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- From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: How do I send a binary file to a printer?
- Message-ID: <drice.713818586@ponder>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 18:56:26 GMT
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- In <6536@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> georgew@tekig1.PEN.TEK.COM (George Walker) writes:
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- >I'm running Windows and I have a crummy printer, but I have access to
- >another PC running DOS that has a laser printer. If I do a "print to file"
- >from my word processor under Windows, with the correct printer setup, and
- >then take that file to the DOS machine, how do I print the file? My DOS
- >manual says that the DOS "print" command is only for text files.
-
- >Thanks for any help.
-
- Try "COPY filename LPT1" or "TYPE filename > LPT1"
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- D. Keith Rice -- University of North Texas -- drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu
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