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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 If emailing, please let me know whether or not you are posting the same letter. Change domain to erols.com, if necessary. |
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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 If emailing, please let me know whether or not you are posting the same letter. Change domain to erols.com, if necessary. |
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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 If emailing, please let me know whether or not you are posting the same letter. Change domain to erols.com, if necessary. |
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