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Anonymous   07-15-2004 at 04:06:03 PM

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I am having trouble printing from my DOS based app to a network printer. I am running Windows XP Pro on my workstation. Any suggestions?
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Jerry   07-15-2004 at 08:00:36 PM
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You can't. XP prevents DOS programs from accessing the hardware layer which
means DOS can't send anything to the printer.

"DCP" <DCP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am having trouble printing from my DOS based app to a network printer.
I am running Windows XP Pro on my workstation. Any suggestions?
> --
> DCP

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