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From: frank@cavebbs.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Printing Graphics files via LPT1:
Message-ID: <1991Jan09.220846.15527@cavebbs.gen.nz>
Date: 9 Jan 91 22:08:46 GMT
References: <8280@emcard.UUCP>
Organization: The Cave MegaBBS, Public Access Usenet, Wellington, NZ
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In article <8280@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes:
>
>I'm trying to print bitmaps files to a Laserjet via LPT1: and the image
>gets all trashed. I'm wondering if LPT1: is only passing 7 bits, playing
>with what it thinks are tabs, etc. I know the file is good because I can

How are you doing it -- if you want to do it from DOS, try COPY/B FILE LPT1:
-- the /B tells DOS it's binary, and not to stop at a ^Z.

The same type of problem applies to TurboC/Pascal -- it thinks the printer is
a text device, so it bombs out on ^Zs... there are workarounds, although I
don't know the specifics of them.


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