HP 3000 Manuals

MPE V to MPE XL: Getting Started

Lesson 3:  Printing a File on a Line Printer 

The contents of a file may also be sent to a printer with the PRINT
command.


The following example prints the file MYFILE to a printer as specified by
the file equation.

     FILE PRINTER;DEV=LP
     PRINT FILE=MYFILE;OUT=*PRINTER

or

     PRINT MYFILE,*PRINTER

Exercises 

Given the file equation FILE PRINTER;DEV=LP, fill in the blanks below
with the command lines you would use in each case; verify by trying the
command lines at your terminal (after entering an appropriate file
equation).

5.   Print the file LUCY to the printer.
     Command:

6.   Print lines 6 through 9 of the file LUCY to the printer.  Command:

7.   Enter the following command:

          PRINT FILE=LUCY;START=-3

     What happened?  Why?

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