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Printing to File, then Really Printing
On one occasion, my printer was not working properly, and so instead of printing a document directly, I chose "Print to File" and saved the document as "Doc.prn". Now that my printer is working properly once again, how do I print this file?
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The DOS copy technique had a strange effect. Of the seven pages printed, the first was printed the size of a postage stamp on my 8.5"x11" paper, the subsequent pages were printed the full size, and the right-hand edge falls off the paper. If you have any thoughts as to why this may have occurred, please feel free to share. Thanks for your help thus far.
The /b (for binary) only works if you type it before the filename.
The correct syntax is:
copy /b doc.prn lpt1:
It is possible that the printer missed some binary configuration characters that preceded the text output. This would explain the margin/size problem.
The correct syntax is:
copy /b doc.prn lpt1:
It is possible that the printer missed some binary configuration characters that preceded the text output. This would explain the margin/size problem.
ASKER
That appears to be the problem. Specific programs work just fine, I will look into the settings for Netscape. Thank you for your help!
in Windows Explorer go to View / Options / File types and click on New Type. Type Printer file in the Description of type box, and prn in the Associated extension box, then click on the New button. In the Action box type Print, and then use the browse button to find the Extention.bat file you created to automatically fill in the Application used to perform action box. Click on Ok and Ok and Ok: and that should do it
Hope this helps.
Glenn