[comp.sources.wanted] Want PRINT.COM sources or equivalen

mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (01/29/89)

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Looking for source code for IBM PC DOS print.com or equivalent
spooler code.

Printer redirect to a file would be the next best thing

Thanks in advance,

Jim Brandt
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I am also looking for a PRINT.COM replacement - one that will
PROPERLY HANDLE BINARY FILES -that is, files that can and do
contain all 256 possible 8bit words, which must be sent to the printer
INTACT. I have never been able to find such a beast. Note that print.com
works in the background; that is what I need. I have written such
a thing that runs under Microsoft Windows, but would like a plain one.


IBM - please note: Why did you make print.com so brain damaged in
the first place? Didn't you ever notice that it mangles binary files?
It would be so easy to add a binary option on the command line -
at least if you wrote it in a normal manner.

Doug McDonald (mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu)