HP LaserJet 4250/4350 Series - Software Technical Reference

Print-ready printing by using a local Windows port

To print from the command line by using a local Windows port, follow the instructions in this section

for your operating system.

Windows 98 or Windows Me

From a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window, type Mode lpt1:,,p

NOTE If the product is attached to a parallel port other than LPT1, then substitute the

correct LPT port number in the mode command.

2 Press Enter on the keyboard. The response you receive should be similar to these examples:

> LPT1 Not Rerouted

> Resident portion of MODE loaded

> Infinite retry on parallel printer time-out

At a command prompt, type copy /b <FILENAME> <PORTNAME>, where <FILENAME> is the

name of the print-ready file (including the path) and <PORTNAME> is the name of the

appropriate printer port (such as LPT1). For example, at the c:\> command prompt, type copy /

b c:\SAMPLE_DOC.pdf lpt1

NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path

in quotation marks. For example, type C:\>copy /b "c:\My Documents

\SAMPLE_DOC.pdf"

4 Press Enter on the keyboard. The message PROCESSING JOB appears on the control panel,

and the job prints.

At the command prompt, type exit to close the command window.

Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2000

The print-ready file can be sent directly to the product by typing a copy command at a command

prompt or in an MS-DOS window.

At a command prompt, type copy/b <FILENAME> <PORTNAME>, where <FILENAME> is the

name of the print-ready file (including the path) and <PORTNAME> is the name of the

appropriate printer port (such as LPT1). For example, type C:\>copy /b c:\SAMPLE_DOC.pdf

lpt1

2 Press Enter on the keyboard.

NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path

in quotation marks. For example, type C:\>copy /b "c:\My Documents

\SAMPLE_DOC.pdf". The message PROCESSING JOB appears on the control panel,

and the job prints.

At the command prompt, type exit to close the command window.

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