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From: jm7@pyr.gatech.EDU (John McLeod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: Re: AUTOMATING Z1OO PRINT COMMAND
Message-ID: <5243@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 23 Mar 88 16:01:54 GMT
References: <[E.ISI.EDU]14-Mar-88.18:30:01.SAC.LGSM.FRANK>
Reply-To: jm7@pyr.UUCP (John McLeod)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <[E.ISI.EDU]14-Mar-88.18:30:01.SAC.LGSM.FRANK> SAC.LGSM.FRANK@E.ISI.EDU writes:
>        The command is:"PRINT /D: PRN:" This works perfectly for
>Z248's, but does nothing for the Z1OO.  So, does anyone know a
>similar command which will work under DOS 2.X, for Z1OO's?  When
>I run the Z248 version, the system types: "Resident part of PRINT
>installed", followed by "Print queue is empty".
>
>        Thanx in advance.
>
>Frank Starr
>
>SAC.LGSM@E.ISI.EDU
>
>or c/o this board

There is a relatively easy method for doing this.  It involves a small file in 
the root directory.  This file must be an ASCII file, not a word processor file,
or the system will get confused.  The file must read
PRN:<CR>
and nothing else (this is 5 characters).
Call this file PRINT>DAT.  The command invoked from the autoexec.bat file is 
PRINT < PRINT.DAT

I have been using this for about 2 years, ever since I bothered to upgrade to 
DOS 2.x.

jm7

JOHN MCLEOD
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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