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Answer» Hi group, I have 2 tower PC,s windows 95 & XP and I can print with the command dir>prn (LPT1) but they are connected with a parallel LPT1 port. My DOS for Dummies book shows how to get a printer working on a serial port but only mentions USB as an aside comment. How do I get to print straight from my laptop via USB WHILST using MS-DOS. I print out directories. I know I can copy and paste into Wordpad but not a directory with more than 250 entries. HELP !!!!!!! Best wishes Dave Edwardsbut you could CREATE a file with the directory and open and print with word pad..... dir > dir.txt Hi Gary, Didi what you said with my largest directory 12,000 plus and it worked. I had to search for it however. I then changed it to dir>dir.rtf and it opened in wordpad but I had to search again for it. It goes to a long long named folder because thats the folder the command prompt opens in. It's Documents and Settings\Dave Edwards\Desktop\name of file. Is there a way of me getting it to say My Briefcase which I have on the desktop with not much in. Many thanks for your help. Best wishesDon't remember much about the briefcase but you can put it anywhere you want, just specify the path.... dir > c:\dir.rtf dir > c:\desktop\dir.rtf (maybe that was c:\windows\desktop)Can anyone describe a solution for such problem more in details? My mother has an old dos application and she want to use it on her new notebook with Windows XP SP3. DOS program works but it prints nothing on the USB printer now. This doesnt always work with DOS programs, but might be worth a shot and its redirecting the LPT communications through USB via a network shared printer. You dont even need a network to make this happen, just need to create the network share and then create the LPT1 redirect to the USB printers \\computername\sharedprintername and it might work for you. Here is the link SHOWING how to do this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/103938sorry to be a pain, but I have read forums and not found answer, I have a similar problem. My work computers run Vista but my main accounts program is a very old dos based program written in pascal. I need the speed of the modern computers to run the rest of my one person business, but I need the dos program for twenty YEARS of records! I have to date , been able to install pci parallel cards to run the two printers used in the accounts program because I can't get the program to use usb printers. I can see a time when parallel cards will not be available (they are hard enough to find now), so how can I get the program to use usb ports, or is this not possible?This thread is VERY old. If you have a problem, please make your own thread. Ok, I still have a problem since I'll create new thread with the same question. Thank you. |
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