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To test communication between your printer and your PC, first create
a short file that ejects a page from the printer. Then send the file to
the printer.
To create the test file, type the following commands at the DOS
prompt:
copy con printest.ps
showpage
^D^Z
(All commands above except the DOS copy command are case sen-
sitive and must be typed exactly as shown.) Showpage is a PostScript
command that prints a blank page. The
Enter key. To produce the ^D and ^Z, press and hold down the Ctrl
key while you type the appropriate letters (d and z). These characters
signify the end of the file and must always be included.
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To send the PRINTEST.PS file (you just created) to the
printer, type
copy /b printest.ps lpt#
where # is the port number (1 to 3).
Note: If the computer has more than one parallel port, they're
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probably labeled. If not, check the computer documentation for
the LPT port names.
symbol means to press the
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