HP 2420d HP LaserJet 2400 Series - Software Technical Reference (External) - Page 84
Print-ready printing by using a local Windows port, Windows 98 or Windows Me, > LPT1 Not Rerouted
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Software description 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 , where is the name of the print-ready file (including the path) and 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. 68 2 Software description