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- From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
- Subject: Re: PRINT.EXE a binary file?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.202112.23529@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <BtzFH9.G3J@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Sep5.001106.24945@newstand.syr.edu> <Bu66JK.Dxv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 20:21:12 EDT
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- In ar@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (~{QG9p~}) writes:
- >In mailbox.syr.edu> amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) writes:
- >
- >>>It turned out that PRINT.EXE was only equiped to handle non-binary
- >>>files! (This was confirmed after checking the manuals.) An
- >>I didn't see it...many dos level programs intended...have a... /b switch for
- >>use with binary files. Try print /b file.ext
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- >/b is already used (for block size, I think). I checked all the
- >possible single letter switches and failed to turn up anything.
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- In another quest, I stumbled across dmp205.zip (or at some sites dmp205.zoo)
- This lookes like a all around print program, spooling, port redirection,
- character remapping or substitution (for convincing non-compatible printers
- to be compatible with your software). ... It appears to be shareware
- and may include a ad for the commercial version. One nice thing appears
- to be the way the serial driver claims to be written. The user has the a
- ability to select the serial handshaking method (signal or signals).
- I didn't actually try it, but did browse the documentation...
- It appeared on almost all of the common ftp archive sites.
-
- al
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- Al. Michielsen, Crouse Hinds School of Management, Syracuse University
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