printing to LPT1 from DOS

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Win XP HE, SP1
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Hi,
I have a DOS application that can only print to LPT1.
I use a notebook with a printer plugged in to USB port.
Can I somehow re-route a command to print to LPT1 from the DOS program into
the USB port?
Or anything of the sort?
Tx,
S

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saturnin02 wrote:
> Win XP HE, SP1
> Follow-up: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
> Hi,
> I have a DOS application that can only print to LPT1.
> I use a notebook with a printer plugged in to USB port.
> Can I somehow re-route a command to print to LPT1 from the DOS
> program into the USB port?
> Or anything of the sort?
> Tx,
> S

http://www.decompile.com/dataflex/tips/usb_printer.htm

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See Bruce Sanderson's article at:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
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"saturnin02" <saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Win XP HE, SP1
> Follow-up: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
> Hi,
> I have a DOS application that can only print to LPT1.
> I use a notebook with a printer plugged in to USB port.
> Can I somehow re-route a command to print to LPT1 from the DOS program
> into
> the USB port?
> Or anything of the sort?
> Tx,
> S
>
>
>

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On Mon, 2 May 2005 12:10:36 -0400, "saturnin02"
<saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Win XP HE, SP1
>I have a DOS application that can only print to LPT1.
>I use a notebook with a printer plugged in to USB port.
>Can I somehow re-route a command to print to LPT1 from the DOS program into
>the USB port?

I use the shareware DOSPRN (www.dosprn.com) successfully with one such
program. YMMV. It is slow! It also allows cpature to a file,
similarly to the PRN2FILE of old.

George