PRINTER command - ON WINDOWS

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Nancy Palmquist (Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:17:59 -0500):
[...]
> PRINTER "WIN:\\metro\myprinter" which is the DESTINATION COMMAND as   
> shown for a printer, it will send the output to that printer just the
> same as if I said:
>
> PRINTER NAME "joe"
>
> Of course, I included the printer type to insure that it was set correctly.
>
>
> So in summary, I found this:
>
> Printer type "hplaser"
> Printer name "joe"
>
> Did the same thing as:
>
> printer type "hplaser"
> printer "WIN:\\metro\myprinter"

Just a note that PRINTER NAME will set the printer type as well as the
destination, while PRINTER will simply set the destination.  So, in the
first example, the PRINTER TYPE is superfluous.  It is, however, needed
in the second version to ensure the proper type.

[...]
> I could not find any issues using this in this manner.  I was   
> worried about the
> WIN: part causing some kind of issue.

Whatever can go in the "destination" column in pmaint can be used with
the PRINTER command.

> So I hope this helps someone else.

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