Redirecting printer to a file.

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3 total messages Started by Randall M. Heaps Thu, 17 Jan 1991 16:32

#8035

Author: Randall M. Heaps
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 1991 16:32

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I am interested in being able to capture the printer port and redirect
it to a file.  In other words make the info going to the printer be
saved in a file instead.  Are there and utils for this, or is there a
simple Prefs or AmigaDOS command that I missed along the way?  Any hints
or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, 
Randy Heaps (email at hps@inel.gov)


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Re: Redirecting printer to a file.

#8036

Author: Rusty Haddock
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 1991 18:31

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In article <1991Jan17.163218.10885@inel.gov> hps@ws-hps.INEL.GOV (Randall M. Heaps) writes:
   >I am interested in being able to capture the printer port and redirect
   >it to a file.  In other words make the info going to the printer be
   >saved in a file instead.  Are there and utils for this, or is there a
   >simple Prefs or AmigaDOS command that I missed along the way?  Any hints
   >or tips would be greatly appreciated.
   >Thanks, 
   >Randy Heaps (email at hps@inel.gov)

Try using CMD off the 1.3 Extras disk.  It can capture either single
shot or continuously anything that get sent to PRT:.

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Re: Redirecting printer to a file.

#8043

Author: Peter Kittel GERMANY
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 1991 08:58

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In article <1991Jan17.163218.10885@inel.gov> hps@ws-hps.INEL.GOV (Randall M. Heaps) writes:
>I am interested in being able to capture the printer port and redirect
>it to a file.  In other words make the info going to the printer be
>saved in a file instead.  Are there and utils for this, or is there a
>simple Prefs or AmigaDOS command that I missed along the way?  Any hints
>or tips would be greatly appreciated.

If the software doesn't write directly to the port hardware, you
can use the program CMD found on every Workbench since 1.3.

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