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Old June 27th 05, 11:33 PM
W.E Fagerberg
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Default Print to File Question

I've used "Print to File" to get some files to a service bureau for
specialized printing. Now I'd like to go ahead and print a couple of these
on my own printer. How does one enter a ".PRN" file into the print queue
for the printer that wrote the file? (WIN 98SE, Canon S520 on USB.)


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Old June 28th 05, 09:56 AM
Jeff Richards
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Use the DOS copy command to copy the file to the printer, such as
COPY SAMPLE.PRN LPT1

Note that this will only work if the PRN file was originally created for the
same printer as installed on your machine. It's usually simpler to re-print
the file from the original document.
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"W.E Fagerberg" wrote in message
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I've used "Print to File" to get some files to a service bureau for
specialized printing. Now I'd like to go ahead and print a couple of
these
on my own printer. How does one enter a ".PRN" file into the print queue
for the printer that wrote the file? (WIN 98SE, Canon S520 on USB.)



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Old July 4th 05, 05:05 PM
Tom Ferguson
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As a PSto Jeff's correct information:

I would use the /b switch with the copy command as in

copy /b sample.prn lpt1

This causes the copy to be in binary mode rather than ANSI/ASCII.
Otherwise, the print job might terminate before completion if the data
stream happens to contain a bit pattern that matches a printer control
command.

Also, if needed or convenient, the command can process a fully-qualified
path as in

copy /b d:\letters\sample.prn lpt1

Note that this method is geared to printers attached to parallel printer
ports rather than USB.

Tom
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"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
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: Use the DOS copy command to copy the file to the printer, such as
: COPY SAMPLE.PRN LPT1
:
: Note that this will only work if the PRN file was originally created
for the
: same printer as installed on your machine. It's usually simpler to
re-print
: the file from the original document.
: --
: Jeff Richards
: MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
: "W.E Fagerberg" wrote in message
: link.net...
: I've used "Print to File" to get some files to a service bureau for
: specialized printing. Now I'd like to go ahead and print a couple
of
: these
: on my own printer. How does one enter a ".PRN" file into the print
queue
: for the printer that wrote the file? (WIN 98SE, Canon S520 on USB.)
:
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