The command is available in the DEC RT-11,[1] OS/8,[2] RSX-11,[3] TOPS-10,[4] and TOPS-20[5] operating systems and also in DR FlexOS,[6] DR DOS, TSL PC-MOS,[7] Paragon Technology PTS-DOS,[8] SISNE plus,[9] IBM OS/2,[10] eComStation, ArcaOS, Microsoft Windows, FreeDOS,[11] Stratus OpenVOS,[12] AROS,[13] HP MPE/iX,[14] and OpenVMS.
[15] The FreeDOS version was developed by James Tabor and is licensed under the GPL.
[20] Control returned to the user when the print job completed.
[23] Margins, page lengths and number of copies could also be set,[25] as well as a parameter to adjust between favoring printing speed versus computer responsiveness.
[23] Users of the initial release of the print command commented on the slow print speed and high resource usage, as well as the lack of support for the newly introduced subdirectories.