>>>i saw a post earlier about using the type command to send text files to the printer.
>>>it works great, except it's sending output to my main window as well as the printer.
>>>it won't take a noconsole and it does the same thing with talk set on or off.
>>>any ideas?
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>>try screen=off in your config.fpw.. HTH :)
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>i'm actually doing that. i've got a top level form and all the output is going to the top level form as well as the printer.
>i got it to work correctly from the command window by defining a window off of the screen, activating the window,
>issuing the type command and deactivating the window.
>it's not the prettiest thing in the world but it looks like it will work for the time being.

You could
COPY FILE filename TO lpt1 && if printer connected to lpt1