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  • Re: How to print entire .txt file... using PRINT command

    From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, July 19, 2026 03:11:34
    On 7/19/2026 1:36 AM, micky wrote:
    I can't get a text file to print completely.
    .....
    print "C:\Data\WhatsApp Chat with +1 (442) nnn-nnnn.txt" lpt1
    ....
    Is LPT1 the wrong nomenclature? I also tried it with the printer name,

    You are having problem with the PRINT
    command (via "LPT1"), not about
    printing a big text file.

    You sure that your text file
    is really a plain-text file
    without strange codes and/or
    non-printable cahracters?
    That affects PRINT command.

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  • From micky@3:633/10 to All on Monday, July 20, 2026 07:19:47
    In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:11:34 +0800, "Mr.
    Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 7/19/2026 1:36 AM, micky wrote:
    I can't get a text file to print completely.
    .....
    print "C:\Data\WhatsApp Chat with +1 (442) nnn-nnnn.txt" lpt1
    ....
    Is LPT1 the wrong nomenclature? I also tried it with the printer name,

    You are having problem with the PRINT
    command (via "LPT1"), not about
    printing a big text file.

    You sure that your text file
    is really a plain-text file
    without strange codes and/or
    non-printable cahracters?

    It does have those 3 symbols, the heart, the smiley, and the praying
    hands. Aren't there some non-alphanumeric characters that were in the
    original txt font. At any rate, it's called a text file and notepad++
    displays them in color, and when Libreoffice office printed what was
    called a txt file and pringed almost half of the it, it printed each of
    those sympbols in black outline. (I have color turned off because red
    is clogged, and I can't unclog it.)


    That affects PRINT command.

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