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From: steves@ashtate (Steve Silverwood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Can LPT1: be redirected to file?
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.223343.508@ashtate>
Date: 29 Nov 90 22:33:43 GMT
References: <11756@milton.u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: steves@ashton.UUCP (Steve Silverwood)
Organization: Ashton-Tate, Torrance, CA
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In article <11756@milton.u.washington.edu> newlin@milton.u.washington.edu (Jay Newlin) writes:
>This is unfortunate, as there are times when we want to use the
>application without the printer connected.  Does anyone know how
>I can either redirect LPT1: to a file, or install some type of
>adapter on the parallel port to let the application think that
>a printer is attached and on-line?

Control Room (which we happen to make) will let you do this.  CR is a TSR
that, among other things, will intercept the printer output and send it to
a disk file.  I find that rather handy when working with my Epson Equity LT
on the road, as it prevents me from hanging up the machine when I accidentally
hit the Shift-PrtSc key with no printer connected.

//Steve//