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Message   Visitor    ALL   Printer on com port   October 15, 1995
 12:59 PM *   

A while back someone asked how to use a printer with a com port,
instead of the usual PRN output.

I replied I had done that in the past, and I remembered it involving
the use of the MODE command with the "P" command line parameter.
But I checked using "Help mode" with DOS v5 and it suggested the
"r" parameter.

I just happen to be looking a the Apr 25,1989 issue of PC magazine.
There it is on page 334:

MODE COM1:9600,n,8,1,P

So, I was right all along! At least for DOS v3.3. Maybe it changed
to "r" with a later DOS version.

I wonder if the person posting the original message got his
printer working?



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