[nflug] sorry windows printing question

[David J. Andruczyk]

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
Describes a solution

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314499
Network solution (used by the first choice in a roundabout way)


--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:

> anthonyriga wrote:
> > I have friend that has Win XP and is running an old
> > dos program that he needs to print out information
> > from it. The printer that he has is parallel and his
> > laptop only has usb. He ended up buying a usb to
> > parallel converter to use his old printer to print.
> > How do I get dos to print with the converter or
> > winblows to reconize it? Is there a Linux solution
> > that I use to do this? Any suggestions? 
> >
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> I just dealt with this the other day. In your friends case, it really
> 
> doesnt matter that he was able to connect the printer, from DOS it's 
> going to look for the LPT interface itself. I have seen some tricks
> to 
> supposedly make DOS able to print to a USB port but I never had any 
> luck. I don't think your going to find a way around this one. You
> might 
> have better luck using FreeDOS in Linux but I would imagine you'll
> run 
> into the same problem.
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Dave J. Andruczyk

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