Printing from Dos after XP upgrade.

[Shawn]

I have upgraded my pc to XP, the problem is that I cannot
print data from an old DOS based program that is
necessary for my work. The program runs fine, but will
not print. Any ideas?

 

[Delane]

The old DOS program probably sends the output to LPT1:.
So to get the output from LPT1: you must first share the
printer you want to use. Then to go to the printer you
need to do a do a
"net use LPT1: \\<servername>\<printername>"
You can test it by copying a file to the printer like.
copy c:\boot.ini lpt1:

 

[Shawn]

Thank you, but what do I use as servername and
printername?

 

[Cari MS-MVP]

See Bruce Sanderson's article at:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm

Cari
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