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- Command: PRINT Type: DOS external command
-
- Purpose: Prints, in the background, a queue of text files on a printer
-
- Syntax: print [/d:device][/b:size][/u:value][/m:value][/s:timeslice]
- [/q:qsize][/t][/c][/p] [drive:][pathname]
-
- Switches:
- /d:device Specifies the output print device name. Default is
- LPT1. Other possible devices are PRN, LPT2, LPT3,
- COMx where x= 1 to 4.
-
- /b:size Sets the size in bytes of the internal print buffer
- Minimum value is 512; maximum value is 16,386.
-
- /u:value Value specifies the number of clock ticks that
- PRINT will wait for a printer. If the printer is
- not available within the time specified, the job
- will not run. The default value = 1.
-
- /m:value Value specifies the number of clock ticks that
- PRINT will take to print a character. Valid range
- of value is 1 to 255. Default value is 2.
-
- /s:timeslice The interval if time to be used by the MS-DOS
- scheduler to the PRINT command.
-
- /q:qsize Sets the maximum size of the print file queue. The
- minimum is 4; the maximum is 32; the default is 10.
-
- /t Delete all files in the print queue. If a file is
- currently being printed, it is cancelled, however
- all characters currently in the printers' buffer
- will still be printed.
-
- /c Turns on the cancel mode and removes the preceding
- filename and all the following filenames from the
- print queue.
-
- /p Turns on the print mode and adds the preceding
- filename and all the following filenames to the
- print queue.
-
- * The /d, /b, /q, /s, /u, and /m options can only be specified
- the first time PRINT is executed at which time PRINT becomes
- resident in memory. If /D is not specified the first time PRINT is
- called, a prompt is displayed requesting entry of the print device
- name.
-
- Global file name characters are allowed and multiple files may be
- specified. PRINT with no arguements displays the files currently
- in the print queue. A form feed follows each file on the printer.
- Tab characters are expanded to the next 8-column boundary. The
- disk containing the files to be printed must remain in the drive
- until all printing is finished. The printer cannot be used while
- files remain in the print queue. Printing stops when the computer
- is working.