Re: vDos users: be aware: can't print again if prior print has locked the port

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Carl,

That is a piece of fine and convoluted programming. It certainly does to
job. I wish it could be easier, but apparently there is no simpler
solution. You can, of course, routinely dismiss the file with Ctrl-F4 or
rename it with CS-S so that you can keep it open in a PDF viewer.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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> Just for the heck of it, I tried my hand at a batch file that implements
> the temp file idea. It's self-maintaining, in that old temp files no
> longer in use are erased. Since a unique filename is generated for every
> print job, it does allow viewing the PDF output without worrying about
> locked files.
>
> The config.txt setting is:
>
> LPT1 = start.exe /hid PCLPRINT.BAT #LPT1.asc
>
> The batch file:
>
> :: PCLPRINT.BAT
> @echo off
> cd/d %~dp0
> if exist %TEMP%\vdlprn-*.pdf del/q %TEMP%\vdlprn-*.pdf >nul 2>nul
> if exist PCLPRINT.PDF del/q PCLPRINT.PDF >nul 2>nul
> start.exe /hid pcl6.exe -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
> -sOutputFile=PCLPRINT.PDF "%1"
> timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul
> for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=,./: " %%s in ("%DATE%%TIME: =0%") do set
> tempfn=%TEMP%\vdlprn-%%t%%u%%v%%w%%x%%y.pdf
> copy/y PCLPRINT.PDF %tempfn% >nul 2>nul
> start.exe /hid %tempfn%
> set tempfn=
> goto :eof