Gygwin is a great product and it allows me to do much unix work but on
top of windows. I am essentially a unix person.
Now I am trying to simply print text mutt mail messages to a local
printer plugged into the back of my machine, which is running
Windows2000. I have read the FAQ and searched the mailing list
archives. Most of what I find refers to remote printing or clever stuff
using a2ps etc. My problem is that I do not know how to refer to the
printer. This is probably my lack of knowledge of Win2000.
Here is the bit in the FAQ:-
FAQ>Alternatively, on NT, you can use the Windows `print' command. (It does
FAQ>not seem to be available on Win9x.) Type
FAQ>bash$ print /\?
FAQ>for usage instructions (note the `?' must be escaped from the shell).
OK, I do this and get:-
$ PRINT /\?
Prints a text file.
PRINT [/D:device] [[drive:][path]filename[...]]
/D:device Specifies a print device.
OK, so I have PRINT. If I type "PRINT a.txt" where a.txt is a simple text file,
it says it has printed it, but nothing prints. What does /D:device mean?
I can find nothing to help me on this.
FAQ>Finally, you can simply `cat' the file to the printer's share name:
FAQ>bash$ cat myfile > //host/printer
What does //host/printer mean? I have seen this with remote printing,
but I just want to print to the default printer plugged into the back of
my machine. It is called "CanonBJC-1000SP". How do I refer to it?
I would much appreciate some help on this point.
Regards, Brian.
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Brian Salter-Duke (Brian Duke) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Honorary Fellow in Chemistry, NT University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia.
Phone 08-89881600. Fax 08-89881302. http://lacebark.ntu.edu.au/
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