Re: PCL printer cannot be accessed
On Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 07:41:48AM -0600, Charles Read wrote:
> Two questions:
>
> 1. If I used dvihp to generate a PCL file, can I then
> go to a DOS shell in Win95 and say:
> c:> copy PCL.file LPT1
>
> I tried this, but first page was very messed up.
DOS is stuffed - you must use "copy /b PCL.file LPT1" - ignoring the fact
that it has a four letter extention :-) In fact I think this
works too: "copy /b pcl.file prndositreallymessedup" as it only looks at the
prn bit (IIRC).
Adrian
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