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On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:02:33 -0500, Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> declaimed
the following:


>It is a simple problem.  All you have to do is send the correct bytes to 
>a file object that will transfer those bytes to the printer.  It's been 
>a long time since I used Windows, but if I recall, you just open the 
>device "prn"  or maybe "lpt1" and go.
>

C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>copy t.txt prn:
"prn:" is not a recognized device.
The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>copy t.txt lpt1:
"lpt1:" is not a recognized device.
The system cannot find the file specified.

	And...

C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>copy t.txt CN3BSFVGP805ZZ:
"CN3BSFVGP805ZZ:" is not a recognized device.
The system cannot find the file specified.

	That's the port name associated with my HP printer when looking at the
control panel properties.

	LPT1: appears to be linked to "Quicken PDF Printer" in the port list,
but is not available from command line.

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