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Printing from DOS If you select Disable DOS Printing, you cannot print to your Lexmark 5000 Color Jetprinter from a DOS application. To print to your Lexmark 5000 Color Jetprinter, 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: - copy is the DOS copy command. - filename is the name of the print file you cre- ated. - lptn is the port where your printer is connected. For example, lpt1 or lpt2. - /b instructs the computer to send the data in binary form. Note: Avoid using the DOS Print command to send a job to the printer port. The Print command causes printing delays. Printing from DOS 37

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Printing from DOS
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Printing from DOS
If you select Disable DOS Printing, you cannot print to
your Lexmark 5000 Color Jetprinter from a DOS
application.
To print to your Lexmark 5000 Color Jetprinter, 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
lpt
n
/b
In the command example:
–
copy
is the DOS copy command.
–
filename
is the name of the print file you cre-
ated.
–
lpt
n
is the port where your printer is connected.
For example, lpt
1
or lpt
2
.
–
/b
instructs the computer to send the data in
binary form.
Note:
Avoid using the DOS
Print
command to send a
job to the printer port. The Print command causes
printing delays.