copying to USB printer from file

[Gary Roach]

i want to be able to print to a file and then copy the file contents to a
printer (the machine i'm generating the print output on and the one with the
printer are different). in the old days of lpt ports instead of usb ports
all i had to do was:

copy output.prn lpt1

but now i want to copy to a usb printer and

copy output.prn usb001

just creates a file called usb001. any idea how to accomplish this?

 

[Quaoar]

i want to be able to print to a file and then copy the file contents
to a printer (the machine i'm generating the print output on and the
one with the printer are different). in the old days of lpt ports
instead of usb ports all i had to do was:

copy output.prn lpt1

but now i want to copy to a usb printer and

copy output.prn usb001

just creates a file called usb001. any idea how to accomplish this?

WinXP command line reference:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx

or http://tinyurl.com/36leu

Destination : Required. Specifies the location to which you want to copy
a file or set of files. Destination can consist of a drive letter and
colon, a folder name, a file name, or a combination of these.

Port no longer is supported? Maybe use the print command?

Q

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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but now i want to copy to a usb printer and

copy output.prn usb001

just creates a file called usb001. any idea how to accomplish

this?


I have no personal experience with it, but I understand that this
program can do what you want: http://www.lerup.com/printfile/

 

[Gary Roach]

great program! thanks

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I have no personal experience with it, but I understand that this
program can do what you want: http://www.lerup.com/printfile/