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From: jcb2647@cec1.wustl.edu (James Christopher Beard)
Subject: Re: How come I can't send ^Z through LPT1: ?
Message-ID: <1990Mar23.225224.26633@cec1.wustl.edu>
Summary: How to send ^Z to PC printer
Reply-To: jcb2647@cec1.wustl.edu (James Christopher Beard)
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 90 22:52:24 GMT

Assuming that the file you want to send to the printer is called
stuff, try the following:

   COPY /B STUFF PRN

(It may be that the /B needs to go at the end instead.)  I think the
problem is that DOS presumes that LPT1 (alias PRN) is a text device,
so it should terminate output to it when it sees ^Z.  The binary (/B)
switch tells it to quit meddling.  By the way, I think the ":" after
PRN should not be used.

James Beard (beard@wuibc2.wustl.edu)