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From: jrwsnsr@nmt.edu (Jonathan R. Watts)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: 3.3 print command on binary files?
Message-ID: <1990Sep4.013922.24001@nmt.edu>
Date: 4 Sep 90 01:39:22 GMT
References: <944@massey.ac.nz>
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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From article <944@massey.ac.nz>, by ABishop@massey.ac.nz (A.G. Bishop):
> In message <11114@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Mike Ward writes:
> 
>>I often print large graphics files to my mx80 style printer.
>>I would like to use the MSDOS 3.3 print command to spool them, but
>>'print' only likes text files. If anyone knows of a undocumented option
>>or patch that makes 'print' work with graphics (binary) files rather
>>than just ascii text files, I would appreciate it if you would send me
>>the info. Thanks.

[A.G. Bishop responds by telling him to use COPY.]

You seem to have missed the point.  Mr. Ward wants to *SPOOL* the graphics
files, the most obvious reason being so that he can free up the computer
to do something else while it's printing--if you use COPY, you have to wait
for the print to finish before you can do anything else.

This inability of PRINT to print graphics files is ridiculous--graphics
printing takes much longer than text, so spooling is much more useful!
(Sorry, I don't have a solution--I didn't even know the problem existed
until now, as I've never tried to spool a graphics file.)
 
  - Jonathan Watts
 
jrwsnsr@jupiter.nmt.edu (Internet address)