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Marco Simionato <simion@iveuncc.unive.it> writes:

]I have DR DOS 6 on my 386sx machine, which is connected to a PostScript
]Apple Personal LaserWriter NTR. The Script utility allows me to print
]text files from the Dos command line. This utility can be installed as
]TSR, so that it will intercept and elaborate all jobs directed to the
]printer. Despite this, I cannot have files printed from basic Dos apps,
]such as MS Edit or DR DOSBOOK. The fact is that, to be installed as a
]TSR, Script requires two parameters: an input peripheral and an output
]peripheral. The two parameters cannot be the same. Now, my printer is
]connected to LPT1. If we assume that, for example, MS Edit prints by
]default to LPT1, I would have to tell Script to take all jobs directed to
]LPT1, elaborate them and send them to, say, LPT2 - which I just don't
]have.

I see the confusion.  I use it all the time and don't pay attention to
the manual or the usage;-}

The correct usage on a single port machine for script is:

	SCRIPT LPT1

This takes all data sent to LPT1, converts it to postscript and then
outputs it to the actual port.  I believe that the interception point
is INT17.  Anyone writing to the port below this will probably bypass
SCRIPT, but you'd have to check the trapped interrupts to verify that.
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