Re: Redirecting printing from lpt1 to com2

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From: Andrew Scadding
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 00:00

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In article <823957796.25447@intra.demon.co.uk>, Paul
<paul@intra.demon.co.uk> writes
>Does 2 to 3 minutes to print out a fax header seem about right for a dot
>matrix. The printer originally ran on an Olivetti M28 under Xenix and
>seemed much faster, printing plain text mail shots, but I guess this is
>due to Xenix's better coms handling than windows.
>
Depends on the font in the file header: if its not plain ascii, it will
be sloooow.
>My real problem is printing to com2 in dos.
>I have been using the Mode command  to redirect output from lpt1 to com2
>but without success. Having read and re-read the dos help files for Mode
>and Print, I have been issuing the following commands:
>
>Mode com2 9600,n,8.1
>
Try Mode com2 9600,n,8,1
>Mode lpt1=com2
>

>Print /d:com2 config.sys
>
I don't think the /d:com2 will help since you have already redirected
output from LPT1 to com2.  Just print might be better.

HTH

Andrew
Andrew Scadding
andrew@scadding.demon.co.uk

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