P/basic vs Epson C80

[Charles Mack]

At one time was able to send data from P/basic (dos)
programs to Epson C80 inkjet. Now am unable to do same.
The C80 goes through "gyrations" when data is sent, but
no print out. C80 works fine when in W98se mode.
Am assuming I must "add" some code to P/basic so that
C80 is "aware" of incoming data.
Have contacted Epson & got a return from a "tech" who said
the C80 unable to handle dos! Am wondering if I must
reset bios printer mode somehow. BTW, C80 is using
parallel hookup.

Thanks for any solution(s)!

[Mel Bishop]

Try the demo download of Lance's DOSPRINT. If the printer is
"windows only" your only other option, that I know of, is to
write your output to a file then get it into a windows
wordprocessor and print it out from there.



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[Buck Huffman]

Sounds to me like your windows printer port settings have been
changed. I know that windows can be set to allow or prevent DOS
programs access to the printer ports, but because of network
problems, I can't seem to access my printer settings to see how
to set it up, but I know there is a way to set the port up for
use by DOS programs.


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[Lance Edmonds]

Originally posted by Mel Bishop:
Try the demo download of Lance's DOSPRINT <snip>

Thanks for the plug Mel!

Indeed, DOSPRINT should be able to help you here... visit www.dosprint.com for more info and to download a fully functional evaluation edition.



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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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