Re: Printing DOS apps with local USB Lexmark printer

From: Davide Guolo (daNOSPAMguolo_at_tin.it)
Date: 03/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:47:20 GMT

Lisa,

> net use lpt1: \\servername\printershare /persistent:yes
> This doesn't work for me. It appears that USB is not
> recognized?
> Does anyone know how to get DOS to recognize LPT1 as USB
> instead of parallel port?

DOS can't directly print to an USB port.
NET USE LPT1 tells Windows to redirect all the LPT1 output to the shared
printer.
If it doesn't work, probably your printer is a Windows-only one (i.e. a
printer which can't understand the simple ascii flow that your DOS app. is
sending to, but requires the output generated by the Windows driver).

If this is the case, you can point your app. to print to a disk file, then
you can use Printfil to send it to any Windows printer, using the Windows
driver.
Printfil also automatically adds some interesting features to your DOS
application, like print preview, font selection, margins and so on.

On our website you can find more info and a free Printfil trial to download.

Kind regards,
Davide Guolo
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