Article ID: 58143 - Last Review: July 7, 2005 - Revision: 2.1 MS-DOS PRINT Command and WindowsThis article was previously published under Q58143 SUMMARY
The MS-DOS Print utility is designed to allow printing from MS-DOS while
the computer is processing other MS-DOS commands, including running MS-DOS-
based applications. This printing is done in the background while the
MS-DOS application runs in the foreground. Thus, Print is a terminate-and-
stay-resident (TSR) print spooling program.
Like any memory-resident application, Print may cause problems when running with Windows (for example, slower printing, or slower or erratic operation in general). If you are having problems printing, it may a good idea to remove the Print command from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. MORE INFORMATION
Print allows you to print multiple files. For example, the following
command
print *.bat
places all BAT files that are in the current subdirectory into the
print queue to be printed, and begins printing in the background.
Print has the following switches:
Switch Explanation
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/D:<printer> Where <printer> is a device such as LPT1 or COM1
/Q:<size> Where <size> is the number of print files that can
be in the queue at once
/B:<size> Where <size> is the size of the print buffer
/S:<slice> Where <slice> is the number of times per second
PRINT.COM is allowed to take control of the
computer. When PRINT.COM has control of the
computer, execution of other applications is
suspended.
/M:<max> Where <max> is the length of each time slice. The
higher the number, the more processor time
PRINT.COM gets.
/U:<wait> Where <wait> is the amount of timer ticks PRINT.COM
waits if the printer is busy
/T Terminates printing all files in the print queue
/C Suspends printing all files in the print queue.
/P Turns on print mode.
print autoexec.bat /c config.sys /p
removes AUTOEXEC.BAT from the print queue and adds CONFIG.SYS to the
print queue. If the command Print is entered with no parameters or
filenames, the contents of the print queue are displayed.
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