How do I print to a file in Tops-20?

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Andrew Barron

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Jul 21, 2025, 12:56:37 AMJul 21
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Hi, my TOPS-20 boot.pidp file contains att lp20 -n prt.lst, and the file exists in the Linux directory. But I cannot get the print command to work.

It works fine in TOPS-10. I can print a file and it ends up in test.log as expected. But in TOPS-20 it goes into the print queue, and I get this message. [Printer job LOGO queued, request #11, limit 90]

Presumably, this means that the system does not believe that the printer is there, or thinks that it is offline. 

Does anyone know how to tell TOPS-20 how to print to LP20 without the print jobs just filling up the print spooler?

Are there commands for finding the attached printer devices? i o lists the jobs in the queue, but I cant get them out.

thanks 
AndrewB

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