PB DOS and Printer with Windopws xp

[Klaus Zeller]

Hello!
I have to print from PB DOS programs (.EXE-files) under Windows.
It was possible with Windows 98/ME/NT.. but it is not possible
with Windows XP.

The statements:
OPEN "O", #1, "LPT1:"
PRINT #1, " ......ASCII-Zeichen"
....
CLOSE

Can I get any help?
Thank you.

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Klaus

[Gary Stout]

Check out Lance's DOSPRINT library. It should do what you want.
I believe there is a demo that can be downloaded from www.dosprint.com If Lance is listening, I am sure he can give
many more details.

Tnx,
Gary Stout

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[Lance Edmonds]

Thanks for the plug Gary!

In a nut shell, DOSPRINT works by translating Epson Escape codes into a real Windows print job (Windows 95 or better must be running), enabling a DOS application to be able to print to any printer that has a printer driver installed, regardless of whether it is a Windows-only, PCL, ESP, STar, IBM, Parallet, USB, Serial, network, or something elase completely.

With DOSPRINT, your program only needs to use ESC/P or ESC/P2 escape codes to print to virtually any printer...

A complete functional demo can be obtained from the web site at www.dosprint.com

I hope this helps!

PS: Your Windows XP problem (assuming the printer is DOS-compatible) sounds like you might just need to capture the LPT port using the command-line NET command:

NET USE LPT1 \\networkname\printername /persistent:yes

However, if your printer is not DOS-compatible, then give DOSPRINT a try... you might be surprised how easy it can be.

Did I mention that DOSPRINT includes a Print Preview mode too?

Thanks!

Regards,
Lance
www.dosprint.com

[Klaus Zeller]

Hello Gary, hello Lance,

thank you for the massages. I have downloaded the demo of
PRINTDOS and it works very well.
I think that may be the solution for my problem.

Thanks!


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Klaus

[Thomas Antoni]

You could use the "RGH Printing System" by Roland G. Hülsmannwhich can be downloaded for free at Roland's homepage www.profan.de .
You can find an app example with QBasic on my own homepage www.qbasic.de following "Download -> Sonstiges" .

Goss Success

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