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- PRINT [/D:device] [/B:buffer_size] [/M:max_ticks] [/Q:nnn] [/S:time_slice]
- [/U:busy_ticks]
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- The advanced options for PRINT are as follows.
-
- /B:buffer_size specifies the number of characters in the internal buffer used
- by the PRINT command. Minimum of 512, maximum of 16384, default is 512.
- Sometimes PRINT will work better if a number greater than 512 is used.
- In any case it should be a multiple of 512. The /B value does not limit
- the size of files that can be printed, but it does affect how rapidly
- they will be printed, on some printers. In most cases, values greater
- than 8192 will not increase the speed at which files get printed.
-
- /M:max_ticks specifies how many clock ticks (each clock tick is 1/18 of a
- second, or 55 milliseconds) PRINT can take before returning control to
- whatever else the computer is doing. Minimum of 1, maximum of 255,
- default is 2. This number should be fairly small.
-
- /S:time_slice specifies how frequently PRINT will check to see if anything
- is waiting to be printed, or if the printer can accept more output.
- Minimum of 1, maximum of 255, default is 8. The larger the value, the
- longer between PRINT checks and the slower the printer will run (but the
- more time there will be available for the computer to do other things).
-
- /U:busy_ticks specifies how many clock ticks PRINT will wait if the printer
- is busy or the next file to be printed cannot be read from disk just now,
- before returning control to whatever else the computer is doing, without
- sending anything to the printer. Minimum of 1, maximum of 255, default is
- 1. If this number is too large, and the printer or disk is busy very
- often, the computer may seem to "hang" while PRINT is waiting.