[nflug] sorry windows printing question

[Cyber Source]

anthonyriga wrote:
> Thanks tried those instructions and it worked... Just
> had to use printer pooling for both usb virtual then
> net use lpt1 commnand.. 
>
> --- "David J. Andruczyk" <djandruczyk at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> 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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Glad you got the USB one going, the pooling part must be the trick 
because that's the only thing I didn't do. I ended up having parallel 
printers at both locations that I did this with so it was a mute point 
and I didn't look into it further. I was also setting up a DOS printer 
in a VMware XP session printing to a Linux hosted printer via samba LOL. 
(the parallel printers work surprisingly well in this scenario)
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