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From: tom@vrdxhq.UUCP (Tom Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: printing > 10 files
Message-ID: <2662@vrdxhq.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 15:42:06 EST
Article-I.D.: vrdxhq.2662
Posted: Fri Dec 19 15:42:06 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 03:06:02 EST
References: <88@bcsaic.UUCP>
Organization: Verdix Corporation, Chantilly, VA
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Summary: printing a lot

In article <88@bcsaic.UUCP>, michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (Michael Maxwell) writes:
> [the line eater eater was here]
> I have a friend who wants to collect lots of files in a telecommunications
> session, then print them later on (like overnight).  The trouble is that
> MS-DOS, wretched excuse for an OS that it is, only allows 10 files to be in
> the print queue at a time.  And since the print command just queues things up,
> you can't just run it in a loop and tell it to print one file after another.
> (It will go through the loop 10 times, then die.)
> 

A real stupid way is :

      copy *.* lpt1:

The disadvantages of this are:

      1) You got put the stuff you want to print in a directory by itself
         so you don't print unwanted stuff

      2) You don't get top-of-form on each file like in PRINT

      3) You can't use the machine for anything else