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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Redirecting printer to a file.
Keywords: printing, file
Message-ID: <767@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 91 08:58:19 GMT
References: <1991Jan17.163218.10885@inel.gov>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
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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.

If the software doesn't write directly to the port hardware, you
can use the program CMD found on every Workbench since 1.3.

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Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
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