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Printing from MS-DOS ApplicationsPrinting from MS-DOS Applications

Windows provides support for printing from MS-DOS applications in much the same way it does for printing from Windows applications. The print stream is spooled using the RAW setting for the print spooler. The result is a faster return to MS-DOS applications and the ability to mix Windows and MS-DOS print streams (avoiding contention problems that occurred under Windows 3.1).

Under Windows 3.1, MS-DOS applications could not access the Windows printing facilities. In the past, printing from a DOS application was neither robust nor fail-safe. When printing simultaneously from both Windows and MS-DOS applications, you often received notice of a printer conflict. In most cases, this ...