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- From: sommer@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
- Subject: redirecting non-PS output to a file
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.210032.19468@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Sender: news@news.cs.brandeis.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: sommer@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
- Organization: Brandeis University
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 21:00:32 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- I'm using a DOS program that expects to print directly to a dinky
- parallel printer of some sort. The computer is on a Novell network
- with an HPIIIsi in PS mode, so I can't print anything.
-
- What I would like to do is redirect the output (from lpt1 or lpt2) to
- a file so I could use some other utility to print it to the HPIIIsi or
- transport by floppy to some other place.
-
- Tech support at the software place thought there was a utility
- something like "lprx" or "lpxr" to do this.
-
- archie inundated me with lpr* items. Does anybody out there know
- _where_ to get the _right_ thing?
-
- To clarify, if needed: the program will print to lpt1 or lpt2. I want
- to assign lpt1 or lpt2 to be a file, exit the program and print to the
- HP using some other utility transport by floppy to a computer at
- another location that has a dot-matrix printer. Other suggestions to
- solve this problem would be appreciated.
-
- I'd appreciate direct e-mail since I don't usually follow this group.
-
- Thanks in advance.
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- sommer@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
-