mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (05/31/88)
I have just gotten Tex to work on my PS/2 Model 80, and have come across a problem. The output files destined for my HP LaserJet II appear to contain all 256 possible bytes. The "print" command and the ordinary "copy file.jep prn:" commands refuse to print all of the file. It worked with "copy /b file.jep prn:" , but that doesn't spool the output like print does. Is it possible to get print to work? I expected to find a corresponding /b option there but the manual doesn't mention it. Anybody know about a fix for this? Doug McDonald
mcglk@scott.stat.washington.edu (Ken McGlothlen) (06/01/88)
In article <45900131@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: +-------------- | I have just gotten Tex to work on my PS/2 Model 80, and have come across | a problem. The output files destined for my HP LaserJet II appear to | contain all 256 possible bytes. The "print" command and the ordinary | "copy file.jep prn:" commands refuse to print all of the file. It | worked with "copy /b file.jep prn:" , but that doesn't spool the output | like print does. Is it possible to get print to work? I expected to find | a corresponding /b option there but the manual doesn't mention it. | Anybody know about a fix for this? | Doug McDonald +--------------- Sadly, no, there is no way you can get PRINT to handle the .HP files. I'm forced to use the COPY command myself, with the /B switch. Oh, for decent multitasking. . . . About the best you can do is stick the COPY command in a .BAT file, and take long coffee breaks. --Ken McGlothlen mcglk@scott.ms.washington.edu mcglk@max.acs.washington.edu
cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (06/03/88)
In article <45900131@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > I have just gotten Tex to work on my PS/2 Model 80, and have come across > a problem. The output files destined for my HP LaserJet II appear to > contain all 256 possible bytes. The "print" command and the ordinary > "copy file.jep prn:" commands refuse to print all of the file. It > worked with "copy /b file.jep prn:" , but that doesn't spool the output > like print does. Is it possible to get print to work? I expected to find > a corresponding /b option there but the manual doesn't mention it. > Anybody know about a fix for this? > Doug McDonald I posted a similar problem a while back where PRINT expands TAB characters to blanks -- even if the TAB is part of a control sequence that shouldn't be expanded. I sure wish Microsoft would remember to put a /B option in the PRINT command in the next release of DOS. Clayton E. Cramer
indra@amdcad.AMD.COM (Indra K. Singhal) (06/10/88)
In article <896@entropy.ms.washington.edu> mcglk@scott.ms.washington.edu (Ken McGlothlen) writes: >Sadly, no, there is no way you can get PRINT to handle the .HP files. >I'm forced to use the COPY command myself, with the /B switch. Oh, for >decent multitasking. . . . About the best you can do is stick the >COPY command in a .BAT file, and take long coffee breaks. > --Ken McGlothlen You may wish to consider using the real print spoolers like PRINTQ. I am sure it spools any activity to the printer, including copy. -- Indra K. Singhal | | {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!indra | This space for rent ! | indra@amdcad.AMD.COM | | (408) 749-5445(w) | |