DOS printing

[Josh Wilson]

I am trying to get a managerial program running under DOS
to print. It requires to use the function keys to print
and when I try to use those keys, nothing happens. I
have adjusted some of the settings for the program. I
tried to use a batch file to capture the printer and have
it redirected to LPT1. Nothing has worked. Is the issue
with the printer or is it with the Function key mapping
between DOS and Windows 2000.

 

[michael_L]

Josh
I would first share the printer you want to send to. Then
I would use the "net use" command to redirect the output
of lpt1 to the shared printer. This works great. You can
get the syntax using your help screen on the Start Menu.
Using the persistant switch will make it permanent until
you reset it. If you are familiar with the Novell capture
command this method produces a similar result.

Michael