Command: print
PRINT prints a file in the background, while you run other DOS commands.
Syntax:
print [options] [[drive:][path]file] [[drive:][path]file] [...]
drive:path\file The file that you want to print.
Options:
/D:device Specify the name of the device to print to. If not given,
Print will use the default LPT: device.
/B:size Set the size of the buffer, in bytes, in the range 512-16384.
The default is 512.
/U:ticks The number of clock ticks, in the range 1-255, that Print is
to wait for the printer to become available before printing
the job.
/M:ticks The maximum number of ticks for sending a single character
to the printer, in the range 1-255.
/S:ticks The number of clock ticks, in the range 1-255, for the
background spooler process. The default is 2. Larger numbers
will speed up printing but slow down other DOS programs.
/Q:nn The number of files that will be allowed in the print queue,
in the range 1-32. The default is 10.
/T Remove all files in the print queue. Terminates the job that
is currently being printed.
/C Cancel jobs in the print queue. If this is used with a list
of file names, only those files are removed from the queue.
If this is used alone, all jobs are cancelled (although the
current job isn't terminated.)
/P Add a file to the print queue. If this precedes a list of
files, only those files are printed. You may use /P and /C
together on the same command line.
Comments:
If no options are given to PRINT, only files, /P is assumed. If no
options and no files are provided, print displays the contents of the
print queue.
This PRINT here only takes /1 /2 /3 as "/D:lpt1" etc equivalent
options or a filename to print a file. Please use the free PRINTQ
tool for "print file", "print /t" (clear queue incl current job),
"print /c" (clear queue) and "print /p file" (add file to queue).
Examples:
print c:\foo.txt c:\test.txt
See also:
chcp
display
printer.sys
printq
Copyright © 1998-2003 Jim Hall, updated 2008 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.