PUB98: How to Print a Publication from a Command Line

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To print a publication from a command line:

1. Click the Start button, and then click Run.
   
   -or-
   
   Click the Start button, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt (Command Prompt in Windows NT 4.0).
2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER, substituting the appropriate values for <path> (the location of Mspub.exe), <path2> (the location of the file you want to print), and <filename> (the name of the file you want to print):

   <path>\mspub.exe /p <path2>\<filename>.pub

   Be sure to put long filenames in quotation marks. Here are three sample command lines:

   c:\mspub\mspub.exe /p c:\document\report.pub
   
   "c:\program files\microsoft office\mspub.exe" /p c:\test.pub
   
   c:\mspub\mspub.exe /p "c:\my documents\july newsletter.pub"

NOTE: If you type the name of a publication that does not exist, Publisher displays the Open dialog box. If you click Cancel, Publisher prints a blank page to your printer.