OK, so I've got a device with an RS-232 port, and it's expecting there 
to be a laser printer on the other end of it.

If I connect this thing to COM1: on my PC, is there some way to capture 
the data it's spewing out in a file? If I can do that, I should be able 
to actually send the file to a printer. (It looks like it's attempting 
to generate either PCL or PS, so this should work.)

I was hoping that just saying COPY COM1: File1 would work, but it doesn't.

According to the manual:

"Only hardware handshake (CTS/RTR) is supported. One start bit and one 
stop bit are always used (not selectable). Default settings are 
baud=9600, 8 data bits, no parity."

As best as I can tell, these are pretty much the default settings for a 
PC COM port.

Google is no help. (It seems loads of people want to *do* this, but 
nobody has a *solution*.)

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