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.

2 From the Options Tab, select the Disable CJ5700 DOS Printing option.

3 If prompted, restart Windows.

4 Send 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):

1 Make sure you are in Windows, not native DOS. 2 Start your application from DOS.

For help, see your Windows documentation.

3 Create a print file using the "Print to File" function of your application. For help printing to a file, see your application user's documentation.

4 Use 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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Lexmark 5770 manual Printing from a DOS application to another printer