vasili@ORNL-MSR.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/21/86)
From: vasili@ORNL-MSR.ARPA (Vasilios Alexiades)
How can I print a file on the (Epson) attached to my Amiga? Textcraft
will print only files created by it, and the notepad utillity only prints
notes created by the utillity itself, as far as I see by trying !!!
There's got to be some cli command to turn on the printer and print any
file that's on a disk, but I haven't discovered it. Could someone help?
Obviously I don't have a DOS manual, and I am no hacker. I just want to
use the thing...
Thanks for the help,
Vasili Alexiades (615) 526-4292jwhitman@ALMSA-1.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/21/86)
From: Jerry Whitman <jwhitman@ALMSA-1.ARPA>
<Date: Fri, 21 Feb 86 11:35:35 est
<From: Vasilios Alexiades <vasili@ORNL-MSR.ARPA>
<Message-Id: <8602211635.AA23633@ORNL-MSR.ARPA>
<To: info-amiga@RUTGERS.ARPA
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<How can I print a file on the (Epson) attached to my Amiga? Textcraft
<will print only files created by it, and the notepad utillity only prints
<notes created by the utillity itself, as far as I see by trying !!!
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<There's got to be some cli command to turn on the printer and print any
<file that's on a disk, but I haven't discovered it. Could someone help?
<.........
<Thanks for the help,
< Vasili Alexiades (615) 526-4292
Seems there is a hesitantcy to answer non-complex questions on this BB, so
I will take a crack at this one.
Assuming that you have set up your printer specification using the Preferences
Tool you should be able to print any text type file by doing the following:
1. Open CLI from the Workbench
2. Enter the command "TYPE filename TO PRT:"
(The colon may not be needed, but I do not have my DOS manual
with me. The qoutes are not part of the command)
3. Repeat #2 for each file you want to print.
4. Enter "ENDCLI" to return to Workbench.
Hope this is some help to you, and I hope it will encourage others to answer
questions from those of us who are so mundane as to want to 'use' our Amigas.
Regards; J.Whitmanmkidwel@nswc-wo.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/22/86)
From: mkidwel@nswc-wo.ARPA
You can copy information directly to the serial port (SER:), the
parallel port (PAR:) or the printer port (PRT:) which is the one
defined in preferences. To type a file to that port, get into CLI
and enter the command copy <filename> to <destination> where destination
is PAR: SER: or PRT:
M Kidwell