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From: cws@FTP.COM (Cris Shuldiner)
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Subject: Re: Print Redirection in PC/TCP and Windows 3.0
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Date: 1 May 91 13:30:13 GMT
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    Under Windows 3.0, this seems flaky. On my 386/20 the application
    that needs to be exited is Windows itself (not just Windows Write,
    for example, although it looks like something happens when I exit
    the specific Windows app.) If I go into a DOS window and then
    hit CTRL-SHIFT-SHIFT the job will usually print then, although
    I've had errors then too.
    
Print on exit seems to have problems with the Windows Print Manager.
I would advise disabling it.  Since I know of know way of getting
windows to allow the use of CTRL-SHIFT-SHIFT as a hotkey combination,
I do the following:

	1) Create a PIF file that : a] opens a DOS box, b] runs
	   DOPREDIR, and c] closes the DOS box.

	2) Attach that PIF file to an ICON.

	3) When you want something to print out, just click on the
           ICON. 

In the 2.05 pl2 version of the Print Redirector, there will be a
print on timeout added that should take care of this problem in
windows. 

Cris Shuldiner						Technical Support
cws@ftp.com						FTP Software, Inc.
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