User Guide

84 Virtual PC 4.0 for Windows User Guide
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Printing under PC-DOS
PC-DOS has built-in support for inkjet printers. To print a docu-
ment:
1 Set the printer you want to use as the default printer in the host
PC OS.
2 Locate the directory that contains the file you want to print.
For example, say you want to print the file autoexec.bat
located in the C directory.
3 At the command prompt, type:
print autoexec.bat
Be sure to type the entire file name, including the three-character
extension.
PC-DOS asks for the name of the printer’s port:
Name of list device [PRN]:
4
Type the name of the printer port. In this example, specify LPT1
(the port Virtual PC uses). Type:
LPT1
Once you have selected the LPT1 port, the print queue is
available without specifying the LPT1 port again for the
remainder of the current PC-DOS session.