How to print a text file in dos mode ?

Question

        In my inventory project I am printing the bill in DOS Mode using a batch file.

        It prints perfectly when I print it in a networked printer using the code

        "type > \\System_Name\Printer_Name"

        But when I tried to use this in the same system that the printer is attached, by changing the code "type > Printer_Name", it is not working.

Is anybody know why this ?, Please share it.

Thanking you all,

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Please do not call it a DOS window or DOS Mode; it does not execute DOS programs, it executes Windows console programs. There is a huge difference between DOS and Windows programs. I assume that you are hoping for a way to do this using a bat file without writing any code. If so tehn apparently no one here knows the answer. So since this is not a programming question, you might get an answer in a forum where there are more networking people. I am suggesting that just because no one has been able to help you here. There was a time when computers were simple. Or at least some thigs were simpler. In that past, most prnters were connected using a parallel port so they had device names such as LPT1. Well now printers are connected using other connections such as USB and WiFi. So the question is: how is the priiner connected? Try this. Go to "Control Panel | Devices and Printers". Find the printer there and right-click it. Then select "Printer properties" (not Properties). Then click on the Ports tab; if you do not see a Ports tab then you did not follow the instructions I have here. I do not know, but that might show you what to use for sending the raw data from a command line window.

Jean Paul · Answer

I have not done that but it will be faster. You can check this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322091/EN-US

How to print a text file in dos mode ?

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