printing to a file

I've only printed to a file a couple times, and now I'm trying to show
someone else how to use a file like that.

When they take the file to the second computer, how do people then
print the file? The easiest seems to me to be to open a dos box and
say: Copy a:\file1 lpt1 . Isn't that enough? Isn't that the
easiest way?

Or do people go to the trouble to drag a file from Explorer to the
printer icon in the Printer file? Does that work?

Or is there a better Windows way?

This woman seems infatuated with Windows, so I'm thinking she may
insist on a windows method.

Thanks

Meirman

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meirman napisal w wiadomosci
:

I've only printed to a file a couple times, and now I'm trying to show
someone else how to use a file like that.
(...)
The easiest seems to me to be to open a dos box and
say: Copy a:\file1 lpt1 . Isn't that enough? Isn't that the
easiest way?

You should use a "/b" switch and a "prn" logical port (copy /b a:\file1
prn).
Without this switch copying to a device ends if there is an EOF (end of
file) character somewhere inside the data stream. Logical device PRN works
imho under win more reliably than physical LPT1.

Best regards
Lukasz Spychalski

meirman napisal w wiadomosci
:

I've only printed to a file a couple times, and now I'm trying to show
someone else how to use a file like that.
(...)
The easiest seems to me to be to open a dos box and
say: Copy a:\file1 lpt1 . Isn't that enough? Isn't that the
easiest way?

You should use a "/b" switch and a "prn" logical port (copy /b a:\file1
prn).
Without this switch copying to a device ends if there is an EOF (end of
file) character somewhere inside the data stream. Logical device PRN works
imho under win more reliably than physical LPT1.

Best regards
Lukasz Spychalski

In comp.periphs.printers on Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:09:00 +0100 "Lukasz
Spychalski" posted:

meirman napisal w wiadomosci
:

I've only printed to a file a couple times, and now I'm trying to show
someone else how to use a file like that.
(...)
The easiest seems to me to be to open a dos box and
say: Copy a:\file1 lpt1 . Isn't that enough? Isn't that the
easiest way?

You should use a "/b" switch and a "prn" logical port (copy /b a:\file1
prn).
Without this switch copying to a device ends if there is an EOF (end of
file) character somewhere inside the data stream. Logical device PRN works
imho under win more reliably than physical LPT1.

Thanks. I will use PRN instead.

My help file for dos6 says that /b is the default (except when
combining files). There is a web address for help for DOS 7, but I
don't have it handy. There weren't many differences. I'll tell my
friend about /b.

Best regards
Lukasz Spychalski



Meirman

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In comp.periphs.printers on Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:09:00 +0100 "Lukasz
Spychalski" posted:

meirman napisal w wiadomosci
:

I've only printed to a file a couple times, and now I'm trying to show
someone else how to use a file like that.
(...)
The easiest seems to me to be to open a dos box and
say: Copy a:\file1 lpt1 . Isn't that enough? Isn't that the
easiest way?

You should use a "/b" switch and a "prn" logical port (copy /b a:\file1
prn).
Without this switch copying to a device ends if there is an EOF (end of
file) character somewhere inside the data stream. Logical device PRN works
imho under win more reliably than physical LPT1.

Thanks. I will use PRN instead.

My help file for dos6 says that /b is the default (except when
combining files). There is a web address for help for DOS 7, but I
don't have it handy. There weren't many differences. I'll tell my
friend about /b.

Best regards
Lukasz Spychalski



Meirman

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