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Hello, I have been using the Term:ANSIColor module to print in color, but I would like to print this color on a printer. A simple redirect to the printer just prints the ANSI escape code. Could someone please let me know the best way to print color.

thanks
J 

open(LPR, "|lpr -P agrprt165 >/dev/null 2>&1");
open TMP, ">.tmp";

$COLOR{"0"} = "black";
$COLOR{"1"} = "red";
$COLOR{"2"} = "yellow";
$COLOR{"3"} = "green";
$COLOR{"4"} = "blue";
$COLOR{"5"} = "cyan";
$COLOR{"6"} = "magenta";
$COLOR{"7"} = "white";

$ON_COLOR{"0"} = "on_black";
$ON_COLOR{"1"} = "on_red";
$ON_COLOR{"2"} = "on_yellow";
$ON_COLOR{"3"} = "on_green";
$ON_COLOR{"4"} = "on_blue";
$ON_COLOR{"5"} = "on_cyan";
$ON_COLOR{"6"} = "on_magenta";
$ON_COLOR{"7"} = "on_white";

$SPECIAL{"0"} = "";
$SPECIAL{"1"} = "dark";
$SPECIAL{"2"} = "bold";
$SPECIAL{"3"} = "underline";
$SPECIAL{"4"} = "underscore";
$SPECIAL{"5"} = "blink";
$SPECIAL{"6"} = "reverse";
$SPECIAL{"7"} = "concealed";

$SY{"0"} ="A";
$SY{"1"} ="B";
$SY{"2"} ="C";
$SY{"3"} ="D";
$SY{"4"} ="E";


for ($w=0; $w<8; $w++) {
for ($x=0; $x<8; $x++) {
for ($y=0; $y<4; $y++) {
for ($z=0; $z<5; $z++) {

  $tmp = "$COLOR{$x} $ON_COLOR{$w} $SPECIAL{$y}";
  print colored ("$SY{$z}", $tmp);
  print TMP colored ("$SY{$z}", $tmp);
  print LPR colored ("$SY{$z}", $tmp);
}
print "\n";
print TMP "\n";
print LPR "\n";
}
}
}

close TMP;
close(LPR);

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edited: Tue Aug 5 17:30:58 2003 by jeffa - code tags, formatting

In reply to send color text to printer by jhasting

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