
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- Send file contents to printer over TCP/IP
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- Close file
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- Disconnect
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### Using Command Line Argument to Specify the File to Print
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`PRINT65.SYSTEM` supports command line arguments in a way that is compatible with the Davex shell (and possibily other environments.) In Davex you can print a file as follows:
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```
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print65.system /path/to/my/file
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```
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### HP Jetdirect
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Most HP printers support Jetdirect. I am using an HP Photosmart 7520 which supports the Jetdirect protocol on port 9100 over it's wifi connection. Jetdirect defaults to a simple plain text mode, which we exploit here to print in 80 column text mode.
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[Back to Main emai//er Docs](README.md#detailed-documentation-for-email-functions)
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