How to Print SSCC Files

You can use SSH Secure Shell to transfer your files to your PC for printing.

The procedure is to use your terminal window and UNIX cd commands to navigate to the subdirectory desired. (This is much faster than navigating with the File Transfer browser window.)

Then pull down the Window menu and choose New File Transfer in Current Directory. A three-part window will open. The files listed in the box on the left are your PC files, and the box on the right are your UNIX files. The box at the bottom shows file transfer information.

Next, pull down the Operation menu, and find File Transfer Mode at the bottom. Choose Auto select. This choice will convert UNIX end of line characters to Windows end of line characters for files with ASCII extensions. Note that conversion is based on a pre-defined list of file extensions, which you can configure.

Look at your UNIX files, and double-click the file you want to print. The file will be transferred to your PC and Notepad will open with the contents of your file. Choose the Notepad menu File and then Print to print the file to your PC printer.

Certain file extensions may correspond to programs installed on your PC. If your PC opens the wrong program when you use this method to print, you'll have to manually transfer the file to your PC (drag and drop) and then manually start Notepad to open the file and print it.

Fixing ASCII Transfers

Sometimes, ASCII text files will not be recognized, and they'll be transferred as binary files without end of line translation. They will have the wrong appearance in a program like Notepad. The end of line translation is performed on the basis of the file extension of the name of the file being transferred.

You can configure SSH Secure Shell to do the right thing. Choose the menu Edit, and then Settings. Under Global Settings in the left window, choose Mode. Click ASCII in the File transfer mode box. Look at the box to the right, on the line ASCII extensions. You'll see a square graphic on the right side of that line. Click that graphic to insert an extension. Type the name of the file extension without a "." in the insertion box and press Enter. You might want to add file extensions like sas, mat, ado, do, por, lis, log, lst and sh.