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- REDIRECT OUTPUT
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- This option of the MODE command redirects printer port (LPT1: or LPT2: or
- PRN:) output to a communications port (COM1: or COM2: or AUX:). This is useful
- when there is a dot matrix printer on a printer port and a laser printer on
- a communications port. [Not supported by OS/2, use SPOOL instead.]
-
- To switch between the two printers, use
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- MODE LPT#[:]=COMn:
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- to redirect printer port output to a communications port, and
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- MODE LPT#[:]
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- to restore the printer port output to the printer port.
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- LPT# is LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3, depending on the number of printer ports
- have on the system (probably only one).
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- COMn is COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4, depending on which communications port
- the dot matrix printer is connected to.