Command: print

  PRINT prints a file in the background, while you run other DOS commands.

Syntax:

   print [options] [[drive:][path]file] [[drive:][path]file] [...]
           drive:path\file  The file that you want to print.

Options:

  /D:device  Specify the name of the device to print to. If not given,
             Print will use the default LPT: device.
  /B:size    Set the size of the buffer, in bytes, in the range 512-16384.
             The default is 512.
  /U:ticks   The number of clock ticks, in the range 1-255, that Print is
             to wait for the printer to become available before printing
             the job.
  /M:ticks   The maximum number of ticks for sending a single character
             to the printer, in the range 1-255.
  /S:ticks   The number of clock ticks, in the range 1-255, for the
             background spooler process. The default is 2. Larger numbers
             will speed up printing but slow down other DOS programs.
  /Q:nn      The number of files that will be allowed in the print queue,
             in the range 1-32. The default is 10.
  /T         Remove all files in the print queue. Terminates the job that
             is currently being printed.
  /C         Cancel jobs in the print queue. If this is used with a list
             of file names, only those files are removed from the queue.
             If this is used alone, all jobs are cancelled (although the
             current job isn't terminated.)
  /P         Add a file to the print queue. If this precedes a list of
             files, only those files are printed. You may use /P and /C
             together on the same command line.

Comments:

  If no options are given to PRINT, only files, /P is assumed. If no
  options and no files are provided, print displays the contents of the
  print queue.
  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).

Examples:

  print c:\foo.txt c:\test.txt

See also:

  chcp
  display
  printer.sys
  printq

  Copyright © 1998-2003 Jim Hall, updated 2008 by W. Spiegl.

  This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
  See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.