How to print a .doc file from dos

Does the printer have a name? If so them do this:

print /d:\\printername\sharename c:\temp\copy.txt

Good Luck,
Steve

C:\>print /d:\\bur-print-02\P10-HEAD HUNTER c:\temp\copy1.txt

C:\>copy con: lpt1:

This is what I got. But it didnt print at all.

Try this:

print /d:"\\bur-print-02\P10-HEAD HUNTER" c:\temp\copy1.txt

That should handle the spaces in the sharename.

nope didnt work, still gave same results

What happens when you try the command:

print /d:"\\bur-print-02\P10-HEAD HUNTER" c:\temp\copy1.txt

C:\>print /d:"\\bur-print-02\P10-HEAD HUNTER" c:\temp\copy1.txt

C:\>copy con: lpt1:

Same result as last time. The printer is right infront of me but no printing going on.

Don't no why you are doing:

copy con: lpt1:

When you do this:

print /d:"\\bur-print-02\P10-HEAD HUNTER" c:\temp\copy1.txt

What is displayed at the DOS prompt? On my machine it is:

C:\Temp\temp.dat is currently being printed

Does it say that?

Hi,

I only type
 print /d:"\\bur-print-02\P10-HEAD HUNTER" c:\temp\copy1.txt

the next line comes up by itself

copy con: lpt1:

and then it stays that way without printing. It freezes.

What happens when you type print /?

On my NT2000 machine the following prints:

PRINT [/D:device] [[drive:][path]filename[...]]

   /D:device   Specifies a print device.

I don't know where the copy con: lpt1: comes from, but you might be able to get out of that by pressing CTRL-Z.

C:\>print/?

C:\>copy con: lpt1:
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\>Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
'Now' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>L
'L' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>Z
'Z' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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As you can see all i did was print /? and the second line came by itself and got stuck, then when I pressed CTRL-Z it gave me

^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\>Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
'Now' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>L
'L' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>Z
'Z' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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DUDE, YOU ROCK!

That worked. Hats off to SteveGTR.

Now the only thing that bugs me is how can i define to print in Landscape vs. Portrait. By default it prints Portrait, but how do i define if I want to print Landscape. Plus what other options and features can I tweek while printing from dos?

You should really ask another question for that, but I know you are hurting for points :)

You can create a file that has the printer control sequence appropriate for your printer and do this:

%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\PRINT.EXE /d:"\\bur-print-02\P10-HEAD HUNTER" c:\whereever\landscape.dat+c:\temp\copy1.txt

You should also probably create a file that resets the printer so that you clean up afterwards. Then you would say:

%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\PRINT.EXE /d:"\\bur-print-02\P10-HEAD HUNTER" c:\whereever\landscape.dat+c:\temp\copy1.txt+c:\whereever\reset.dat