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We have an old bespoke program which I believe was written in C++. This
program prints out sales receipts to a Panasonic Dot Matrix Printer. The
printer is connected to the network via a Jet Direct 170X which has a fixed
IP address.
The Sales Dept are the only people who use this program and currently most
of the PC's are running Windows 98.
We had to recently upgrade one PC and it came with XP Pro. This PC cannot
print via this bespoke program. We can print however to this printer from
any other program on this Windows XP PC.
When installing this printer on a Windows 98 PC we install a local TCP/IP
port. We then load a generic driver and rename it "AIA Raw Printer". Any
other name will not work. We can then print. When following the exact
procedure on the Windows XP Pro PC it doesn't work.
We have tried many things, even trying to run the program in Windows 98
compatibility mode but to no avail. It seems that even though we have
renamed the printer to the correct name, windows and the program do not see
it the same way.
We could downgrade the operating system to Win 98 but it would be great if
we can get windows XP to work.
Anybody got an idea on how to solve this one.
Thanks
program prints out sales receipts to a Panasonic Dot Matrix Printer. The
printer is connected to the network via a Jet Direct 170X which has a fixed
IP address.
The Sales Dept are the only people who use this program and currently most
of the PC's are running Windows 98.
We had to recently upgrade one PC and it came with XP Pro. This PC cannot
print via this bespoke program. We can print however to this printer from
any other program on this Windows XP PC.
When installing this printer on a Windows 98 PC we install a local TCP/IP
port. We then load a generic driver and rename it "AIA Raw Printer". Any
other name will not work. We can then print. When following the exact
procedure on the Windows XP Pro PC it doesn't work.
We have tried many things, even trying to run the program in Windows 98
compatibility mode but to no avail. It seems that even though we have
renamed the printer to the correct name, windows and the program do not see
it the same way.
We could downgrade the operating system to Win 98 but it would be great if
we can get windows XP to work.
Anybody got an idea on how to solve this one.
Thanks