- EPSON Equity 386/20 - User Manual

Printing Files

If you have a printer attached to your computer, you can print files

with the PRINT command. Of course, you will probably be printing

files with the application programs you use with MS-DOS, but if you

need to print a file from the command prompt, follow the steps

below.

To print a file named STATS.NBA on drive A:

Make sure your printer is on and ready to print.

2. At the command prompt, type the following and press Enter:

PRINT A:STATS.NBA

MS-DOS prompts you for the name of the printing device

connected to your computer. (This is usually the name of the

communications port that the printer cable is connected to, such

as LPT1.)

Type the name of the device, such as LPT1, and press Enter.

MS-DOS prints the file on your printer.

See your MS-DOS Reference Manual for more information on the

PRINT command.

Using Directories

You can create many files on a diskette, and a hard disk can store

thousands of files. To help you organize this much information,

MS-DOS lets you subdivide a disk into logical units called directories.

Directories allow you to arrange your disk so that files of similar type

or purpose are kept together.

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Using MS-DOS with Your Equity 386