Microsoft DOS print command
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About print
Availability
Syntax
Examples
Additional information
About print
Print was first introduced in MS-DOS 2.0 as PRINT.COM and later was changed to PRINT.EXE in MS-DOS 5.0 and above. This command allowed users to print a text file to a line printer, in the background.
Availability
The print.exe and print.com command is an external command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
MS-DOS 2.0 and above
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Syntax
| print |
/d:device /b:size /u:ticks1 /m:ticks2 |
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/s:ticks3 /q:size /t |
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drive:\path\ filename /c /p |
Options:
| /d:device |
Name of printer device
Printer Ports: LPT1, LPT2 orLPT3
Serial Ports: Com1, Com2, Com3 or Com4 |
| /b:size |
Sets size (in bytes) of internal buffer. Default=512 with range of 512 to 16384. |
| /u:ticks1 |
Maximum number of clock ticks PRINT is to wait for a printer to become available. Default=1 with a range of 1 to 255. |
| /m:ticks2 |
Maximum number of clock ticks PRINT can take to print a character or printer. Default=2 with a range of 1 to 255. |
| /s:ticks3 |
Maximum number of clock ticks allocated for background printing. Default=8 with range of 1 to 255. |
| /q:qsize |
Maximum number of files allowed in print queue. Default=10 with range of 1 to 255. |
| /t |
Removes files from the print queue. |
| drive:\path\ filename |
Location and filename of file to be printed. |
| /c |
Removes files from the print queue. |
| /p |
Adds files to the print queue. |
Examples
print c:\file.txt /c /d:lpt1
Prints the file file.txt to the parallel port lpt1.
Additional information
The print command is only able to print ASCII text.
The /d, /b, /u, /m, /s and /q switches can only be used once. If a different value needs to be used the computer must be restarted.
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