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I attempt to run a python program and the following pops up in command prompt:
"Unable to initialize device PRN"
I should also mention that the program runs fine.
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Short for PRiNter, PRN is the name MS-DOS assigns to the first parallel port. For example, MS-DOS may report the following error message: "Not Ready Writing Device PRN. ... if MS-DOS is unable to access or send information to the printer port.
Print a file or files to a local or network printer. Syntax PRINT [/D:device] [pathname(s)] Key device Either a local printer (LPTx, COMx ) or a network printer by its sharename (\\servername\print_share) pathname The file or files to be printed. The default device is PRN.
I had this same problem when I accidentally typed "print program.py" instead of "python program.py". The error message comes from the Windows command-line program named print. Those who suggested restarting the command prompt probably committed the same typo without noticing, and corrected it in their new command prompt.
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