TC>  BW-> At DOS I can use "Print filename" and it prints properly, so I
TC>  BW-> know  the file is on disk correctly.  In QB, I thought I could
TC>  BW-> OPEN "filename" FOR BINARY AS #1 OPEN "LPT1:BIN" FOR OUTPUT AS
#2
TC>  BW-> but that just prints crap.  I then tried
TC>  Try the following -- it works pretty well for me:
TC> INPUT "Name of file to print:  ", NA$
TC> INPUT "Number of copies:       ", COPIES
     Nope.  I had already tried that.  I did run it
just as you have here, telling it I wanted 1 copy.  It
printed "COPY #   1" on the first piece of paper and a
nonsense line on the second.  The file I want to print
does it correctly as DOS with PRINT filename.
Remember, this file may have all 256 CHR$ in it,
including the Null, CHR$(0).  I thing that's where the
problem is, but opening it as a BINARY file should
help.  It doesn't see to!
  FIDO: Bill White @ 1:135/110 (Miami)
 InterNet: bill.white@110.sunshine.com
 * SLMR 2.1a * If you cannot measure output, then you measure input!
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