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Article #1566Summary: redirecting non-PS to file
From: sommer
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 02:51
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 02:51
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Thanks to those who replied to my Q. I ended up using LPTX700 which does exactly what I need and want. >>I'm using a DOS program that expects to print directly to a dinky >>parallel printer of some sort. The computer is on a Novell network >>with an HPIIIsi in PS mode, so I can't print anything. >> >>What I would like to do is redirect the output (from lpt1 or lpt2) to >>a file so I could use some other utility to print it to the HPIIIsi or >>transport by floppy to some other place. *FROM: pemakine@serifos.helsinki.fi * * Well, another list :-) This is from simtel20.army.mil - from * it's index file: * *"PD1:","<MSDOS.PRINTER>", *"LPT2DSK.ARC",1,9216,8,870325,"Capture LPT output to a disk file" *"PD1:","<MSDOS.PRINTER>", *"LPTX600.ARC",1,31596,8,870319,"Redirect printer output to a file" *"PD1:","<MSDOS.PRINTER>", *"LPTX700.ARC",1,48801,8,880206,"Updated LPT (redirect PRN to file)" *"PD1:","<MSDOS.PRINTER>", *"PRNDI802.ZIP",1,35640,8,920516,"COM/LPT port redir. to any other port or file" *"PD1:","<MSDOS.PRINTER>", *"PSTASH20.ARC",1,2830,8,890216,"Redirects lpt output to file" * * * The lptx-series programs have been used very much, so * propably the LPTX700 would be a good "buy". +FROM: cellis@ds5000.dac.northeastern.edu + HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.Stanford.EDU + fritz@ra.csc.ti.com + +In DOS to trap printer output to a file, I have used a program which first +appeared in PCMag, and is also on the disk which comes with Paul Somerson's +PCMagazine DOS Powertools (Bantam). + +It is PRN2FILE.COM + +I haven't had time to search, but I'm sure it's somewhere in the ftp-accessible +files at wuarchive.wustl.edu or at simtel. + +It remaps LPT1: to whatever filename you have given, until you turn it off.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!news.cs.brandeis.edu!binah.cc.brandeis.edu!SOMMER From: sommer@binah.cc.brandeis.edu Subject: Summary: redirecting non-PS to file Message-ID: <1992Sep6.025125.20423@news.cs.brandeis.edu> Sender: news@news.cs.brandeis.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: sommer@binah.cc.brandeis.edu Organization: Brandeis University Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 02:51:25 GMT Lines: 45