To Print Entire Print-To-Disk File Use COPY W

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:36:29 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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Symptoms: A customer is printing from DOS using the COPY command. The file was created using Print to Disk. The job starts printing, but is not completely printed. Solutions: If you use the Print to Disk feature on a document and are using either soft fonts or graphics, you cannot use the standard COPY LPT1 command. The reason for this is that the graphics and soft fonts are printed in their entirety, and they often include ^Z codes, or end of file markers. When using the COPY LPT1 method, the printing stops when the first ^Z is encountered. To print a file which contains end of file markers in the body of the file, use the following method: COPY/B LPT1. The /B option directs COPY to copy the file based on the size in the file's directory entry. This means if a file is 3549 bytes, COPY is directed to copy all 3549 bytes, and not to interpret a ^Z code as the end of the file. Using this method, all soft fonts and graphic portions of the file will download correctly and the file will not stop printing prematurely.

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