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Re: Printing within Windows environment [message #12553 is a reply to message #12542] Wed, 19 August 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
Stubbe F. Hviid is currently offline  Stubbe F. Hviid
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Registered: August 1998
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William,

Try

copy <filename> <port> /b

where port is the printer port, i.e LPT1: or
\\computer\shared_printer or ...

(replace computer and shared_printer with the names

found on your own local network)

Stubbe


William Thompson wrote in message <6ren47$m40@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>...
>
> Folks:
>
> I know this question has been asked before, but how does one send a file to
the
> printer within IDL for Windows. In Unix, one would spawn the lpr command.
> I've tried spawning "PRINT <filename>", but that doesn't seem to work.
>
> Thank you,
>
> William Thompson
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