Re: printing from DOS application within WinXP

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OK, here's a quick test:

1. Open a command (DOS) prompt.
2. Type: "copy con LPT1" (without quote marks) then hit Enter.
3. Type: "This is a test" then hit Enter.
4. Hit Ctrl+Z (should show as ^Z on the screen) and hit Enter.

The words "This is a test" should print on the printer. What the above does
is create a small block of text and send it to the printer connected to the
LPT1 port. If it works, suspect the DOS program; if it doesn't, post back
what does or doesn't happen.

Hal
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"wtom62" <wtom62.2efa4z@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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'Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I Wrote:
']Not knowing how things were originally setup on this PC, look this
page over
and see if it helps:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
Printing from DOS with Windows 2000 or XP

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@xxxxxxxx
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"wtom62" wtom62.2eeicx@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote in message
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I have a computer that used to be able to print from DOS Application
in
WinXP.

I don't know what happen to make it stop working, the user said
nothing
was installed or updated since it last was working.




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wtom62-
Hi Hal,

The thing is that it was work for months and it just stop working and
the User has no clue as to what might have change to cause it to stop
working ...
it's a directly attacted printer HpDJ540(ithink that was what it is) on
LPT1
Prints from Windos just fine as normal... tried uninstalling and then
installing new.. manually not using the auto detect process to see if I
missed something.




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wtom62


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