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Need command line lpr for Win98
I am in need of a lpr command-line utility for Windows 98 - but my
searches so far have revealed only one (overpriced) option. My backup plan is to install Cygwin and use their lpr utility, but it seems like somebody somewhere would have written a native-Windows utility... Barring that, can someone suggest a way to print to a network-connected printer from a Win98 batch file? -- Jim Seymour |
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Need command line lpr for Win98
Can you describe what you are trying to do in more detail? LPR won't work
without the LPD deamon, and there is no equivalent in Windows. Or is it LPD on a UNIX server that you are trying to print to? A W98 batch file can't print to a remote (or any) printer - only an application, which understands the features of the particular printer, can print a document. A batch file could copy a print file (usually type PRN) created by an application to a remote printer - is that what you are trying to do? Or, you could write a script that uses the scripting feature of the application (such as WORD) to automate the printing function of that application which could (depending on the scripting engine used) select a network printer. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Jim Seymour" wrote in message ... I am in need of a lpr command-line utility for Windows 98 - but my searches so far have revealed only one (overpriced) option. My backup plan is to install Cygwin and use their lpr utility, but it seems like somebody somewhere would have written a native-Windows utility... Barring that, can someone suggest a way to print to a network-connected printer from a Win98 batch file? -- Jim Seymour |
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Need command line lpr for Win98
Jeff Richards wrote:
Can you describe what you are trying to do in more detail? LPR won't work without the LPD deamon, and there is no equivalent in Windows. Or is it LPD on a UNIX server that you are trying to print to? Thanks for the response. The network printer I'll be using (a Brother HL2070N) acts as a LPD daemon. From a UNIX or Windows 2000+ command line, I could run "lpr" and easily send a text file to the printer. With Win98, however, there is no built-in lpr utility. My next option is to capture the printer to "LPTx" and see if I can simply use "copy file LPTx". But "lpr" seems like a better solution - if I can find such a utility. [...] A batch file could copy a print file (usually type PRN) created by an application to a remote printer - is that what you are trying to do? Nope. I need to access the same printer from four machines. Since these four PCs are not guaranteed to be ON at any given time, I can't use a "shared" printer. -- Jim Seymour |
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Need command line lpr for Win98
Jim Seymour wrote:
I am in need of a lpr command-line utility for Windows 98 - but my searches so far have revealed only one (overpriced) option. My backup plan is to install Cygwin and use their lpr utility, but it seems like somebody somewhere would have written a native-Windows utility... Barring that, can someone suggest a way to print to a network-connected printer from a Win98 batch file? Following up to my own post... I was, perhaps, over-thinking my problem. I found a simple solution in the freeware "PrintFile" utility: http://www.lerup.com/printfile/ By installing the drivers for my printer - and making it my default printer, I am now able to easily print to it from a batch file. All is good. Thanks to those who listened... -- Jim Seymour |
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