Hi Willi Like the MS-DOS program it replaces, this is a command that was added in the era of dot matrix printers. I think we first included it in one of the FreeDOS Alpha distributions, long ago.
It only works with a dot matrix printer, though. By running.. > print C:\fdconfig.sys /1 ..you have queued a job for the dot matrix printer at LPT1, so the print job is going to wait until a dot matrix printer is found. Is this useful in 2025? Probably few people have a dot matrix printer these days, so we should at least make a note of it in the new version of FD Help you are working on. I suggest replacing the note that says "Sorry there are no more informations about PRINT" with "PRINT only works with a dot matrix printer." Also: can you change the "M$_DOS" note in the PRINT help page to say "MS-DOS" instead? (The "$" is unnecessary.) On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM Fritz Mueller via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hi, > I am still working on the german FD help. One problem that I have is how to > handle > the "print" command that is delivered with FDT24xx and newer. > There is no /? to give more information. The only thing I found, was: > 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). > PrintQ can be found at: > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/ > print/printq/ It is a utility from Dr. Dobb's Programmers Vault. > > > Print C:\fdconfig.sys /1 for example says: > > Background utility for DOS > Version 1.02, by James B. Tabor > FILE ADDED TO QUEUE. > > Thats all. OK, it is in the queue now, but what to do to get it on paper? > The file printq is not delivered with FD, I have no old printer to check, > > so can someone help me with a short example what to do? _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
