[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Making LPT2 default

saetnan@nhl-1.nhl.sintef.no (Jan S{tnan) (06/06/91)

How do I make LPT2 the default printer ?

stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley) (06/08/91)

saetnan@nhl-1.nhl.sintef.no (Jan S{tnan) writes:

> How do I make LPT2 the default printer ?

   1. swap the cables so it is lpt1

   2. swap the 16 bit addresses located at 40:8 and 40:a.

amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) (06/09/91)

>saetnan@nhl-1.nhl.sintef.no (Jan S{tnan) writes:
>> How do I make LPT2 the default printer ?

how about
rename print.com prnt.com
copy con: print.bat
prnt.com /d:lpt2 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8
^Z
then
print filename
or 
print /option filename

or simply... print /d:lpt2
al


-- 
Al. Michielsen, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
 InterNet: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu  amichiel@sunrise.acs.syr.edu
 Bitnet: AMICHIEL@SUNRISE