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From: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Why differences between PRINT and COPY?
Keywords: PRINT, COPY, binary files
Message-ID: <6182@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 90 15:45:19 GMT
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Organization: Univ of Washington, Seattle
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I use a Zenith Z248 AT-compatible running Zenith's MSDOS 3.3Plus to do
a variety of things, including newsletters with First Publisher.  Finally,
with FP Version 2.0, you can make a print file out of your publication in
order to "sneaker-net" it over to the LaserJet in the corner!

I've noticed one odd thing that I can't explain.  The resulting HUGE print
file (if a .PUB file is 30K, the print file can be 300K, but it's probably
basically a bitmap) can be printed using COPY fname >PRN but not by
using PRINT fname.  I understand that this print file is binary;  what do
PRINT and COPY do so differently that one works in this case and one doesn't?
(PRINT starts off OK, but hangs the printer within 4-5 lines; this tested
on an Epson dot matrix printer as well).

"Moby" Dick O'Connor                            ** The only difference between
Washington Department of Fisheries              ** a lazy man on a riverbank
Olympia, Washington  98504                      ** and a fisherman is a pole
Internet Mail: djo7613@blake.u.washington.edu   ** and a length of string.