Printing from DOS
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Printing from DOS
Printing from a DOS application to
another printer
Follow these steps when you want to send a DOS print
job to a printer other than your Lexmark Photo Jetprinter
5770.
1 Open the printer's Control Program.
For help opening the Control Program, see
“Opening the Control Program” on page 8.
2From the Options Tab, select the Disable CJ5700
DOS Printing option.
3If prompted, restart Windows.
4Send a DOS print job to the other printer.
If you select Disable DOS Printing, you cannot print to
your Lexmark Photo Jetprinter 5770 from a DOS
application.
To print to your Lexmark Photo Jetprinter 5770, make
sure this option is not selected. If prompted, restart
Windows before sending a DOS print job to your
Lexmark printer.
Printing to a file
To print a document that has been processed by the driver
and stored in a file (that is, printed to file):
1Make sure you are in Windows, not native DOS.
2Start your application from DOS.
For help, see your Windows documentation.
3Create a print file using the "Print to File" function
of your application. For help printing to a file, see
your application user's documentation.
4Use this DOS command to copy the print file to
the port where the printer is connected:
copy filename lptn /b
In the command example:
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