I’d like to have Powershell print a single line to a dot matrix
printer on a parallel port.

Something like this:

10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:02:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 1<return>
10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:05:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 2<return>
10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:08:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 3<return>
10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:11:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 1<return>



Every 3 minutes, I’d query the computer and spit out another line to
the dot matrix printer in a Courier type font.

How do I go about formatting and sending the result line by line to
the dot matrix printer?

On Oct 13, 10:43*pm, Nutty...@xxxxxx wrote:

> I’d like to have Powershell print a single line to a dot matrix
> printer on a parallel port.
>
> Something like this:
>
> 10/03/08 * * *<20 spaces> * 09:02:01 <20 Spaces> *Users: 1<return>
> 10/03/08 * * *<20 spaces> * 09:05:01 <20 Spaces> *Users: 2<return>
> 10/03/08 * * *<20 spaces> * 09:08:01 <20 Spaces> *Users: 3<return>
> 10/03/08 * * *<20 spaces> * 09:11:01 <20 Spaces> *Users: 1<return>
>
> Every 3 minutes, I’d query the computer and spit out another line to
> the dot matrix printer in a Courier type font.
>
> How do I go about formatting and sending the result line by line to
> the dot matrix printer?

"{0:dd/MM/yyyy} <20 spaces> {0:hh:mm:ss} <20 Spaces> Users:
{1:0}`n" -f
[datetime]::now,$users|out-printer <prn name>

Hi NuttyBee@xxxxxx,

Adding to Rick's string formmating, you can integrate the spaces, in the
form of padding, into the format pattern. Negative values pads the string
with spaces to the right side and positive valyues to the left. In the following
format pattern, dd/MM/yyyy is 10 characters long, so add 20 to it and you'll
end up with 30. Now, negate the value (-30) to pad spaces to the right side
of the string. Do the same math for the second format pattern (-28):

"{0,-30:dd/MM/yyyy}{0,-28:hh:mm:ss}Users:{1:0}`n" -f (get-date),$users


---
Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic
PowerShell Toolbar: http://tinyurl.com/PSToolbar

> I’d like to have Powershell print a single line to a dot matrix
> printer on a parallel port.
>
> Something like this:
>
> 10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:02:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 1<return>
> 10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:05:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 2<return>
> 10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:08:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 3<return>
> 10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:11:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 1<return>
>
> Every 3 minutes, I’d query the computer and spit out another line to
> the dot matrix printer in a Courier type font.
>
> How do I go about formatting and sending the result line by line to
> the dot matrix printer?
>

Thanks for the help. Out-Printer is perfect, except that at the end
of every line, it ejects the page.

Is there a way to just make it CR, but not eject the page?

On Oct 17, 9:17*am, Shay Levy [MVP] <n...@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Nutty...@xxxxxx,
>
> Adding to Rick's string formmating, you can integrate the spaces, in the
> form of padding, into the format pattern. Negative values pads the string
> with spaces to the right side and positive valyues to the left. In the following
> format pattern, dd/MM/yyyy is 10 characters long, so add 20 to it and you'll
> end up with 30. Now, negate the value (-30) to pad spaces to the right side
> of the string. Do the same math for the second format pattern (-28):
>
> "{0,-30:dd/MM/yyyy}{0,-28:hh:mm:ss}Users:{1:0}`n" -f (get-date),$users
>
> ---
> Shay Levy
> Windows PowerShell MVPhttp://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic
> PowerShell Toolbar:http://tinyurl.com/PSToolbar
>
>
>

> > I’d like to have Powershell print a single line to a dot matrix
> > printer on a parallel port.

>

> > Something like this:

>

> > 10/03/08 * * *<20 spaces> * 09:02:01 <20 Spaces> *Users: 1<return>
> > 10/03/08 * * *<20 spaces> * 09:05:01 <20 Spaces> *Users: 2<return>
> > 10/03/08 * * *<20 spaces> * 09:08:01 <20 Spaces> *Users: 3<return>
> > 10/03/08 * * *<20 spaces> * 09:11:01 <20 Spaces> *Users: 1<return>

>

> > Every 3 minutes, I’d query the computer and spit out another line to
> > the dot matrix printer in a Courier type font.

>

> > How do I go about formatting and sending the result line by line to
> > the dot matrix printer?- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -

I don't have a dot matrix printer to test against.
As far as I know, each call to out-printer prints a page so try (id you can)
to acumulate your output and print it in one piece.


---
Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic
PowerShell Toolbar: http://tinyurl.com/PSToolbar

> Thanks for the help. Out-Printer is perfect, except that at the end
> of every line, it ejects the page.
>
> Is there a way to just make it CR, but not eject the page?
>
> On Oct 17, 9:17 am, Shay Levy [MVP] <n...@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

>> Hi Nutty...@xxxxxx,
>>
>> Adding to Rick's string formmating, you can integrate the spaces, in
>> the
>> form of padding, into the format pattern. Negative values pads the
>> string
>> with spaces to the right side and positive valyues to the left. In
>> the following
>> format pattern, dd/MM/yyyy is 10 characters long, so add 20 to it and
>> you'll
>> end up with 30. Now, negate the value (-30) to pad spaces to the
>> right side
>> of the string. Do the same math for the second format pattern (-28):
>> "{0,-30:dd/MM/yyyy}{0,-28:hh:mm:ss}Users:{1:0}`n" -f
>> (get-date),$users
>>
>> ---
>> Shay Levy
>> Windows PowerShell
>> MVPhttp://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic
>> PowerShell Toolbar:http://tinyurl.com/PSToolbar

>>> I’d like to have Powershell print a single line to a dot matrix
>>> printer on a parallel port.
>>>
>>> Something like this:
>>>
>>> 10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:02:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 1<return>
>>> 10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:05:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 2<return>
>>> 10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:08:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 3<return>
>>> 10/03/08 <20 spaces> 09:11:01 <20 Spaces> Users: 1<return>
>>>
>>> Every 3 minutes, I’d query the computer and spit out another line to
>>> the dot matrix printer in a Courier type font.
>>>
>>> How do I go about formatting and sending the result line by line to
>>> the dot matrix printer?- Hide quoted text -
>>>

>> - Show quoted text -
>>