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From: rusty@steelmill.cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Redirecting printer to a file.
Summary: use CMD
Keywords: printing, file
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Date: 17 Jan 91 18:31:59 GMT
References: <1991Jan17.163218.10885@inel.gov>
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In article <1991Jan17.163218.10885@inel.gov> hps@ws-hps.INEL.GOV (Randall M. Heaps) writes:
   >I am interested in being able to capture the printer port and redirect
   >it to a file.  In other words make the info going to the printer be
   >saved in a file instead.  Are there and utils for this, or is there a
   >simple Prefs or AmigaDOS command that I missed along the way?  Any hints
   >or tips would be greatly appreciated.
   >Thanks, 
   >Randy Heaps (email at hps@inel.gov)

Try using CMD off the 1.3 Extras disk.  It can capture either single
shot or continuously anything that get sent to PRT:.

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