The most obvious problem is that you are trying to use Python commands from the Windows Terminal. To use Python like this, you need to first fun the python command, and get a >>> prompt : C:\Users\Lumep>python Python 3.9.13 (tags/v3.9.13:6de2ca5, May 17 2022, 16:36:42) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
print ("Hello, Python!"); Hello Python
What you were trying was to run the Windows O/S print command which by default prints a named file to the PRN device - which is not what you wanted at al. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Rplpolo" <rplpolo@gmail.com> To: docs@python.org Sent: Sunday, 31 Mar, 24 At 19:21 Subject: [docs] Tutorial for Python-3.12.2 for windows Hi, I am trying to teach myself python. Could you please help identify a pdf document with tutorials to set up python and start programming. I think I have installed it properly but the commands are not recognised. For example: C:\Users\Lumep>print ("Hello, Python!"); Unable to initialize device PRN Thank you G Vera _______________________________________________ docs mailing list -- docs@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to docs-leave@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/docs.python.org/ <https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/docs.python.org/> Member address: anthony.flury@btinternet.com -- <br>Anthony Flury<br>anthony.flury@btinternet.com