In message <03721e2050.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > In message <2d60132050.graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Graham Pickles <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have a lot of HTML files whose display I wish to print on my Iyonix. > > To load each one in turn, select the print option from Netsurf and > > await the printout ast 600 dpi is time consuming. I would like to list > > them in an obey file and then just let the printer (filled with plenty > > of paper) get on with it whilst I do something useful! What instruction > > do I need? On my old machine I used to use something like > > > *copy :4.$.Fossils.g12 printer: > > > However it appears it is more complex on the Iyonix with its USB hub. > > Not really. That command does the same on the Iyonix as on previous > versions of RISC OS. I seriously doubt that it would do what you want > though because it sends the file verbatim to the printer, of course. I should have realised that. > so if g12 is an HTML file which it is > and your printer supports text mode the above command prints the HTML > source code. If your printer does not support text mode (e.g., many > modern Epsons and Canons), nothing is printed. > > If you want to print what the HTML looks like when rendered by a > browser you need to print from your browser or by dragging the file to > !Printers, which then in turn asks the browser to print it (provided > that your browser supports the relevant printing protocol, and, as Ian > pointed out, NetSurf does not). > ah. I'll start brewing the coffee and print it off file by file. Many thanks for clarifying the issues. I've not been thinking straight. > Martin Regards, -- Graham Pickles Running an Iyonix Whitby Museum http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot - Steven Wright --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support