Microsoft KB Archive/60208

= PRINT.COM Does Not Print Binary Files =

Article ID: 60208

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 2.11 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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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.

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

Keywords: KB60208

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