Solve : Star NX1040 Driver for DOS 6.2?

1.	Solve : Star NX1040 Driver for DOS 6.2?
Answer» I plan to use a NX1040 that I can get for free to use as a POS receipt printer. I have an old Pentium machine that I can load with the DOS 6.2 system, w/no windows. I will run a Foxpro 2.0 receipt generating program on it for a business. I can get the driver for this printer in Win 3.1 available for download. STAR Micronics told me they don't support that printer any more. The problem is I don't want any windows programs on it, just DOS 6.2. The closest driver I can get for download is for version Win 3.1. The IRONY is that Win 3.1 isn't a true operating system, but ran as a standard TSR DOS program. If I just use DOS 6.2, will it run without a driver, since I can send printer code from the Foxpro program such as eject,line feed,etc, or do the commands need to be routed through a DOS driver. The IBMProprinter driver is compatible I think?. Thanks for the help. AndyFIt will not harm anything to try the Win3.1 drivers...just make backup copies of the autoexec.bat and config.sys files beforehand in case it doesn't work... It will not run without drivers.Quote from: patio on May 14, 2008, 05:19:33 AM It will not run without drivers. Sorry, wrong. Couldn't be more wrong! Manual here for NX-1040 and LC-100 http://www.star-m.jp/eng/service/usermanual/lc100um.pdf Quote This printer has two emulation modes: Standard/Epson mode and IBM mode. In the Standard/Epson mode, the printer emulates the Epson LX-810, or the EX-800 for color printing. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter III. Some additional command codes, which are a superset of these emulations, are also supported. In other words, it's a bog-standard early-1990s 9 pin printer that will PRINT from DOS in 40, 80 & 132 column mode without any driver. There are buttons to select features and fonts. DOS itself didn't have drivers. To do fancy stuff, each DOS app shipped with its own set of drivers so you had one with Word Perfect and one with Lotus 1-2-3 (a spreadsheet) and one with Foxpro (a database). Setting Epson LX or one of the IBM Proprinter models will do the trick. Lots of fun finding out what they can do! It will do all kinds of tricks if control codes are used, this is handled for you by the aforementioned "drivers". But you can do it from eg Qbasic. If you have trouble with getting to work with the parallel port, go into the BIOS and monkey with ECP & EPP settings. Well excuse the heck outta me... Quote DOS itself didn't have drivers. Quick name 20 devices you had in your vast experience that ran on DOS without drivers ? ? I clearly meant that printer drivers were not part of DOS. hard drives Floppies cga, ega, vga cards printers and HARDWARE in general (a notable exception would be Soundblaster cards and their clones) could all be handled natively by MS-DOS. The "driver is part of the OS" model came with Windows.

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I plan to use a NX1040 that I can get for free to use as a POS receipt printer. I have an old Pentium machine that I can load with the DOS 6.2 system, w/no windows. I will run a Foxpro 2.0 receipt generating program on it for a business. I can get the driver for this printer in Win 3.1 available for download. STAR Micronics told me they don't support that printer any more.

The problem is I don't want any windows programs on it, just DOS 6.2. The closest driver I can get for download is for version Win 3.1. The IRONY is that Win 3.1 isn't a true operating system, but ran as a standard TSR DOS program.

If I just use DOS 6.2, will it run without a driver, since I can send printer code from the Foxpro program such as eject,line feed,etc, or do the commands need to be routed through a DOS driver.

The IBMProprinter driver is compatible I think?.

Thanks for the help.

AndyFIt will not harm anything to try the Win3.1 drivers...just make backup copies of the autoexec.bat and config.sys files beforehand in case it doesn't work...
It will not run without drivers.Quote from: patio on May 14, 2008, 05:19:33 AM

It will not run without drivers.

Sorry, wrong. Couldn't be more wrong!

Manual here for NX-1040 and LC-100

http://www.star-m.jp/eng/service/usermanual/lc100um.pdf

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This printer has two emulation modes: Standard/Epson mode and IBM
mode.

In the Standard/Epson mode, the printer emulates the Epson LX-810,
or the EX-800 for color printing. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the
IBM Proprinter III. Some additional command codes, which are a
superset of these emulations, are also supported.

In other words, it's a bog-standard early-1990s 9 pin printer that will PRINT from DOS in 40, 80 & 132 column mode without any driver. There are buttons to select features and fonts.

DOS itself didn't have drivers. To do fancy stuff, each DOS app shipped with its own set of drivers so you had one with Word Perfect and one with Lotus 1-2-3 (a spreadsheet) and one with Foxpro (a database). Setting Epson LX or one of the IBM Proprinter models will do the trick. Lots of fun finding out what they can do!

It will do all kinds of tricks if control codes are used, this is handled for you by the aforementioned "drivers". But you can do it from eg Qbasic.

If you have trouble with getting to work with the parallel port, go into the BIOS and monkey with ECP & EPP settings.

Well excuse the heck outta me...

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DOS itself didn't have drivers.

Quick name 20 devices you had in your vast experience that ran on DOS without drivers ? ?

I clearly meant that printer drivers were not part of DOS.

hard drives
Floppies
cga, ega, vga cards
printers

and HARDWARE in general

(a notable exception would be Soundblaster cards and their clones)

could all be handled natively by MS-DOS. The "driver is part of the OS" model came with Windows.

Solve : Star NX1040 Driver for DOS 6.2?

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