I’ve decided to post some of the useful small programs I’ve written for my own use.<\/p>\n
CLP<\/strong> is a simple C# console program that lists text files on a Windows printer. It was originally intended to list C source code, but it is useful for printing many kinds of text files. Yes you can use Notepad<\/strong> for this but CLP<\/strong> has some useful differences and additional features:<\/p>\n 1. As a command line program that takes a filename as an argument, you can put it in your SendTo<\/strong> list and thus be able to print text files from a right-click.<\/p>\n 2. CLP<\/strong> puts a header in bold on each page with the filename, the file date and time (not the current date), and the page number.<\/p>\n 3. Output is in a fixed-pitch font, which makes outputting things like tables easy.<\/p>\n 4. Printed lines are 80 characters long. Continuation lines are used for lines that are too long. Continuations are marked with bullet characters to make it clearer that they are continuations.<\/p>\n 5. Output is to any Windows printer. A CLP<\/strong> default printer selection is maintained, with the ability to list available printers and select a new default from the command line.<\/p>\n 6. Multiple files can be specified and files to list can be specified with wildcards or through the use of a file containing a list of filenames.<\/p>\n 7. Operating instructions can be displayed by simply entering the program name with no arguments. The resulting output looks like this:<\/p>\n The program is written in C# using the .NET library. Here is a zip file containing the latest source and executable files:\u00a0 \u00a0CLP.zip<\/a><\/p>\n Enjoy!<\/p>\n -jimc<\/p>\n\n\n Version 4\/12\/19:<\/strong> The program was updated to allow parameters to specify 1-sided or 2-sided output, overriding the driver default. These are especially useful if using CLP<\/strong> with SendTo: create “CLP<\/strong> 1-sided” and “CLP<\/strong> 2-sided” links in the SendTo folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Version 10\/19\/20:<\/strong> Fixed a bug that caused pages to be printed in landscape orientation if the printer driver was defaulting to that. Changed to force use of Portrait orientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Version 11\/10\/20:<\/strong> Fixed a related bug that caused duplex pages to flip horizontally rather than vertically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Version 12\/23\/23:<\/strong> Fixed a bug that caused it to fail if the CLP<\/strong> default printer name was not a valid Windows printer name. This could happen if you rename a printer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve decided to post some of the useful small programs I’ve written for my own use. CLP is a simple C# console program that lists text files on a Windows printer. It was originally intended to list C source code, but it is useful for printing many kinds of text files. Yes you can use … Continue reading CLP – Command Line Text File List Program<\/span> C:\\Users\\Jim>clp\nclp default printer: HL-5250DN 2-sided
<\/code><\/code>clp - print file(s) to clp default printer - 12\/25\/16 (.NET)
To execute enter: clp [namfl1...namfln] [-p[n]] [-1|-2] where each namfl is a file to print\n namfls can use paths and wildcards\n an @namfl prints files named in namfl.nms\n namfl.nms entries can use paths\n namfl.nms entries cannot use wildcards or @namfls
-1 simples (driver default is ignored)
-2 duplex (driver default is ignored)\n-p lists available printers by number\n-pn selects clp default printer n\n printer selections are saved between runs\n (clp has its own default printer)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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