In , on 09/27/04 
   at 03:38 PM, "Steven Levine"  said:

>In , on
>09/27/04 
>   at 12:50 PM, mwizard99{at}comcast.net said:

>>I recently had to trash my old Epson because of mechanical problems. 
>>I've installed a new Canon printer.  I've used PRNDRV.EXE to remove the
>>old printer.

>The reason Julian asked about DOS printing is bacause he suspects you
>have purchased an inkjet printers.  Most inkjets are effectively
>WinPrinters which means they only print in GUI mode.

>The result is

>  copy file.prn lpt1

>does nothing in either DOS or OS/2.

>There are ways to get command line text mode printing to work, but they
>all require shipping the file though an app that can convert the text
>file to something a GUI only printer can handle.

>HTH,

Does anyone know if the i860 Canon printer is such a 'winprinter?' 

I cannot find the iXXX Canon series printer on the linux printer site
noted earlier.

This 'winprinter' issue could very well be my problem.

-Mark



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