Printing to a printer without DOS support

[Rama Tummala]

I have a Samsung ML-1430 printer that doesn't have any DOS drivers. I
am running Windows XP, and printing is fine from a Windows app.
However, from a DOS application, nothing happens when I print. The
data is going to the printer(the data light on the printer flashes),
but nothing comes out whether the printer is connected via parallel
prot or USB. The same thing happens with 'copy autoexec.bat lpt1:'
Is it possible to have Windows capture the port, and print everything,
or is print to file the only option?

 

[Dave]

Establish a persistent connection using NET.EXE. To do
so, use the following syntax at a command prompt:

net use lptx: \\printserver\sharename /persistent:yes


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[Rama Tummala]

net use lptx: \\printserver\sharename /persistent:yes

Can this be done without a network printer? For example my computer
name is rama-1.mshome What steps do I need to do?