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From: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.text
Subject: Re: HP LJ-II printjob bombs from DOS after paper-out or paper-jam
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Date: 11 Jan 89 04:02:24 GMT
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Organization: Iowa State U. Computer Science Department, Ames, IA
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In article <13017@duke.cs.duke.edu> gm@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Greg McGary) writes:
}I normally use the MKS-toolkit cp(1) command like so:
}
}	cp <jobname>.jep /dev/lpt1
}
}I've tried DOS's print spooler with no luck, and find that
}
}	cat <jobname>.jep >/dev/lpt1
}
}opens one or both of the files in ascii-mode so that the top-bit
}is stripped. (Boo!)
}
}Any ideas?  Thanks!

I use a batch file called TEXPRINT.BAT with the single line:

	copy /B %1.hp prn:

For your DVI files, change .hp to .jep.  This works exactly
like you want it to.  The switch /B tells DOS to use binary mode.