[comp.os.msdos.misc] LPT!: redirection?

exubho@exud1.ericsson.se (Blake Holman) (04/26/91)

Hi,

I am new to the net, and have an MS-DOS related question.  If the 
question has been asked before, please excuse me.

I am trying to find a way to redirect parallel printer output to a file.
I would like to run something to redirect the output to a file, then
I would like to run a program that sends output to PRN, then when the 
program completes, I would like to reset printer output to the printer
(or reboot, whichever is appropriate).

Does anyone know of a command in MS-DOS 3.3 or of an available utility
that will do this for me?

Thanks in advance

Blake Holman
Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
Richardson, Tx.
(214) 997-6784

ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (04/26/91)

In article <1991Apr25.182400.9969@ericsson.se> exubho@exud1.ericsson.se (Blake Holman) writes:
:
>I am new to the net, and have an MS-DOS related question.  If the 
>question has been asked before, please excuse me.
>
>I am trying to find a way to redirect parallel printer output to a file.
:

No problem.  You'll find an answer to this, and many similar
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