DOS LPT1 printer to USB port ?

[- Bob -]

A friend of mine has an old DOS program that only prints to LPT ports.
His printer is connected to his USB port under XP. Is there any way he
can get the DOS program redirected to se the USB printer ?

Thanks,

 

[Bob Headrick]

A friend of mine has an old DOS program that only prints to LPT ports.
His printer is connected to his USB port under XP. Is there any way he
can get the DOS program redirected to se the USB printer ?

Bruce Sanderson's Printer FAQ site has a web page that offers a few
options at:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

[ColinD]

A friend of mine has an old DOS program that only prints to LPT ports.
His printer is connected to his USB port under XP. Is there any way he
can get the DOS program redirected to se the USB printer ?

Thanks,

Try this:

http://www.andtechnologies.com/dosprint.html

Colin D.

 

[rwap]

One of the problems which either of these links do not appear to
address is that if the DOS program is sending plain text direct to the
printer, most printers available today cannot handle text - they
expect Windows to convert the text to a graphics dump.

In this case, simply capturing and re-directing the port will not work.
You need a program similar to Printfil by Davide Guolo
[http://www.regnow.com/softsell/visitor.cgi?affiliate=23903&action=site&vendor=8966]
which takes the captured data and then processes it under Windows
before using the windows printer driver to output it to the printer.
Printfil is quite good and handles text and graphics in various fonts -
a similar program has been designed for use with Sinclair QL emulators
running under Windows (QPCPrint by Jochen Merz Software:
http://smsq.j-m-s.com/qpcprint/qpcprint.htm)

Rich Mellor
http://www.rwapservices.co.uk