<s>
provides	O
single-user	O
print	O
spooling	B-Device
capability	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
roughly	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
UNIX	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
lp	B-Operating_System
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
lpr	O
print	B-Device
spooler	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
DEC	O
RT-11	B-Operating_System
,	O
OS/8	B-Operating_System
,	O
RSX-11	B-Application
,	O
TOPS-10	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
TOPS-20	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
also	O
in	O
DR	B-Operating_System
FlexOS	I-Operating_System
,	O
DR	B-Application
DOS	I-Application
,	O
TSL	O
PC-MOS	B-Application
,	O
Paragon	O
Technology	O
PTS-DOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
SISNE	B-Operating_System
plus	I-Operating_System
,	O
IBM	B-Application
OS/2	I-Application
,	O
eComStation	B-Device
,	O
ArcaOS	B-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
,	O
Stratus	B-General_Concept
OpenVOS	I-General_Concept
,	O
AROS	B-Application
,	O
HP	B-Operating_System
MPE/iX	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
James	O
Tabor	O
and	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
MS-DOS/IBM	O
PC	O
DOS	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DR	B-Application
DOS	I-Application
6.0	O
includes	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
command	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
printing	O
was	O
accomplished	O
using	O
the	O
copy	B-Device
command	B-Application
:	O
the	O
file	O
to	O
be	O
printed	O
was	O
"	O
copied	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
file	O
representing	O
the	O
print	B-Application
device	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
DOS	B-Device
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
print	O
command	B-Application
was	O
included	O
to	O
allow	O
basic	O
print	O
spooling	B-Device
:	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
computer	O
while	O
printing	O
occurred	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
queue	B-Device
of	O
jobs	O
to	O
be	O
printed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
print	O
command	B-Application
allowed	O
specifying	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
possible	O
local	O
printer	O
interfaces	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
networked	O
printers	O
using	O
the	O
net	B-Device
command	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
files	O
and	O
a	O
maximum	O
buffer	O
size	O
could	O
be	O
specified	O
,	O
and	O
further	O
command-line	O
options	O
allowed	O
adding	O
and	O
removing	O
files	O
from	O
the	O
queue	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
print	O
command	B-Application
commented	O
on	O
the	O
slow	O
print	O
speed	O
and	O
high	O
resource	O
usage	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
newly	O
introduced	O
subdirectories	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
RAM-resident	O
programs	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
achieve	O
widespread	O
use	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
users	O
disassembling	O
the	O
binary	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
determine	O
how	O
RAM-resident	O
programs	O
should	O
be	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
