can't find the printer

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billurie

Probably too simple a problem but I can't seem to
overcome it.

Printer is installed, test page prints fine, it's on
line, and it prints fine from text showing in Notepad.

But when I go

Start>run>cmd>
cd\
print bigapl.txt
It hangs and gives the error message:
"bigapl.txt is currently being printed"

The file is the same 4-line ASCII text file that
prints just fine from Notepad.

Thanks....
 
Don said:
Shouldn't your command line have a path to where the file is located?
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The little text file that I'm trying to print has
already been saved in the root directory. It doesn't
have any trouble finding the object.....it's the
printer it can't find.
 
Cari said:
See:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
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Hi, Cari.
I read it and printed it out and tried to follow it,
but, as so often happens, some instruction doesn't
match with my OS. In this case, step 3 of his 7 steps
talks about a *Share this printer* radio button. I
went to Property Page, selected Sharing tab.....and
found no radio buttons. I saw some text which would
allow me to branch one way or another......but, sadly,
I'm one of those people who hate to make decisions,
especially when I'm going where this man never went
before. And I hate to bother Bruce. Mine is indeed
the case that my printer is on a USB port. What would
you suggest?
 
Probably too simple a problem but I can't seem to
overcome it.

Printer is installed, test page prints fine, it's on
line, and it prints fine from text showing in Notepad.

But when I go

Start>run>cmd>
cd\
print bigapl.txt
It hangs and gives the error message:
"bigapl.txt is currently being printed"

The file is the same 4-line ASCII text file that
prints just fine from Notepad.

Thanks....
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Shouldn't the command be:

print/d:<printer name> <file name>

That is what help of cmd for the print command implies.
Jim
 
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