Re: Printing problems with DOS programs after Windows security upd

Davide:

I looked at your site. You emphasize "character based" output. The output
from my programs are all Hewlett Packard PCL 5 Printer Language commands
which includes some bar graphs, etc. Will Printfil handle this type of output?

Thanks again

Mike Foley

"Davide Guolo" wrote:

Dear mfoley,

When I print from the programs there is the typical pause as the
programs send the output to the printer, and then returns to typical
control
by the user. The problem is that nothing ever reaches the printer.

you may want to have a look at Printfil, which enables character based
applications printing to Windows printers (including USB, GDI and virtual),
with many extras.

In Clipper (even S87) you only need to:

SET DEVICE TO PRINT
SET CONSOLE OFF
SET PRINTER ON
SET PRINTER TO ("C:\My_Dir\Filename.txt")

normal printing commands

SET PRINTER OFF
SET CONSOLE ON
SET DEVICE TO SCREEN
SET PRINTER TO

Then you only have to set the "File to Check" field in the Printfil's
configuration dialog as c:\my_dir\filename.txt to have your Clipper jobs
automatically captured and printed by Printfil to the Windows printer of
your choice.

In alternative, you can setup Printfil to capture the LPT1 output, without
having to make any change to your applications.

You can find more info and a free trial version to download at
http://www.printfil.com

Kind regards,
Davide Guolo
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