diff --git a/rattail/files.py b/rattail/files.py
index 5ef4cef846d6440f72ac02d2aba58217665abc52..e5406f0f5f9513e6820ccd8bd242e2b0c548d6fd 100644
--- a/rattail/files.py
+++ b/rattail/files.py
@@ -184,6 +184,28 @@ def overwriting_move(src, dst):
     shutil.move(src, dst)
 
 
+def minimal_move(src, dst):
+    """
+    Move a source file to a destination path, in as few operations as possible.
+
+    This is an experimental function which will hopefully provide a more
+    reliable way to send a print job directly to a parallel port (e.g. 'LPT1')
+    on Windows systems.  The function body was copied from
+    :func:`python:shutil.move()` and "gutted" as much as was practical.
+
+    Note that one difference from ``shutil.move()`` is that in this function,
+    the ``dst`` parameter is always assumed to be a directory(-like) path, and
+    never a "file" path.  There also is no check for the final destination's
+    existence, etc.
+    """
+    real_dst = os.path.join(dst, shutil._basename(src))
+    try:
+        os.rename(src, real_dst)
+    except OSError:
+        shutil.copyfile(src, real_dst)
+        os.unlink(src)
+
+
 def resource_path(path):
     """
     Obtain a resource file path, extracting the resource and/or coercing the