Printing a file with print codes in it

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:24:24 -0500):

> 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.

Well, it's not a "shortcut", it's a "port".  However, there may be
a separate Windows API for accessing "ports".

All the FAQs and readmes that I found tell you to do this by sharing
the printer, and then using \\server\sharename, so there may not be
any built-in way of accessing a printer "port" from the command line.

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