Q60208: PRINT.COM Does Not Print Binary Files

Article: Q60208
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:2.x,3.x,4.x,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 2.11, 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 3.3, 3.3a, 4.0, 4.01, 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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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.

Additional query words: 2.x 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01 5.00 noupd

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS321 kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS320 kbMSDOS330a kbMSDOS310 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS330 kbMSDOS401 kbMSDOS211
Version           : MS-DOS:2.x,3.x,4.x,5.0

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