Dear Thierry, On Fru Jan 12th, 2024 at 05:08, phoebus phoebus wrote:
> Dear members of the Debian community, > > I am currently on the lookout for a terminal emulator on Debian that can > handle controlled printing from a remote server often referred to as > "passthrough" printing. Our specific requirement is the ability to select > the printing device using a specific method, either the physical COM port > or the virtual COM port (emulated by a USB device). > > To be more precise, we want the terminal emulator to transmit data exactly > as it is received from a remote server (which is a Linux server) when it > attempts to print data through a set of escape sequences to send text in > transparent mode. This transmission should be directed to the COM device > without any modifications. > > We have noticed that PuTTY allows "passthrough" printing but > unfortunately, it only works unidirectionally and requires the use of a > serial software printer which also supports only unidirectional flow. While > PuTTY can manage connections to devices via the serial port > bidirectionally, it does not provide a solution to manage "passthrough" > printing directly to the COM port. This configuration is described in the > PuTTY documentation (https://documentation.help/PuTTY/config-printing.html > ). > > Our application runs on Linux and needs to communicate with a specialized > serial printer by sending data directly to it through a terminal emulator > on a client machine (with the printer connected to the client machine's > serial port). > > The purpose of my request is to explore the possibility of moving away > from a third-party terminal emulator that runs on Windows and is compatible > with somewhat older hardware and operating systems. > > I have conducted research within the list of available emulators on Debian > but have not yet found a solution that meets our requirements. Therefore, I > am reaching out to seek your assistance and suggestions. I have tried Tera > Term (https://osdn.net/projects/ttssh2/releases/) but it does not offer > the desired functionality. > > If you have any ideas or recommendations for a Debian terminal emulator > capable of bidirectional "passthrough" printing, I would greatly appreciate > hearing from you. > > Thank you in advance for your assistance and valuable suggestions. > I confess I have not read all messages. I think "expect" might be the program you need. Best, Loïc
