SAC.LGSM.FRANK@E.ISI.EDU (03/15/88)
Please post the following to the info-hz1OO "bulletin board":
In an issue of BYTE magazine last year, in the "Best of
Bix" column, they detailed a command you could place in
AUTOEXEC.BAT. This command made the PRINT command resident, so
that when you executed the PRINT command, it would not stop and
print out: Output To Device [PRN]. A minor keystroke saver, but
convenient.
The command is:"PRINT /D: PRN:" This works perfectly for
Z248's, but does nothing for the Z1OO. So, does anyone know a
similar command which will work under DOS 2.X, for Z1OO's? When
I run the Z248 version, the system types: "Resident part of PRINT
installed", followed by "Print queue is empty".
Thanx in advance.
Frank Starr
SAC.LGSM@E.ISI.EDU
or c/o this boardemb978@leah.Albany.Edu (Eric M. Boehm) (03/23/88)
In article <[E.ISI.EDU]14-Mar-88.18:30:01.SAC.LGSM.FRANK>, SAC.LGSM.FRANK@E.ISI.EDU writes: > In an issue of BYTE magazine last year, in the "Best of > Bix" column, they detailed a command you could place in > AUTOEXEC.BAT. This command made the PRINT command resident, so > that when you executed the PRINT command, it would not stop and > print out: Output To Device [PRN]. A minor keystroke saver, but > convenient. > > The command is:"PRINT /D: PRN:" This works perfectly for > Z248's, but does nothing for the Z1OO. So, does anyone know a > similar command which will work under DOS 2.X, for Z1OO's? When > I run the Z248 version, the system types: "Resident part of PRINT > installed", followed by "Print queue is empty". > I submitted the following to BIX and it was later published in the BEST OF BIX. print <return >nul where return was created by: copy con return CTRL-Z That blank line is where you hit the return key.
jm7@pyr.gatech.EDU (John McLeod) (03/24/88)
In article <[E.ISI.EDU]14-Mar-88.18:30:01.SAC.LGSM.FRANK> SAC.LGSM.FRANK@E.ISI.EDU writes: > The command is:"PRINT /D: PRN:" This works perfectly for >Z248's, but does nothing for the Z1OO. So, does anyone know a >similar command which will work under DOS 2.X, for Z1OO's? When >I run the Z248 version, the system types: "Resident part of PRINT >installed", followed by "Print queue is empty". > > Thanx in advance. > >Frank Starr > >SAC.LGSM@E.ISI.EDU > >or c/o this board There is a relatively easy method for doing this. It involves a small file in the root directory. This file must be an ASCII file, not a word processor file, or the system will get confused. The file must read PRN:<CR> and nothing else (this is 5 characters). Call this file PRINT>DAT. The command invoked from the autoexec.bat file is PRINT < PRINT.DAT I have been using this for about 2 years, ever since I bothered to upgrade to DOS 2.x. jm7 JOHN MCLEOD Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!jm7 ARPA: jm7@pyr.ocs.gatech.edu