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Changing the Default Printer Port
Changing the Default Printer Port
If your system doesn•t use LPT1: to connect the printer to the computer, you can specify which port DOS
should use as its default. At the DOS prompt, enter the appropriate MODE command(s).
¨ For a serial interface, first enter:
MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P Then enter:
MODE LPT1:=COM1: ¨ For a parallel interface, enter:
MODE LPT2:
If your serial interface is COM2:, replace COM1: in the commands shown above with COM2:. Likewise,
your parallel interface may be LPT3:, in which case, change the MODE command to MODE LPT3:.
To avoid having to reenter the MODE command(s) every time you reset the computer, enter them in your
computers AUTOEXEC.BAT file. To create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file or edit an existing one, use a text
editor or a word processor in a mode that allows you to create ASCII text files. If youre editing your
systems AUTOEXEC.BAT file, be sure not to change or delete anything already in the file.
For more information on working with AUTOEXEC.BAT files, see your DOS manual.
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