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T o sw itch p rin te r o u tp u t off, p ress C T R L -P R T S C o r C T R L -P ag a in .
E a c h tim e y o u p ress th is key c o m b in a tio n , h a r d c o p y to g g les fro m o n to
o ff o r fro m o ff to on.
PR O G RAM M ING THE PRINTER WITH DOS CO M M ANDS
I f y o u r system in c lu d es th e file P R I N T .C O M y o u c a n use th e m a in
D O S p rin tin g c o m m a n d . S im ply ty p e th e w o rd P R I N T fo llo w ed by th e n a m e
o f th e file y o u w a n t to p rin t. T o p r in t a file n a m e d R E A D M E .D O C , fo r
e x am p le, type:
A>PRINT README.DOC
T h e c o m p u te r m a y re s p o n d w ith th e fo llow ing m essage, as k in g w h ich
p rin te r to use:
Name o f l i s t d e v i c e
I f y o u r c o m p u te r is c o n n e c tc d to on ly o n e p rin te r, p re ss R E T U R N to
select th e d e fa u lt ch o icc (P R N ). P rin tin g w ill beg in a n d th e A > p ro m p t
w ill re a p p e a r. Y o u c a n ex ecu te o th e r c o m m a n d s o r p ro g ra m s w hile th e file
is b ein g p rin te d .
A single P R I N T c o m m a n d c a n p rin t tw o o r m o re files. L ist th e file n am es
co n secu tiv ely o n th e sam e line, o r use w ild -ca rd c h a ra c te rs (* a n d ?). E ach
file w ill be p rin te d sta rtin g o n a new page. T h e P R I N T c o m m a n d also h as
c o n tro l o p tio n s. F o r ex am p le, y ou c a n te rm in a te a p rin tin g jo b in p ro g ress
w ith th e /T o p tio n . (T h e p rin te r m ay n o t s to p p rin tin g im m ed ia te ly ; it m ay
h av e c o n sid e ra b le d a ta sto re d a h e a d in its b u ffe r.) F o r th e /T o p tio n , type:
A>PRINT/T
See y o u r D O S m a n u a l fo r fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n a b o u t the P R I N T
c o m m a n d . I f y o u r system d o es n o t in c lu d e P R IN T .C O M , y o u c a n p rin t files
b y u sing th e P R N device n am e in C O P Y o r T Y P E c o m m a n d s such as th e
follow ing:
A>COPY README.DOC PRN
A>TYPE README.DOC > PRN
C O P Y a n d T Y P E d o n o t p e rm it y o u to ex ecu te o th e r c o m m a n d s w hile
th e file is p rin tin g .
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