Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!uw-june!uw-entropy!scott!mcglk From: mcglk@scott.stat.washington.edu (Ken McGlothlen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Printing problem Summary: TeX DVI -> HP LaserJet II (PS/2:80) Keywords: TeX, DVI, HP LaserJet Message-ID: <896@entropy.ms.washington.edu> Date: 1 Jun 88 16:29:28 GMT References: <45900131@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@entropy.ms.washington.edu Reply-To: mcglk@scott.ms.washington.edu (Ken McGlothlen) Organization: UW Biostatistics, Seattle Lines: 21 In article <45900131@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: +-------------- | I have just gotten Tex to work on my PS/2 Model 80, and have come across | a problem. The output files destined for my HP LaserJet II appear to | contain all 256 possible bytes. The "print" command and the ordinary | "copy file.jep prn:" commands refuse to print all of the file. It | worked with "copy /b file.jep prn:" , but that doesn't spool the output | like print does. Is it possible to get print to work? I expected to find | a corresponding /b option there but the manual doesn't mention it. | Anybody know about a fix for this? | Doug McDonald +--------------- Sadly, no, there is no way you can get PRINT to handle the .HP files. I'm forced to use the COPY command myself, with the /B switch. Oh, for decent multitasking. . . . About the best you can do is stick the COPY command in a .BAT file, and take long coffee breaks. --Ken McGlothlen mcglk@scott.ms.washington.edu mcglk@max.acs.washington.edu