Re: Print from CMD prompt

You might find it more convenient to add a second "printer" that uses the
same LPT1 port. You can have as many "Printers" as you want configured to
use the same port and physical print device.

Then, you can have one "printer" with the TEXT data type and one with normal
(usually RAW) data type. You might find that the "Generic Text / Only
printer driver will work fine for the TEXT printer.

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Bruce Sanderson MVP

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"Donald L McDaniel" <donaldofmcdaniel@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
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> "Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@junk.junk> wrote in message
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> > Hmm, puzzling. Sorry if this is an insulting question, but are you sure
> you
> > have the colon (":") after lpt1?
> >
> > copy file.ext lpt1:
> I'm absolutely sure the command line is correct, and as quoted by you.
>
> > If you have the printer's window open, does a document show in the list
> and
> > then go away?
> By "the printer's window", do you mean the printer que? If so, yes. the
> document shows up in the que for a second or two (without a document
name),
> and the printer que window tells me the document is printing. But the job
> doesn't seem to get to the printer.
>
> > Have you tried the latest printer driver from the Lexmark site?
> >
> >
>
http://drivers.lexmark.com/drivers....olor+Jetprinter
> Thanks for the link, but yes, I do have the latest Lexmark
driver(downloaded
> from their site months ago) installed.
>
> ...Later...
> After experimentation with the print processor default data type (i tried
> each data type in succession) I have found that text files will print from
> the commandline, IF the print processor's default data type is set to
> "TEXT". This works whether the print processor is WinPrint, or the
Lexmark
> custom print processor. So it looks like that if I want to print text
files
> from the commandline, I will have to go in and manually change the default
> data type, then change it back to another if I want to do regular print
jobs
> from within a non-console program.
>
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> Donald L McDaniel
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