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Someone has asked me how to print from a DOS application to a printer.
Normally, I'd use the Net Use command to create an LPT1 connection to
the printer, but the PC has no parallel ports. He has tried a USB to
Parallel port converter, but we don't know how to send the print jobs to
a USB port from a DOS application.
This fellow has contacted Dell (the manufacturer) for some low-profile
LPT cards, and he was going to use the USB to Parallel port converter to
connect and both times they sent him cards that were not suitable for
the PC. I suggested that he try checking out some 3rd-party vendors instead.
However, my curiosity is aroused, and I was wondering if anyone here
knew of any way to send DOS print jobs to a USB port.
TIA
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The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the Registry and
data files regularly, and especially before making any changes to their
PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware scans. I am not
liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the reader using advice
posted here. No warranty, express or implied, is given with the posting
of this message.
Someone has asked me how to print from a DOS application to a printer.
Normally, I'd use the Net Use command to create an LPT1 connection to
the printer, but the PC has no parallel ports. He has tried a USB to
Parallel port converter, but we don't know how to send the print jobs to
a USB port from a DOS application.
This fellow has contacted Dell (the manufacturer) for some low-profile
LPT cards, and he was going to use the USB to Parallel port converter to
connect and both times they sent him cards that were not suitable for
the PC. I suggested that he try checking out some 3rd-party vendors instead.
However, my curiosity is aroused, and I was wondering if anyone here
knew of any way to send DOS print jobs to a USB port.
TIA
--
The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the Registry and
data files regularly, and especially before making any changes to their
PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware scans. I am not
liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the reader using advice
posted here. No warranty, express or implied, is given with the posting
of this message.