You can print a file by copying it to a printer. For example,
suppose you ran a program or utility that
normally displays messages on your terminal, but you redirected
the program's output to a disk file to save it for later study.
To print such a file, use FCOPY to copy it to a printer.
Printing an ASCII File:
To print an ASCII file, follow these steps:
Use the MPE FILE command to define a file name for your
printer. For example,
Use the printer's file name, LIST, as the tofile name.
Precede the file name with an asterisk to backreference the FILE command.
For
example,
Printing a Binary File:
To print a binary file, follow these steps:
Use the MPE FILE command to define a file name for your
printer. For example,
Use the HEX or OCTAL function to display the hexadecimal or octal representation of the binary content.
Use the CHAR function to print any ASCII characters that may exist.
Use the NORECNUM function if you wish to suppress line numbers from printing. For example,
>FROM=FILE1;TO=*LIST;OCTAL;CHAR;NORECNUM
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