>>Hi All:
>>
>>The following doesn't seem to work in Windows XP. i.e the printer doesn't fire away and say 'Hello'.
>>
>>In Windows Vista, the system asks you to save he data to a file with an .XPS extension.
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>>So the question is: How can I get the printer to print without any fancy stuff.
>>
>>

>>SET PRINTER on
>>? 'hello'
>>SET PRINTER off
>>

>>
>>EJECT doesn't make it work, either.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Yossi
>
>Does
>
>??? 'hello'
>
>works?
>
>Didn't work for me, though.

No, to get the printrer to cough up, you have to say SET PRINTER TO, as in Hilmar's post.

Thanks,

Yossi