This is a simple utility program that will send any file directly to
any printer Windows knows of. A typical use of this is to send a
PostScript file to a laser printer, which knows how to handle it. You
can also send to any printer the .prn file generated when printing
something after selecting the option Print to a file.
In the old days of DOS you did this by typing in the command file
something like
copy /b filetoprint prn
and you can still use this, but only with printers attached to a port (prn,
lpt1:, etc.) known to the command line
interpreter. This is not enough with networked printers. Sure, under
NT/2000/XP/... you can use lpr for the later, but
not for local printers.
Copy to Printer is intended to be a
friendly substitute for lpr which works with any printer (local or
networked) accessible from your computer and has some features to help
you configure the printer (to print on both sides of the paper, for
instance), make several copies etc.
Last updated: September 23, 2013