Re: How to redirect LPT1 to FILE

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From: Ian Staples
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00

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John Savage <koala@sydney.dialix.com.au> writes:

>cakici@seas.gwu.edu (Mustafa Kemal Cakici) writes:
>>I really need to redirect my LPT1 to FILE just like in Windows.  I know
>>that you can redirect LPT1 to COMn by using mode however I want to
>>capture the printout from a dos application rather than printing it.

>ftp ftp.cdrom.com  /pub/garbo/garbo_pc/printer/
>lptx.zip      Redirect printer output v6.0
>lptx700.zip   Redirect printer output v7.0 (not update, just different)
>prndi802.zip  Printer and port Redirection from Allen Creations
>prn2file.zip  Direct printer to a file (w asm)
>prn2fil3.zip  Direct printer also to a file, with sound (w asm)
>pstash.arc    Printout redirection
>vprint51.zip  Virtual printer utility (redirect to file), D.Whitman

Well I haven't tried most of these but be aware that at least some
"lpt to file" redirectors won't work with some programs.  I guess
it's due to the way the latter actually do their output to lpt1

Cheers,  Ian S.

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Subject: Re: How to redirect LPT1 to FILE
Date: 1996/02/13
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