DOS printing of a DbaseIII program

[Guest]

I have a self-made routien written in Dbase III (DOS). It prints its output
to the LPT1 port. I have recently purchased a HP 6310 DeskJet that connects
to the PC via an USB cable. Does anyone know how to re-route the LPT1 port
to the USSB port assigned to the deskjet printer? Please respond to the
email address below. Thanks in advance.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

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See:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm

 

[Davide Guolo]

Dear rainpruf,

I have a self-made routien written in Dbase III (DOS). It prints its
output
to the LPT1 port. I have recently purchased a HP 6310 DeskJet that
connects
to the PC via an USB cable. Does anyone know how to re-route the LPT1
port
to the USSB port assigned to the deskjet printer?

you may want to have a look at Printfil, which can automatically capture the
LPT1 output and forward it to any Windows printer.

Even without capturing the LPT1 port, you can:

SET DEVICE TO PRINT
SET CONSOLE OFF
SET PRINTER ON
SET PRINTER TO ("C:\My_Dir\My_File.txt")
....
@ x,y say ...
....
SET PRINTER OFF
SET CONSOLE ON
SET DEVICE TO SCREEN
SET PRINTER TO

Then you only have to set the "File to Check" field in the Printfil's
configuration dialog as c:\my_dir\my_file.txt to have your Dbase jobs
automatically captured and forwarded by Printfil to any Windows printer,
including the USB, virtual printers (PDF Writers, FaxModems ... ) etc.

Kind regards,

--
Davide Guolo
aSwIt s.r.l.
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Printfil - Windows Printing System for Applications
http://www.printfil.com
Odbc4All - Connection to ODBC Data Sources for any Application
http://www.aswit.com/odbc4all
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[Guest]

Your information was helpful. I downloaded the trial version of the software
but could not get it to function. The process lead me, however, to
alternative software that fully satisfied my requirements. Thank you for
your response.


Bob Brauer
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Davide Guolo]

Dear Mr. Brauer,

Your information was helpful. I downloaded the trial version of the
software
but could not get it to function.

why not ? Did you try contacting the support team ? (support is freely
available also during the evaluation period).
If we can do something else for you, do not hesitate to contact us directly.

Kind regards,
Davide Guolo
aSwIt s.r.l.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Printfil - Windows Printing System for Applications
http://www.printfil.com
Odbc4All - Connection to ODBC Data Sources for any Application
http://www.aswit.com/odbc4all
--------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Guest]

I did not try your tech support. When I did try your process and it proved
to be most difficult, I found an easier application on the web and downloaded
it. The applications works fine and was very easy to load. It solves all my
problem with the DBase DOS printing. I took the easy way out. Thank you for
your interest and assistance.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your time and interest. The small application that I found on
the WEB is fully satisfactory for my situation. The DBase DOS printing
problem that I had is resolved. Again, thank you for your responses.