Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!mtune!whuts!dab 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 Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 30 Keywords: How to do it? Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:5922 comp.sys.att:809 comp.sources.wanted:1686 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 {ihnp4,ulysses,allegra}!whuts!dab