PRINT.COM Does Not Print Binary Files (60208)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 2.11
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
This article was previously published under Q60208 SUMMARY
The MS-DOS PRINT.COM utility does not print binary files properly. It
expands tab characters to the appropriate number of space characters,
and terminates when it encounters the EOF (CTRL+Z) character.
The PRINT utility was designed to print TEXT files. It has been
suggested that we add a command-line switch to allow PRINT to print
binary files untranslated. The OS/2 PRINT utility has such a switch,
/B.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/26/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB60208 |
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