print command

[carlrowley1]

hello there

this batch file named "p.bat" which contains the command "print %1"

When i try this out at the command prompt i would type "cd batch.files" and press enter,

c:\batch.files>p timedate.bat
when this executes the command it would tell you
c:\batch.files\timedate.bat is currently being printed

There is a batch file named timedate.bat in the c:\batch.files directory
I was wondering why this does not print out the timedate.bat file.

these are examples from a book so things might have changed.....

[Dias de verano]

What print device is the print command using?

Type print /? at the prompt to see details of usage. If you do not have a DOS compatible line printer e.g. a dotmatrix device, attached to either LPT1 or COM1, then the PRINT command is no use to you.

[carlrowley1]

I take it this book i am looking at, was when everybody had a printer connected to a parallel port, as it does not mention printers.
also it must be before usb printers came out...which i do have a usb printer

Sorry dias i got confused again, i know you need a DOSprint utility to print from dos
I have printed the print command out anyway for future (ref)

thank you for your reply

[GuruGary]

There is a trick that I use that will usually work to print to USB printers through a command prompt.  Share the printer, then map the printer to an LPT port.  So if you have a printer hooked up to your USB port, and you share it as "printer1", then you can try:

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net use LPT1 \\localhost\printer1Then your p.bat will probably work (assuming your printer supports network printing and plain text).

[carlrowley1]

There is a trick that I use that will usually work to print to USB printers through a command prompt.  Share the printer, then map the printer to an LPT port.  So if you have a printer hooked up to your USB port, and you share it as "printer1", then you can try:

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net use LPT1 \\localhost\printer1
Then your p.bat will probably work (assuming your printer supports network printing and plain text).
 

 

Thanks for that i will have a look at that and try it out.