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NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path
in quotation marks. For example, type put "/user name/desktop/SAMPLE_DOC.PDF"
To ensure that the entire path to the print-ready file is placed in the put command, type
put and a space and then click and drag the print-ready file onto the terminal window. The
complete path to the file is automatically placed after the put command.
7 Your print-ready file prints.
Print-ready printing by using a local Windows port
To print from the command line by using a local Windows port, follow the instructions in this section
for your operating system.
Windows 98 or Windows Me
1
From a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window, type Mode lpt1:,,p
NOTE If the product is attached to a parallel port other than LPT1, then substitute the
proper LPT port number in the mode command.
2 Press Enter on the keyboard. The response you receive should be similar to these examples:
> LPT1 Not Rerouted
> Resident portion of MODE loaded
> Infinite retry on parallel printer time-out
3
At a command prompt, type copy /b <FILENAME> <PORTNAME>, where <FILENAME> is the
name of the print-ready file (including the path) and <PORTNAME> is the name of the
appropriate printer port (such as LPT1). For example, at the c:\> command prompt, type copy /
b c:\SAMPLE_DOC.pdf lpt1
NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path
in quotation marks. For example, type C:\>copy /b "c:\My Documents
\SAMPLE_DOC.pdf"
4 Press Enter on the keyboard. The message PROCESSING JOB appears on the control panel,
and the job prints.
5
At the command prompt, type exit to close the command window.
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