Print FROM file.

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I have "printed to file" a file I named "nnnn.prn." I want
to print this file through the (default) printer. How do I
do this?
XP-SP2
 
HAL said:
I have "printed to file" a file I named "nnnn.prn." I want
to print this file through the (default) printer. How do I
do this?
XP-SP2
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"prn" files have printer-specific control codes embedded in them, and as
a result, will only print properly on the same kind of printer as the
print driver used to produce the prn file. For example, if your default
printer is an HP 4300, and you created a prn file by selecting the
"print to file" box, you can print the file on an HP 4300 (yours or
someone else's) by opening a command prompt (Start>Run> cmd.exe [enter])
and typing the following command:

copy nnnn.prn LPT1 /B

Note that in LPT1 that's a number one. Also note that this will ONLY
work if your printer is connected to the parallel port of your
computer. If you have a USB-connected printer instead, things are a bit
more complicated.

Follow the directions at
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm to create a mapped
share for the printer, and then use the copy command described above.
 
Lem said:
HAL wrote:

I have "printed to file" a file I named "nnnn.prn." I want
to print this file through the (default) printer. How do I
do this?
XP-SP2
Click to expand...


"prn" files have printer-specific control codes embedded in them, and as
a result, will only print properly on the same kind of printer as the
print driver used to produce the prn file. For example, if your default
printer is an HP 4300, and you created a prn file by selecting the
"print to file" box, you can print the file on an HP 4300 (yours or
someone else's) by opening a command prompt (Start>Run> cmd.exe [enter])
and typing the following command:

copy nnnn.prn LPT1 /B

Note that in LPT1 that's a number one. Also note that this will ONLY
work if your printer is connected to the parallel port of your
computer. If you have a USB-connected printer instead, things are a bit
more complicated.

Follow the directions at
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm to create a mapped
share for the printer, and then use the copy command described above.
Click to expand...
Thank you.
I'll work on it.
I thought DOS died with XP (wink-wink).
 
It did (sort of)
However, there is a dos like system? invoked with the CMD function in the
run window, and a few other tidbits left.

Hence, it is possible to run some dos programs and even a few games if the
PC is setup properly. Generally, programs that address hardware directly
have problems.


" I thought DOS died with XP (wink-wink)".
 
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