Printing a file with print codes in it

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Thu Nov 30 11:24:24 PST 2006


On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 07:47:02PM -0500, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Unfortunately, I'm not certain how to access the "port" for things
> like USB printers from the command line.  One of our printers is
> on port "USB002", but directing output to "usb002" or "usb002:"
> results in a file named "usb002" being created, and "\dev\usb002"
> fails.  (Such syntax used to be valid on DOS and Win9x.)  There's
> probably something buried in the MS docs that tells how to do this.

Given that "shortcuts" only work in the Windows Shell, and not from
command lines... I wouldn't hold your breath.

Cheers,
-- jra
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