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Re: PRINT.EXE a binary file?

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From: Allen J Michielsen
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 00:21
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In ar@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (~{QG9p~}) writes:
>In  mailbox.syr.edu> amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) writes:
>
>>>It turned out that PRINT.EXE was only equiped to handle non-binary
>>>files! (This was confirmed after checking the manuals.) An 
>>I didn't see it...many dos level programs intended...have a... /b switch for
>>use with binary files.  Try print /b file.ext

>/b is already used (for block size, I think).  I checked all the
>possible single letter switches and failed to turn up anything.

   In another quest, I stumbled across dmp205.zip (or at some sites dmp205.zoo)
This lookes like a all around print program, spooling, port redirection,
character remapping or substitution (for convincing non-compatible printers
to be compatible with your software). ...  It appears to be shareware
and may include a ad for the commercial version.  One nice thing appears
to be the way the serial driver claims to be written.  The user has the a
ability to select the serial handshaking method (signal or signals).
I didn't actually try it, but did browse the documentation...
It appeared on almost all of the common ftp archive sites.

al
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