Printing through USB port.

[J.T. EVANS]

I have several programs written with 3.20 and I want
to print them using a usb port Is there a statement
to replace LPRINT?

[Tom Hanlin]

It ought to be possible to write USB drivers for DOS but, as best I can tell, it's never been done. You might try Lakeview Research for USB and other port information:
http://www.lvr.com/

If you're trying to print to a USB printer, your best bet is to have a Windows program act as intermediary. I understand DOSPrint was designed for this purpose:
http://www.dosprint.com/

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Lance Edmonds]

Yes, DOSPRINT was specifically designed to overcome this kind problem. Thanks for the plug Tom!

The main issue that even if you can send data out of the USB port, there are very good chances that your printer is a Windows-Only (GDI) printer, and so you still will not be able to print anything!

DOSPRINT acts like an Epson print job translator and can print to ANY printer that has a Windows printer driver installed (regardless of the brand, or type of connection to the PC or network, etc), and your code only every needs to use one set of escape codes. True <U>printer-independent</U> printing!

DOSPRINT even features a Print Preview mode which can save you a bunch of paper and ink for when you are sorting out your initial page layouts.

You can download a fully function demo from the website, so you can test it out for yourself.

Regards,
Lance
http://www.dosprint.com

[Robert E. Carneal]

DOSPRINT works well, though I do have one complaint- DOSPRINT seems to hang on color copiers also doubling as network printers. Not sure why.

I got around this problem by downloading software that allows output from Dos to get re-routed and sent to the default network printer. You need to load this this <U>before</U> before loading DosPrint.

Robert

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[This message has been edited by Robert Carneal (edited September 24, 2001).]

[Lance Edmonds]

Hi Robert,

Your comments are interesting, and I'd like to research this a little further since there have been no reports of any problems, and I'd like to get to the bottom of it.

Can you tell me more information about the printer (ie, brand/model, etc.) and its setup, and this other software you installed? What network O/S is running?

If you prefer, you can email this to me directly at mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Lance