I have an ancient computer that operates under PC DOS and was until RECENTLY connected to a file sharing programme Little Big Lan with two other computers. The main computer printed via another one on the network. As the other computers are no longer part of the network how do I get the main computer to print via its parallel printer port?

I have absolutely no expereince of PC DOS - Help!  a parallel lead and a printer that has a parallel socket, send any print to device LPT:I have a printer and it is connected to the parallel port, but the output is being DIRECTED to another printer on a non existent network.
How do I programe the computer to output to the parallel port?Your subject really is "Little Big LAN", since PC-DOS is only the operating system. This sounds like a commercial/business type of application. A lot of CNC stuff is still run on DOS of one flavour or another. That being said, surely the budget would stretch to an hour or so of an IT PROFESSIONAL's time? Especially since that ancient computer is bound to fail quite SOON? Little Big LAN was "the $75 network" back in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Almost certainly you will need to edit some kind of configuration file. Possibly this can be done via a setup routine or program. Of course you still have the documentation.

Are ye so canny wi' the bawbies ye're afeart tae telephone EQ Consultants in Creiff? (Who sell Little Big Lan)



Many thanks for the help. I couldn't remeber who produced Little big LAN.Essentially, what you need to do is, in each program that does any printing, find the printer configuration setup - it may be a menu item - and see what the printer option is set to. There should be an option you can change, which is at present set to the network printer, that you can alter to LPT1: and save. Unlike Windows, in DOS you have to do printer configuration in each application.
Many thanks for the help.