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thompson@atlas.socsci.umn.edu (T. Scott Thompson) writes:

>Several posters have given _almost_ correct answers to this.  When you
>get the file onto the computer with the "good" printer you should use

>        copy <yourfilename> prn /b
>           
>Note the /b switch at the end!  If you leave it off then DOS will copy
>bytes until it encounters a control-Z (end-of-file) character.  Since
>the file might be in a binary format, this is not what you want.
>(Believe me!  I speak from experience on this one.)  When you use /b
>then DOS ignores control-Z's in the file, and copies the number of
>bytes recorded in the filesize field in the directory entry for
><yourfilename>.

It's best to put the /b immediately after the copy. In some environments
the /a and /b switches only affect the files that *follow* them!

Also, even worse than ^Z, is the way DOS will cheerfully translate
^I characters to the "appropriate" number of spaces! In a binary
file that is a *real* disaster!

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