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net use command, a DOS application, and a USB printer
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. |
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net use command, a DOS application, and a USB printer
I know of a software type package that you can use. Print to File can be
set up so that the DOS application prints to a spooler file and XP will be monitoring the directory for any print file. Once the spooler file is found, the application will then send it to the USB (or Networked printer) "null" wrote in 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. |
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