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From: dab@whuts.UUCP (Dave B.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.att,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Getting DOS to allow for both parallel and serial printers.
Message-ID: <2470@whuts.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 08:33:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: whuts.2470
Posted: Wed Jul 22 08:33:11 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 01:39:13 EDT
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I have a PC running MS DOS 3.2 and I have use of a Epson FX86e and a 
HP LaserJet.

The HP is a serial printer, the Epson parallel.

I'm planning to have LPT1 set to COM1 in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file so the default
printer is the LaserJet.

I would like to also have shell (or some modified equivalent to PRINT.COM) that
lets me print to the Espon at will.

Right now I've writtena little thing called LPRINT.BAT which is:

MODE LPT1:
PRINT %1
PAUSE        # this returns "Strike key when ready"
MODE LPT1:=COM1

THis works OK but, if I hit a key before the printer has stopped, it startss to
redirect output to COM1 before I want it to.

Does anyone out ther know how to :
Redirect the output, print it, and redirect it back while runnign in the
background?
I suspect some sort of print spooler should help.

Thanks in advance.

Dave
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