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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: HP LJ-II printjob bombs from DOS af
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Date: 11 Jan 89 16:17:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Jan 11 10:17:00 1989


>I am using an HP LJ-II connected via a parallel port to a PC-AT clone
>(Hyundai 286c) for printing TeX using Beebe's DVIJEP driver.  I have
>nothing but praise for the print quality and speed, but I have a major
>gripe with the PC/printer's behavior in the face of (infrequent)
>paper-jams and out-of-paper conditions: if new paper isn't added, or
>the jam cleared within about 20 seconds, the job aborts in the middle!

Try  

copy /b filename prn:

This is the only thing I have found that works from DOS. DOS's
print mechanism is seriously flawed.

I STILL, after months of looking, have found no way to print TeX in the
background under DOS. I have posted a Microsoft Windows program
that allows one to do it under Windows, albeit slowly. (posted
in comp.windows.ms).

Doug McDonald