Re: DOS printout to USB printer on standalone computer with XP
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 05/28/04
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Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:46:06 +0100
James Shilstone wrote:
>I am totally stumped. I have a lot of users of our DOS program who
>want to print to a USB printer. I have found a few third party printer
>drivers and redirectors, but don't want to have to go that route. We
>are upgrading our software to Windows, but some of the programs are 6
>months off.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
Not really. The trouble is that DOS does not normally deal in USB and
so in a true DOS you need to load (real mode) USB drivers, which you
cannot do in XP. Best suggestion is to make sure the USB printer is
seen in Windows as the default printer, and make sure (Advanced) that
printing is being spooled. Also in its Properties if it has a sharing
page that allows adding additional driver add one for Win95. Then do
the printing to PRN:
But I don't hold out much hope
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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