DOS and USB Printer

[Stan Weiss]

I got a new machine and it does not have a parallel port. So I will need
to use a USB printer. The problem is I have an old MS-DOS program that I
need to use and get printouts from. Is there any way to redirect the
printer output to the USB port / printer?
Thanks,
Stan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I got a new machine and it does not have a parallel port. So I will need
to use a USB printer. The problem is I have an old MS-DOS program that I
need to use and get printouts from. Is there any way to redirect the
printer output to the USB port / printer?
Thanks,
Stan

Share the printer, then link the share to LPT1: with this command:

net use LPT1: \\%ComputerName%\SharedPrinterName

 

[3c273]

See if this helps.
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
Louis

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I got a new machine and it does not have a parallel port. So I will
need to use a USB printer. The problem is I have an old MS-DOS
program that I need to use and get printouts from. Is there any way
to redirect the printer output to the USB port / printer?
Thanks,

Pegasus has already answered your question. I just wanted to add another
suggestion: if you already have a serviceable parallel printer, instead of
replacing it with a USB one, you might want to buy and install a separate
parallel port add-in card for your computer. It should be considerably less
expensive than a printer.

 

[Stan Weiss]

Share the printer, then link the share to LPT1: with this command:

net use LPT1: \\%ComputerName%\SharedPrinterName

Thanks,
This is not really my computer but a woman who works at home for my
brother. So I need to do this seamlessly. Can I place the "net use"
command in the autoexec.nt file? On my w2k and then xp machines I was
able to add device=%SystemRoot%\sysytem32\ansi.sys to config.nt to get
and old DOS program to work seamlessly.
Thanks,
Stan

 

[Stan Weiss]

Pegasus has already answered your question. I just wanted to add another
suggestion: if you already have a serviceable parallel printer, instead of
replacing it with a USB one, you might want to buy and install a separate
parallel port add-in card for your computer. It should be considerably less
expensive than a printer.

Thanks,
This is not really my computer but a woman who works at home for my
brother. I will have to check but I believe the printer has both
interfaces so no new printer will need to be purchased.
Stan

 

[Stan Weiss]

See if this helps.
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
Louis

Thanks,
Stan

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks,
This is not really my computer but a woman who works at home for my
brother. I will have to check but I believe the printer has both
interfaces so no new printer will need to be purchased.

Good. In that case, Pegasus's reply is what she needs.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks,
This is not really my computer but a woman who works at home for my
brother. So I need to do this seamlessly. Can I place the "net use"
command in the autoexec.nt file? On my w2k and then xp machines I was
able to add device=%SystemRoot%\sysytem32\ansi.sys to config.nt to get
and old DOS program to work seamlessly.
Thanks,
Stan

You should place the above line into the file

"c:\documents and settings\all users\start
menu\programs\startup\netlogon.bat"